Newspaper Renewal Scam Targets Consumers

Beware of mail from Associated Publishers Network and United Publishers Network.

Marketers Wanted a New Generation to Target, Hence Alphas

Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED

Are Multilevel Marketing Companies a Total Scam? A Look at the Billion-Dollar Industry Targeting Moms

Murphy Moroney, PopSugar

Targeting fraud: Complaints against hard-sell Utah coaching firms made public

Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune

Walmart’s Undisclosed Advergame on Roblox Targets Children

TINA.org, together with other consumer groups, calls for immediate audit of Walmart Universe of Play.

FTC Proposes New Rule Targeting Deceptive Income Claims in MLM Industry

Proposed new earnings claim rule comes three years after TINA.org comment to FTC.

Various Lines of Herbal Supplements: Finest Nutrition, Spring Valley, and Others

Wall of Shame

What do Tom Brady, Kim Kardashian and Dr. Oz all have in common?

Decoding Cosmetics Claims: ‘Clean’ Beauty and Personal Care Products

The dirt on beauty and personal care products marketed as “clean.”

CATrends: False Shelf Pricing

Consumers complain about higher prices at checkout.

Cîroc

TINA.org found numerous influencers deceptively promoting Diageo’s Cîroc brand on Instagram.

DJ Khaled

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

Agora (Monument & Cathedral Holdings)

TINA.org found Agora companies violating an FTC order with deceptive disease-treatment and financial claims, and dark patterns.

NourishLife speak (Lifetrients)

TINA.org investigated NourishLife (which later changed its name to Lifetrients) and found that it was deceptively advertising a potentially harmful supplement called SpeechNutrients speak by, among other things, claiming it…

Arbonne

TINA.org investigated Arbonne, a California-based multilevel marketing company, and found that it has deceptively promoted products with unsubstantiated health claims and has used atypical income claims to market its business…

Melaleuca

TINA.org investigated Melaleuca as part of its larger investigations into unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims and atypical income claims used by MLM companies. To read more about TINA.org’s 2023 MLM Income Claims…

Plexus Worldwide

TINA.org investigated Plexus Worldwide, an Arizona-based multilevel marketing company that sells nutritional supplements and weight-loss and personal care products, and found that the company has used unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims to…

Prüvit

TINA.org investigated Pruvit as part of a larger investigation into atypical income claims used by MLM companies. To read more about TINA.org’s 2023 MLM Income Claims Investigation, click here.

Rodan + Fields

TINA.org investigated Rodan + Fields as part of a larger investigation into atypical income claims used by MLM companies. To read more about TINA.org’s 2023 MLM Income Claims Investigation, click…

Zurvita

TINA.org investigated Zurvita as part of its larger investigations into unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims and atypical income claims used by MLM companies. To read more about TINA.org’s 2023 MLM Income Claims…