Country Crock Plant Butter Made with Olive Oil

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as if they contain a significant amount of olive oil when the ingredients list reveals that they contain more of a blend of other plant-based oils…

IM Mastery Academy Can’t Outrun Foreign Financial Actions

A name change is unlikely to alter the fact that this forex trading MLM is not welcome in several countries.

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…

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…

Walmart

TINA.org investigations into Walmart have revealed that the retail giant repeatedly engaged in false and deceptive Made in USA marketing on its website, and used undisclosed stealth marketing directed at…

HelloFresh

TINA.org found meal-kit company deceptively marketing “free” meals and using ROSCA-violating autorenewal subscriptions.

Overstepping Their Bounds: Deceptively Marketed Made in USA Shoes

Over the years, TINA.org has found several shoe brands running afoul of the FTC’s Made in USA standard.

Bed Bath & Beyond’s Egyptian Cotton Bed Sheets

Citizens of Humanity Jeans and Macy’s

AG Jeans and Nordstrom

Lands’ End “Made in the USA” Claims

TINA.org’s Year in Review 2023

Here’s what we accomplished in 2023 with your help.

The Music Man, Part 2: What Scientology has to do with a pricey online piano academy

Emily Jankowski and Grace Tatter, WBUR | NPR

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

What’s this reservation good for?

First County Bank

Vanilla Ice Creams from Tillamook County Creamery

Reliant Funding

Direct mail comes deceptively packaged as an “account reminder.”

Discount Power Rates

The Cost of Merchant Account Solutions Services

Making Sense of Hedge-Fund Marketing

Hedge Funds can advertise now, but look before you leap.