One successful nonstore retailer today is called Team. This company sells MonaVie, a relatively expensive fruit juice that is packaged in a wine bottle. Salespeople for MonaVie earn commissions on their own sales, create commissions for the upliners who recruited them, and receive commissions from the downliners they have recruited. MonaVie operates in the area of

a) direct selling

b) direct marketing

c) multilevel marketing

d) a corporate distribution system