Gillette Engaged in Deceptive Made in USA Marketing

Ad Watchdog TINA.org Files FTC Complaint MADISON, CONN. January 23, 2018 – Despite a national advertising campaign showcasing patriotic imagery, highlighting its Boston headquarters, and heavily promoting its “Made in…

Walmart Continues Use of Deceptive Made in USA Claims

MADISON, CONN.  June 28, 2016 –While Walmart is taking advantage of the July 4th holiday to host its 4th U.S. Manufacturing Summit and remind consumers of its marketing push to…

Ad Watchdog Calls Out Broadcast Networks for Airing Deceptive Ads

TINA.org Urges Better Screening MADISON, CONN., January 19, 2016 – Consumer advocacy organization, truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org), has put major broadcast networks on notice regarding deceptive advertising. The ad watchdog alerted ABC,…

Walmart.com Riddled with Deceptive Made in USA Claims

Ad Watchdog’s Investigation Prompts Change MADISON, CONN. June 29, 2015 — Walmart is going all out for American manufacturing, pledging to buy billions of dollars in American products. But an…

A supplement company is using conservative radio to market itself as a coronavirus defense and treatment

Eric Hananoki, Media Matters

Goop accused of more deceptive health claims, violating court order

Beth Mole, Ars Technica

Group Says Target Misled You About Made in USA Claims

Benjamin Briscoe, WFNY News 2

Local businesses bring products to Walmart shelves. Here’s how they did it

Jennifer Lu, Miami Herald

Clear-cut fraud? Quincy Bioscience faces a potentially ruinous lawsuit over memory claims

Marc Eisen, Isthmus

Wal-Mart Labels Some Foreign-Made Products as Made in the USA

Almay’s ‘Simply American’ campaign not so American

Lisa Fickenscher, New York Post

Who’s to Blame for a Food Class-Action Lawsuit?

Jennifer Kaplan, Eat Drink Better

Company Outed for Deceptive Marketing of Children’s Supplement

A dietary supplement aimed at children with speech delays is being deceptively marketed by NourishLife, LLC, and may be hazardous to children’s health, according to findings by truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org). TINA.org,…

Celebrity-endorsed NFTs leave investors ‘financially crippled’

Jesselyn Cook, NBC News

After Kim Kardashian’s SEC settlement, influencers working with brands could face more scrutiny – and fines

Marty Swant, Digiday

With Kim Kardashian Fined $1.3 Million for Crypto Promotion, Which Other Celebs Could Be in Trouble?

Miles Klee, Rolling Stone

Regulators Act on TINA.org’s Complaint Against Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty

MADISON, CONN. December 1, 2022 – Acting on a complaint filed by ad watchdog, truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org), California regulators have reached a settlement with lingerie company Savage X Fenty, originally a joint venture between…

TINA.org Reports Colgate, Tom’s of Maine to Regulators for Greenwashing

MADISON, CONN. Sept. 12, 2023—Colgate-Palmolive is deceptively marketing its Tom’s of Maine and Colgate toothpaste tubes as “recyclable” in violation of the FTC’s Green Guides, according to an investigation by…

Are Tom’s of Maine and Colgate toothpaste tubes really recyclable?

Allyson Chiu, The Washington Post

Ford, Stellantis run ad campaigns touting their American heritage to influence Trump

Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press