Cancer Treatment Centers of America

Be wary of cancer survivor stories as they very well may not represent the typical patient’s experience.

Ad or Not? Pokémon Go

The in-store presence of Pokémon prompts TINA.org inquiry about possible marketing agreements.

Packaging of Various Isopure Whey Products

Direct Selling Association is Honoring Ethics Code Violators According to TINA.org

MADISON, CONN. June 7, 2016–The Direct Selling Association (DSA), the national trade association for multi-level marketing companies, honors 22 companies that purportedly “serve as examples of direct selling at its…

Consumer Assistance Project

FTC and Florida AG file complaint against company marketing student loan forgiveness programs.

I Propose a National Ordinary Day

Maybe we should re-think all of those national fill-in-the-blank days.. maybe not.

Does this New Federal Bill Promote Pyramid Schemes?

TINA.org deconstructs how this proposed legislation really protects the industry.

WEBE 108 Billboard

What the big letters giveth, the small ones taketh away.

Pommy’s CBD-Infused Tea Chips

Cannabis-infused tea chips claiming to treat chronic diseases hard to swallow.

Do ‘Original’ Prices Really Even Exist?

Shopping for a spring wardrobe? Here’s what you need to know about price tags.

Rentals.com

Remember, when apartment or house hunting, seeing is believing.

2016 Collection

The Lowdown on Low T

Is Big Pharma marketing a drug to help aging men with low sex drives or really selling a made-up disease?

FDA & Dietary Supplements: By the Numbers

Is the FDA doing enough to monitor the supplement industry?

MyPillow

Sleep on this company’s supposed buy-one-get-one-free offer.

Ad or Not? David O. Russell’s ‘Joy’

“HSN Queen” Joy Mangano leverages box-office hit with expansion into retail.

DirecTV’s 4K Resolution

With only a small number of movies available in 4K, NAD recommends changes to advertising.

Avas Flowers

It’s the standing basket that leaves you hanging.

The Direct Selling Association on Pyramid Schemes: Truth and Truthiness

Guest blog by Peter Vander Nat and William Keep.

The Enduring Primacy of Retail Sales in an MLM Context

POST HIGHLIGHTS • Meaning of Amway rules (1979), especially the “70% rule” and subsequent deterioration • Koscot (1975), Omnitrition (1996), and BurnLounge (2014) provide seminal rulings on the determination of…