Deceptive Marketing 101: Third-Party Certification Seals

Don’t confuse this type of marketing for a silver bullet.

Tribucha Kombucha

Allegations: Falsely marketing beverages as non-alcoholic when they contain more alcohol than is allowed for non-alcoholic beverages

Lomi

TINA.org digs into company’s broad composting claims.

MLMs Continue to Recruit with Deceptive Earnings Claims

TINA.org investigation finds 98% of MLMs using misleading income claims.

Bear’s Fruit Kombucha

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as non-alcoholic beverages that contain “just fruit & herbs” when they contain 92 to 286 percent more alcohol than the legal limit for non-alcoholic beverages

Colored Contact Lenses on Amazon

Why these products could lead to a Halloween horror story.

What You Should Know about the Trivia App Givling

Odds are you being good at trivia is not enough if you want to pay off your student loan debt with this app.

TINA.org’s Year in Review 2018

It was another successful year outing deceptive marketing on multiple fronts.

What You Should Know about New U Life

MLM company New U Life is no fountain of youth.

2016-2019 Kyäni Income Claims

Celebrities Promoting NFTs

TINA.org investigated celebrities who promote non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on their social media channels and found that it is an area rife with deception.

TINA.org Joins the Fight against Value Village in Wash. Supreme Court

Will it take a village to bring the world’s largest for-profit thrift retailer to justice?

How the Passport Courier Industry Deceives Consumers

TINA.org calls on regulators to crack down on rampant deceptive marketing among registered couriers.

DJ Khaled

TINA.org found prolific record producer promoted alcohol brands without proper disclosures or precautions.

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…

GSA Advantage

TINA.org investigated the U.S. General Services Administration’s online shopping system, GSA Advantage!®, which supplies products and services to federal agencies, the District of Columbia, state and local governments, and certain…

Mercedes-Benz

TINA.org investigated the marketing for the 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van, which revealed that Mercedes-Benz USA was running a deceptive national marketing campaign that made the unqualified claim that its 2019…

Neora/Nerium

TINA.org investigated Neora, formerly known as Nerium International, a Texas-based multilevel marketing company that sells a line of skin care products, as well as supplements, and found that the company…

TINA.org’s Year in Review 2020

Looking back at 2020.

Air Wick Essential Oils

What goes into these fragrances? We may never know.