price anchoring

Ad Watchdog: T-Mobile Should Explain Better How ‘Ditch And Switch’ Payments Work

Ad Watchdog: T-Mobile Should Explain Better How ‘Ditch And Switch’ Payments Work

Mobile phone contracts as a business model are dying out, but there are still people under contract left out there, and T-Mobile wants to recruit them. Only an analysis by the National Advertising Review Board (NARB) shows that the carrier’s campaign aimed at these people, “Ditch and Switch,” advertises in a way that’s mostly true, but leaves a few important details out. [More]

Lawsuit Accuses Kohl’s Of Advertising ‘False’ Original Prices

Lawsuit Accuses Kohl’s Of Advertising ‘False’ Original Prices

Is it fair to consumers when a retailer sells their own private-label products at a “discount” from the prices that they set in the first place? Two Kohl’s shoppers in California say that it isn’t, and they’ve filed a federal class action suit alleging that discount department store Kohl’s does exactly that. [More]