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FTC Approves Final Orders Banning Two Companies From Making Unsubstantiated Slimming Claims for Shapewear Undergarments

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2014.  Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved two final orders settling charges that two companies, Norm Thompson Outfitters. Inc., and Wacoal America, Inc., misled consumers regarding the ability of their caffeine-infused shapewear undergarments to reshape the wearer’s body and reduce cellulite.

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According to the FTC’s complaints, announced in September, the two companies’ marketing claims for their caffeine-infused products were false and not substantiated by scientific…

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