How Marketers Trick Kids, and Why Parents Should Worry
Herb Weisbaum, Consumers’ Checkbook
In November 2016, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Electricity Maine (an electricity supplier) for allegedly deceptively offering customers low introductory rates and savings on electricity bills when, in reality, the company automatically enrolls them at significantly higher long-term rates after the introductory rates expire. (Veilleux et al v. Electricty Maine, LLC et al, Case No. 16-cv-571, D. ME.)
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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.