What’s Trending in Misleading Ads in 2014? Blog What’s Trending in Misleading Ads in 2014? We’re on it!
TINA.org’s Year In Review 2013 Blog TINA.org’s Year In Review 2013 What we did this year on TINA.org.
Best Buy: Buy It Now with Confidence (and Questions) Blog Best Buy: Buy It Now with Confidence (and Questions) The fine print of Price Match Guarantees.
Native Advertising – Just Another Term for Deception Blog Native Advertising – Just Another Term for Deception A jury of your peers and a jury of consumers deserve the truth.
Jon Stewart Rips on CNN’s Sponsored Content Blog Jon Stewart Rips on CNN’s Sponsored Content So what does Jon Stewart of the Daily Show think of CNN’s “To the Couch” sponsored content segment (aka a “news-portunity”)? “They came back from commercials to a commercial covering…
Dear Mikaela Shiffrin Blog Dear Mikaela Shiffrin Dear Mikaela, I am a fan. I am a huge fan, as a lifelong skier, a former racer, and a current race coach. The success you achieved last year, rising…
Designer Exclusions Apply Blog Designer Exclusions Apply Hoping to score fabulous designer goods at Saks Fifth Avenue’s “Friends & Family” sale this week? The website prominently displays the discount—25% off. But don’t forget to read the fine…
Venetian Blind? Blog Venetian Blind? If time could be turned back I am sure a Venetian Doge, upon seeing this ad, would hunt down and behead the person from Longines who did this.
Free Speech, Advertising, and Me Blog Free Speech, Advertising, and Me Does free speech protect deceptive advertising?
We Sold a $5,000 Winner! Blog We Sold a $5,000 Winner! Someone won $5,000 with a card from this very store!? It seems logical (in a really flawed, not-actually-logical-at-all kind of way) that because this store had one $5,000 winner, your…
Perfect Polly Will Give You Nightmares Blog Perfect Polly Will Give You Nightmares Perfect Polly, the $18 plastic bird with a great informercial.
Warning: Objects in Mirror Are Later Than They Appear Blog Warning: Objects in Mirror Are Later Than They Appear If I ordered the book on a Friday with one-day shipping, what day would you expect it to arrive?
Puffery – A Marketer’s Right To Lie Blog Puffery – A Marketer’s Right To Lie Ads can legally lie to you as long as the lie is so obvious an exaggeration that you know not to take it seriously.
Popeye Says Eat Your Spinach Blog Popeye Says Eat Your Spinach Something amazing happened at our dinner table. My daughter got into a fight with her brother (that’s not the amazing part) about who could eat the last of the –…
Are All Alcohol Ads Misleading? Blog Are All Alcohol Ads Misleading? I was surprised when I learned that there are no specific rules or regulations governing alcohol advertising on television. While tobacco products are prohibited from advertising on TV altogether, it’s…
The Real Cost of Getting a New Mets Cap Blog The Real Cost of Getting a New Mets Cap What happens when a giveaway cap costs more than just a ticket?
Is it Art or Advertising? Blog Is it Art or Advertising? In today’s world it is getting tougher all the time to distinguish between marketing materials and art or entertainment.