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A Taste for Claims: Conducting Sensory Claim Substantiation Surveys

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This article provides an overview of sensory claim substantiation: the types of sensory claims, how to identify the right sensory claim for your product, research design methods, best practices for each type of claim, and how...more

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NAD Decision Offers Guidance on Comparisons Against Categories

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When an advertiser makes a comparison against a category of products, it must generally substantiate the claim against 85% of the products in that category. It’s common for advertisers to narrow down a category in order to...more

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NAD Finds Ad Featuring Gordon Ramsay Too Harsh

Gordon Ramsay is a celebrity chef, perhaps best known for his fiery temper and the harsh criticism he levels at contestants on his cooking shows. If Ramsay judges that food isn’t cooked properly, that the texture is off, or...more

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5 Key Takeaways - Puffery Versus Objective Claims in Advertising: Five Takeaways from the 2024 National Advertising Division...

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Barry M. Benjamin, managing partner of the New York office and chair of Kilpatrick’s Advertising and Marketing group, was honored to participate recently on a panel at the BBB National Program’s National Advertising...more

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NAD Considers Whether ​“Better” and ​“Best” Claims are Puffery

Royal Oak sells Super Size charcoal briquets that are 50% bigger than the briquets sold by certain competitors. Royal Oak advertises that ​“a bigger briquet is a better briquet” and that the briquets provide ​“the best...more

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NARB Reads Less Into Emojis Than NAD

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Earlier this year, Coca-Cola reformulated its Powerade beverage to include more electrolytes. In some ads, it boasted that the beverage now contained ​“50% more electrolytes vs. Gatorade Thirst Quencher.” One social media...more

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NAD Decision Provides Guidance on Disclosures for Endorsements

NAD recently issued a decision in a challenge that Bath & Body Works (or ​“B&BW”) brought against Goose Creek that touches upon a number of common issues advertisers face. The decision covers a lot of ground, and yesterday we...more

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NAD Decision Provides Guidance on Claims Against Unnamed Competitors

NAD recently issued a decision in a challenge that Bath & Body Works (or ​“B&BW”) brought against Goose Creek that touches upon a number of common issues advertisers face. Although the decision covers a lot of ground – B&BW...more

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NAD (Still) Doesn’t Trust Trustpilot Reviews

If a review site ranks your product as the top in a category, can you advertise that you’re “number 1” in that category? The answer may not be as simple as it seems, and two NAD cases – one from three years ago and one from...more

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NAD Decision Holds Lessons for Developing Test Protocols

If you want to advertise that your product performs better than a competitor’s product, you’re likely going to have to run tests to substantiate that claim. In some cases, there may be industry standard tests that could help...more

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