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Vemma

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Vemma

TINA.org investigated Vemma Nutrition Company, an Arizona-based multilevel marketing company that sold liquid supplements, energy drinks, and weight management products, and found that it was operating a pyramid scheme that…

Team National

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Team National

TINA.org investigated Team National, a Florida-based multilevel marketing company that sells discounts for a variety of third-party products and services, and found that the company and its distributors used atypical…

DSA Companies Health Claims

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DSA Companies Health Claims

TINA.org found that 97% of DSA-member companies selling supplements have used unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims.

Balance of Nature

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Balance of Nature

TINA.org investigated Balance of Nature, Inc., a Utah-based dietary supplement company founded by Dr. Douglas Howard, and found that the company and its founder deceptively claimed that taking Balance of…

Market America

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Market America

TINA.org investigated Market America, a North Carolina-based multilevel marketing company that sells a variety of different products and services, including cosmetics, dietary supplements, jewelry, household products, and internet and financial…

DSA Companies Income Claims

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DSA Companies Income Claims

TINA.org found that 97% of DSA-member companies have used atypical income claims to market the business opportunity.

CalerieHealth

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CalerieHealth

TINA.org investigated CalerieHealth, which also uses the name CalerieLife (or Calerie Health Holding LLC), as part of a larger investigation into atypical income claims used by MLM companies. To read…

Target

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Target

TINA.org investigated Target’s website – www.target.com – and found that false and deceptive Made in the USA labeling issues were widespread on its site, including product specifications that falsely stated…

Prevagen

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Prevagen

TINA.org investigated the marketing of Prevagen, a supplement aimed at people suffering from memory loss, and found that Quincy Bioscience — the marketer and manufacturer of Prevagen — deceptively claimed…

IM Mastery Academy/iMarketsLive

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IM Mastery Academy/iMarketsLive

TINA.org investigated International Markets Live, Inc., otherwise known as iMarketsLive, IML, or IM Mastery Academy, a multilevel marketing company that sells forex and cryptocurrency trading software and educational products, among…

Elomir

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Elomir

TINA.org investigated Elomir, Inc., a Texas-based multilevel marketing company that sells nutritional supplements, including a product called Axis Klärity, a strip that dissolves on the tongue, and found that the…

New Balance

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New Balance

TINA.org found iconic sneaker company engaged in deceptive Made in USA marketing.

Gillette

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Gillette

A TINA.org investigation of Gillette found that the company was making the unqualified claim that its product line was made in the United States in a national marketing campaign when…

Neurocore

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Neurocore

TINA.org investigated the marketing of Michigan-based “brain training” company Neurocore and determined that the company claimed its neurofeedback sessions could treat numerous medical conditions, including ADHD, anxiety, autism, depression, migraines,…

Stream Energy/Ignite

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Stream Energy/Ignite

TINA.org investigated Stream Energy, a Texas-based multilevel marketing company that resold electricity and gas to customers, as well as wireless phone and personal protective services, and found that the company…

Ghost

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Ghost

TINA.org and the UConn Rudd Center found energy drink company using multifaceted deceptive marketing campaign directed at minors.

SevenPoint2

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SevenPoint2

TINA.org investigated SevenPoint2, a California-based multilevel marketing company, and found that it used numerous unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims to promote its nutritional products, in violation of a 1999 FTC Order.

MLM Companies Income Claims

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MLM Companies Income Claims

Between June and November 2023, TINA.org investigated 100 Multilevel Marketing – a way of distributing products or services in which the distributors earn income from their own retail sales and…

Tripleflex Glucosamine

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Tripleflex Glucosamine

TINA.org objected — as amicus curiae — to a class-action settlement that sought to resolve claims that TripleFlex glucosamine supplements were deceptively marketed as being able to improve joint mobility,…

CVS

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CVS

TINA.org investigated the marketing used to promote life’sDHA™, a supplement sold by CVS Pharmacy under the name Algal-900 DHA, and found that the marketing deceptively implied the product could improve memory…

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