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Toying with Gender Marketing

Toying with Gender Marketing

Not all girls like to play with dolls. What’s a race car girl to do when her favorite toys are marketed towards boys?

Flat Tummy’s Outrageous Marketing Tactics Need to Stop

Flat Tummy’s Outrageous Marketing Tactics Need to Stop

“Detox” tea company’s influencer-driven marketing claims fall flat.

Why This Anti-Pyramid Scheme Bill is Outrageously Wrong for Consumers

Why This Anti-Pyramid Scheme Bill is Outrageously Wrong for Consumers

POST HIGHLIGHTS • H.R. 5230 runs directly counter to 40 years of case law on pyramid schemes. • It obliterates the difference between distributor purchases for the business venture versus…

Radio 104 Fest: It’s Not Really ‘Back’

Radio 104 Fest: It’s Not Really ‘Back’

What makes a fest? Let’s start with more than three bands.

Should Best Lip-Sync Be a New Grammy Category?

Should Best Lip-Sync Be a New Grammy Category?

There are understandable reasons for lip-syncing—sound quality, predictability, choreography—but in the end, lip-syncing is a kind of lie.

The Enduring Primacy of Retail Sales in an MLM Context

The Enduring Primacy of Retail Sales in an MLM Context

POST HIGHLIGHTS • Meaning of Amway rules (1979), especially the “70% rule” and subsequent deterioration • Koscot (1975), Omnitrition (1996), and BurnLounge (2014) provide seminal rulings on the determination of…

5 Takeaways from #NAD2021

5 Takeaways from #NAD2021

Checking in on the system of self-regulation in the ad industry.

Yokohama Tyres FC Till I Die?

Yokohama Tyres FC Till I Die?

At what point do teams start selling their very name in homage of the all-mighty dollar?

FTC’s Negative Option Rule Needs Improvement

FTC’s Negative Option Rule Needs Improvement

TINA.org applauds proposed amendments but pushes for more.

Taxes Shouldn’t Be This Taxing

Taxes Shouldn’t Be This Taxing

How tax preparation services may actually make your life harder.

Prevagen May Have Memory Problems

Prevagen May Have Memory Problems

TINA.org continues to support FTC, New York in federal court.

Alleged Pyramid Scheme Nerium Pens Its Wish List

Alleged Pyramid Scheme Nerium Pens Its Wish List

Declarations in court filing read more like a legislative manifesto than remedies that could appropriately be issued by a court.

Do MLM Earnings Statements Constitute Deceptive Advertising?

Do MLM Earnings Statements Constitute Deceptive Advertising?

Despite the availability of the data, MLM earnings statements fail to disclose crucial information to recruits, writes guest blogger William Keep.

Former FTC Economist Calls for Federal Pyramid Scheme Rule

Former FTC Economist Calls for Federal Pyramid Scheme Rule

FTC case-by-case prosecution of pyramid schemes not enough to deter them.

Breaking Down the Relationship between Brands and Teens

Breaking Down the Relationship between Brands and Teens

Today’s teenagers are uniquely positioned in the marketing world.

Deception at the Cannes Lions Festival

Deception at the Cannes Lions Festival

Misleading campaigns highlight this year’s big ad event.

‘Act Your Age’ = ‘Make A Terrible Financial Decision’

‘Act Your Age’ = ‘Make A Terrible Financial Decision’

It might be a catchy slogan, but it’s not a universally good idea.

An Open Letter to Congress on H.R. 5230

An Open Letter to Congress on H.R. 5230

Renowned pyramid scheme expert denounces proposed federal law.

FTC and State AGs Need to Take Their Relationship to the Next Level

FTC and State AGs Need to Take Their Relationship to the Next Level

TINA.org files comment concerning coordinated efforts to protect consumers.

DSSRC’s Arbonne Decision Gets It Wrong

DSSRC’s Arbonne Decision Gets It Wrong

Council blesses MLM’s use of unsubstantiated earnings claims.