Homeaglow’s $19 house cleaning service traps customers in hard-to-cancel subscriptions, watchdog group says

Stephanie Zimmermann, Chicago Sun Times

TINA.org Files FTC Complaint against Homeaglow

MADISON, CONN. Sept. 9, 2025 – An investigation by consumer advocacy organization truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) has found that Homeaglow is deceptively advertising $19 home cleanings in order to lure consumers into…

Investigation by truthinadvertising.org Reveals Eight Things You Should Know About Vemma

MADISON, CT, July 10, 2013 — Vemma Nutrition Company promises it will “transform lives through ultra premium products and a generous compensation plan.” The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company, which touts that…

Walmart Still Deceptively Marketing Made in USA, TINA.org Reports Company to FTC (Again)

MADISON, CONN. January 20, 2021 – With two years to go on a 10-year commitment to purchase $250 billion in products supporting American jobs, a new investigation by truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org)…

800 to pitch products to Wal-Mart

Chris Bahn, Arkansas Online

TINA.org Files Deceptive Made in USA Complaint Against Williams Sonoma

MADISON, CONN. May 22, 2019 – Williams-Sonoma brands including Williams-Sonoma Home, Pottery Barn, PBteen, Pottery Barn Kids, Rejuvenation and West Elm are violating the FTC’s Made in USA standard according…

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

Jennifer Lu, Miami Herald

Group Says Walmart.com Misleading About Made In USA Products

Benjamin Briscoe, WFMY News 2

Are Wal-Mart’s Made-in-the-USA Products Really Made Here?

Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool

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

Walmart busted: 100+ products labeled “Made in the USA” are actually imported

Ellen Vessels, The American Genius

How to Spot Bogus Medical Products

Donna Fuscaldo, Fox Business

Williams-Sonoma to Pay $1 Million to Settle Deceptive Ad Lawsuit Sparked by TINA.org

Retailer To Stop Misleading Made in USA Claims MADISON, CONN. April 1, 2020  Acting on a complaint filed by ad watchdog truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached…

Ad Watchdog TINA.org Petitions FTC for Made in USA Rule

MADISON, CONN. August 22, 2019– Consumer advocacy organization, truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org), filed a formal petition today requesting that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) use its rulemaking authority to expand its enforcement…

Ad Watchdog Files Complaint Against Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop: TINA.org Calls Out Deceptive Health Claims

MADISON, CONN.  August 23, 2017 – With Goop, actress-turned-entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow has created a wellness empire based on unconventional products such as yoni eggs, Shaman-inspired medicine bags, and crystal therapy…

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…

Cure or Con? Health products touted on social media are slipping by regulators

Emile Le Beau Lucchesi, ABA Journal

5 ways to address the challenges of direct-to-consumer health products

Anna Wexler and Steven Joffe, STAT News

Goop Could Face Consequences for Making Deceptive Health Claims About Its Weird Products

Christina Cauterucci, Slate

Social media influencers are changing the way companies market their products

Jo Ling Kent, Today