CATrends: Fake Discounts on Fitness Products
When the sale price is the regular price.
Reese et al. v. Skinny Mixes, LLC and Palladium Equity Partners, LLC
25-cv-6432, S.D.N.Y.
(Aug. 2025)
Jordan’s Skinny Mixes Flavored Syrups
Misleadingly marketing products as healthy, sugar free and safe for diabetics when they contain the harmful sugar alternative sucralose, which increases the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and mortality
Pending
When the sale price is the regular price.
Software maker will pay a $75 million fine and provide “affected consumers” with free services.
Order puts platforms like Amazon and Walmart on notice.
Advertised “best deal ever” comes with some caveats.
Cecilia D’Anastasio, Bloomberg