Deceptive Marketing and Other Information

Vapex Complaint Exhibits Final

DSSRC Database

Ongoing Deceptive Claims by MLMs Following DSSRC Decisions

TEFL Institute Evidence

TEFL Institute Website: TEFL Website as of 12/16/13 TEFL’s About Us page as of 12/30/13 Communications: 11/6/13 Communications between TINA.org and Accreditat 11/21/13 Communications between TINA.org and TEFL Institute 1/2/14…

O2PUR Evidence

Radio Ad 1 Radio Ad 2 Television Ad YouTube Ad 1 YouTube Ad 2 YouTube Ad 3 YouTube Ad 4

USANA Influencer Marketing Database

A 2021 TINA.org investigation found that numerous USANA-sponsored athletes advertise company products on their social media accounts without clearly and conspicuously disclosing their material connection to the company in violation…

New Balance Origin Information

Below is a sampling of sources that contain information about the origin of New Balance shoes that are labeled and advertised as wholly Made in the USA. New Balance Disclosures…

Other Made in USA Labels and Marketing

Below is a sampling of New Balance labeling and other marketing in which the company claims, either expressly or implicitly, that the shoes are wholly Made in the USA. NewBalance.com…

New Balance Made in USA Labels

Below is a sampling of New Balance labels that claim, either expressly or implicitly, that the shoes are wholly Made in the USA. Labels as shown in photos taken by…

FabKids Walk-Through Video

FabKids Deceptive Influencer Marketing

The following is a sampling of more than 45 FabKids ads on Instagram accounts across more than 25 different social media influencers in which the influencers failed to disclose their…

FabKids Deceptive Pricing

The following is a sampling of more than 80 FabKids marketing materials that deceptively advertise prices and sales that are only available to consumers who are bound to the company’s…

Agora Income Claims — 2021 Collection

The Stipulating Parties in FTC v. Agora Financial, LLC, et al. are violating the February 8, 2021 Stipulated Order by, among other things, continuing to market their financial publications using…

Agora Disease-Treatment Claims — 2021 Collection

The Stipulating Parties in FTC v. Agora Financial, LLC, et al. are violating the February 8, 2021 Stipulated Order by, among other things, continuing to market products (primarily supplements and…

Mary Kay Income Claims – 2021 Collection

A TINA.org investigation has compiled a sampling of 200 examples of Mary Kay and/or its distributors making atypical income claims to promote the company’s business opportunity. *Claims collected by TINA.org…

2021 Collection

In January 2021, TINA.org reinvestigated the Walmart website and found that the company is still advertising products as being Made in the USA when they are wholly or partially made…

2020 FTC MLM Database

In 2020, TINA.org investigated the 16 MLMs targeted by the FTC for making deceptive COVID-related claims and found that each of the MLMs has continued to make unsubstantiated health claims…

Market America Income Claims

A TINA.org investigation has cataloged more than 750 instances in which Market America or its CEO JR Ridinger have made or referenced atypical earnings claims that lack appropriate legal disclosures.…

Beautycounter Income Claims

A TINA.org investigation has compiled a sampling of more than 100 examples of Beautycounter and/or its distributors making atypical income claims. *TINA.org has shortened the length of some videos in the…

Shudu

A 2019-2020 TINA.org investigation into the emerging use of virtual influencers in social media marketing has catalogued a *sampling of 28 virtual influencers ranging from the human-like to the overtly…

Qai Qai

A 2019-2020 TINA.org investigation into the emerging use of virtual influencers in social media marketing has catalogued a *sampling of 28 virtual influencers ranging from the human-like to the overtly…