Court Orders Balance of Nature to Halt Supplement Sales

“The public cannot have confidence that their products are what they purport to be,” says the FDA.

MLM News Alert

TINA.org’s curated list of MLM info and news of note.

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…

What You Should Know about the FTC’s Action against Vemma

Having combed through the 200-plus pages that the FTC filed against Vemma Nutrition Company, Vemma International Holdings, Inc., Benson K. (B.K.) Boreyko, Tom Alkazin and his wife Bethany (defendants) in…

Sales at The Children’s Place

Allegations: Falsely advertising discounts

Salesforce.com Subscriptions

Things You Should Know about E-Cigarettes

Surgeon General calls e-cigarettes a health risk for youngsters; advocates call for tougher marketing restrictions.

Former FTC Economist’s Response & Thoughts on Vemma

Getting to the bottom of affiliate vs. customer.

Bob’s Stores Liquidation Sales Don’t Always Mean Savings

Christiane Cordero, NBC Connecticut

Sales on Nectar Products

Allegations: Falsely advertising sales

DSSRC’s Arbonne Decision Gets It Wrong

Council blesses MLM’s use of unsubstantiated earnings claims.

FTC Files for Injunction as IML Shuts Down

Agency worries MLM defendants are dissipating assets.

DSA Award Winners Are Ethics Code Violators

Why is this industry group honoring MLMs making illegal marketing claims?

Sale Prices at J. Crew Factory Stores

Allegations: Deceptively advertising sales

Discounts at The Gap and Banana Republic

DealDash’d: A Losing Bet for Consumers

Investigation finds company is using deceptive marketing to lure consumers to an illegal gambling site.

Can’t Keep a Bad Ad Man Down

Why can’t the FTC put some hucksters out of business for good?

Court Unseals Revealing Docs in LuLaRoe Pyramid Case

LuLaRoe’s founders on the hotseat in Washington’s pyramid case against the company.

Sales on the PrettyLittleThing.com

Allegations: Deceptively advertising discounts off of artificially inflated reference prices

Sales at the Gap and Old Navy