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Six Vintage Eco-Clueless Ads

In honor of Earth Day, check out these vintage commercials to see how advertising has gone from blissful ignorance to calculated The practice of making something sound better for the…

Buy It Now Feature

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Buy It Now Feature

DealDash believes that its “Buy it Now” feature, which allows those who lose an auction to buy the same item at inflated DealDash prices and get all the bids they…

Five Companies that Fail the Name Game

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Five Companies that Fail the Name Game

What’s in a name? Sometimes not what you expect.

The Subliminal Ad

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The Subliminal Ad

Was that an ad that flashed by?

Top Five Worst Settlements of 2014

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Top Five Worst Settlements of 2014

Consumers left out in cold in these settlements.

Vitaminwater Pressured To Pay People Who Thought It Was A Health Drink

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Vitaminwater Pressured To Pay People Who Thought It Was A Health Drink

Alexander Kaufman, HUFFPOST

FTC, FDA Tackle Misleading Marketing of Dangerous Products to Kids — Again

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FTC, FDA Tackle Misleading Marketing of Dangerous Products to Kids — Again

First, e-liquids. Now, THC edibles. Will energy drinks be next?

TINA.org’s Action on Glucosamine Settlement Helps Spur Revision

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TINA.org’s Action on Glucosamine Settlement Helps Spur Revision

Final Agreement Bans Deceptive Claims Made by Walmart, Walgreens & Supervalu MADISON, CONN. March 25, 2015 — A federal judge has given final approval to a class-action settlement that permanently changes how…

Energy Drinks Are Surging. So Are Their Caffeine Levels.

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Energy Drinks Are Surging. So Are Their Caffeine Levels.

Julie Creswell, The New York Times

10 Companies that Get Coal in their 2016 Holiday Stockings

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10 Companies that Get Coal in their 2016 Holiday Stockings

Find out which companies are on TINA.org’s 2016 naughty list.

Timeline

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Timeline

A brief history of deceptive advertising.

POM Wonderful

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POM Wonderful

How “crazy healthy” can a drink loaded with sugar really be?

Marketing of Vitaminwater

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Marketing of Vitaminwater

April 2016: A federal judge issued a decision granting final approval of the settlement. January 2016: Plaintiffs moved for final approval of the settlement, which was preliminarily approved in October…

Say What?

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Say What?

The best (as in, most absurd or fascinating) ad quotes of 2013.

Worst False Ad Settlements of 2019

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Worst False Ad Settlements of 2019

TINA.org’s annual list of class-action settlements that left consumers out in the cold.

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Six Vintage Eco-Clueless Ads

Buy It Now Feature

Five Companies that Fail the Name Game

The Subliminal Ad

Top Five Worst Settlements of 2014

Vitaminwater Pressured To Pay People Who Thought It Was A Health Drink

FTC, FDA Tackle Misleading Marketing of Dangerous Products to Kids — Again

TINA.org’s Action on Glucosamine Settlement Helps Spur Revision

Energy Drinks Are Surging. So Are Their Caffeine Levels.

10 Companies that Get Coal in their 2016 Holiday Stockings

Timeline

POM Wonderful

Marketing of Vitaminwater

Say What?

Worst False Ad Settlements of 2019