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Mallory Schlossberg, Business Insider

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MADISON, CONN. May 10, 2016 Sexy designer lingerie at a discount is the premise behind Adore Me, one of the rising players in the fast growing subscription-goods industry. But an…

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Teresa Novellino, The Business Journal

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Lisa Fickenscher, New York Post

A hot lingerie startup is drawing more fire for shady billing practices

Mallory Schlossberg, Business Insider

Herbalife’s Endgame

Michelle Celarier, Slate

The Future of Shopping: Trapping You in a Club You Didn’t Know You Joined

Rebecca Greenfield and Kim Bhasin, Bloomberg

Some Online Bargains May Only Look Like One

David Streitfeld, The New York Times

Ad Watchdog TINA.org Blasts Lipozene’s Fat Burning Claims

MADISON, CONN.  April 11, 2016 Lose weight without changing your lifestyle, according to ads for a popular diet supplement, Lipozene. No so fast says ad watchdog, truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org). The consumer…

Investigation by Ad Watchdog TINA.org Reveals What You Should Know About Kyani

MADISON, CONN.  April 5, 2016 Kyäni is an Idaho-based multilevel marketing business that sells nutritional supplements it says constitute a “Triangle of Health.” The company touts that its products, infused…

Op-ed: Multi-level marketers need to stop disease-treatment claims

Bonnie Patten, The Salt Lake Tribune

TINA Warns Federal Agency about False Made in USA Claims

MADISON, CONN., March 14, 2016 – When Uncle Sam says something’s Made in the USA, you’re inclined to believe him. It is, after all, the U.S. government speaking. But an…

MyPillow fight with watchdog

C.J., StarTribune

Walmart’s Made-In-USA shell game

Todd Oppenheimer, Craftsmanship Quarterly

Get Gephardt: Utah consumers kept in the dark

My Pillow Faulted for False Health Claims

Mary H.J. Farrell, Consumer Reports

MyPillow Deceptively Marketed According to Ad Watchdog

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Ad Watchdog Calls Out Broadcast Networks for Airing Deceptive Ads

TINA.org Urges Better Screening MADISON, CONN., January 19, 2016 – Consumer advocacy organization, truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org), has put major broadcast networks on notice regarding deceptive advertising. The ad watchdog alerted ABC,…

Targeting fraud: Complaints against hard-sell Utah coaching firms made public

Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune

This unique business model is taking over retail –and customers are saying they hate it

Mallory Schlossberg, Business Insider