How Marketers Trick Kids, and Why Parents Should Worry
Herb Weisbaum, Consumers’ Checkbook
In October 2014, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Rexall Sundown for allegedly falsely advertising its supplement Sundown Naturals Ginkgo Biloba 60 mg Standard Extract. According to plaintiffs, the company misleadingly represents that the supplement improves mild memory problems and supports healthy brain function without scientific evidence to support such claims. (Petkevicius et al v. Rexall Sundown, Inc. and Does 1-20, Case No. 14-cv-02482, S. D. CA.).
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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.