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{{short description|American multi-level marketing company}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2011}}
{{Infobox company
| logo = Vector Marketing logo.svg
| name = Vector Marketing
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation = 1981
| location = [[Olean, New York|Olean]], New York, US
| num_employees = 
| parent = [[Cutco Corporation]]
| industry = [[Direct selling]]
| revenue = 
| products = 
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.vectormarketing.com/}}
}}

'''Vector Marketing''' is a [[direct selling]] subsidiary company and the domestic sales arm of [[Cutco|Cutco Corporation]], an [[Olean, New York|Olean]], [[New York (state)|New York]]–based [[cutlery]] manufacturer. The company was founded in 1981 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The company sells via individual sales representatives who sell Cutco cutlery via one-on-one demonstrations, typically through home visits. The company has been the subject of criticism and lawsuits for its business practices, and has been accused of being a [[multi-level marketing]] company. Salespeople are generally young and recruited from high school or college; Vector's recruitment tactics have been described as deceptive, and they have faced numerous lawsuits over their pay structure and treatment of its salespeople, who are mostly [[Independent contractor (USA)|independent contractors]] instead of employees. Vector claims they are a single-level direct selling marketing company, not a multi-level marketing company or a [[pyramid scheme]] as its detractors claim.