So You Say Your MLM Offers “Supplemental Income” – What Does That Mean?

Exploring the MLM industry’s latest pivot.

Court Order Forces Prevagen to Scrub Memory-Improvement Claims

MADISON, CONN. Dec. 12, 2024— In a win for consumers, a court has ordered Quincy Bioscience to stop advertising Prevagen using memory-improvement claims. This follows a near-decade-long campaign by the…

What You Should Know about Bulletproof School Supplies

TINA.org examines holes in “bulletproof” product claims.

Fortune Hi-Tech Operators Banned from MLMs

Kentucky company agrees to pay $7 million to settle pyramid scheme charges.

Exposing Ponzi and Pyramid Schemes

Here’s a list of some key cases.

Consumer Alert: ‘Made in USA’ Cars

Exercise caution when car ads say ‘made’ or ‘built’ in the U.S.

‘Deceptive marketing works’ — social media ads grab attention of regulators

Dianne Buckner, CBC News

Not So Sweet: The Deceptive Marketing of Candy

Sometimes the trick is the treat.

Picture perfected marketing

Janelle Nanos, Boston Globe

Will New U Life Finally Admit SomaDerm Doesn’t Contain HGH?

The MLM’s recent marketing changes suggest that it is ready to come clean regarding the product’s actual ingredients.

Gillette Made in USA Marketing

FTC Brings the Hammer Down on Digital Altitude, Aspire

Agency files suit against seller of digital marketing business opportunity.

Deceptive Cancer Care Marketing By the Numbers

TINA’s Take: Nerium’s Move To Disappear and Reinvent Itself as Neora

Different name, same inappropriate marketing claims.

Sony’s Marketing of Fortnite and other Games

TINA.org Reports Online Retailer FabKids to Regulators; Investigation Reveals Deceptive Marketing of Negative-Option Offer

MADISON, CONN. August 30, 2021 – With ads for a blockbuster “2 pairs from $9.95” sale on kids shoes, online footwear and clothing retailer FabKids knows how to lure in…

The Perils of Multi-Level Marketing Programs

Tom Ashbrook, NPR WBUR

TINA.org Finds Plexus Deceptively Marketing Supplements for Kids

Distributors deceptively claim products boost childrens’ immune systems and may even keep them virus free.

Charlotte School of Law’s Marketing

TINA.org Suggests Updates to How the FTC Regulates Endorsement Advertising

On June 22, 2020, TINA.org responded to the FTC’s request for comment on the Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (referred to here as the Endorsement…