How Marketers Trick Kids, and Why Parents Should Worry
Herb Weisbaum, Consumers’ Checkbook
Sturtz et al. v. Bugaboo North America, Inc.
25-cv-5688, S.D.N.Y.
(July 2025)
Bugaboo Giraffe highchairs
Marketing products as safe and durable without warning consumers that they may fall apart while children are sitting in them due to a defect that causes screws to become loose or fall out if they are not tightened or inspected before every use
Pending
Herb Weisbaum, Consumers’ Checkbook
TINA.org pulls back the covers on this company’s Made in USA marketing.
Brand partnerships worthy of a big “doom!”
Derek Kravitz, Consumer Reports
Here were some of the worst ads TINA.org investigated this year.