How Marketers Trick Kids, and Why Parents Should Worry
Herb Weisbaum, Consumers’ Checkbook
In July 2017, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Intellitix and Intellipay for allegedly falsely representing that consumers who load money onto Radiofrequency Identification (RFID) wristbands to purchase food, merchandise, and other goods or services at festivals may receive refunds of unused funds when, according to plaintiffs, the companies failed to refund all of their unused funds. (Kovacevic et al v. Intellitix, Inc. and Intellipay, Inc., Case No. 17-cv-3873, N. D. CA.)
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.