Reebok International Ltd has agreed to pay $25 million to settle charges that it made unsupported claims

what we were saying all along about these types of shoes and MBT’s…….

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By Diane Bartz in Washington and Nivedita Bhattacharjee in Bangalore | Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reebok International Ltd has agreed to pay $25 million to settle charges that it made unsupported claims that its “toning shoes” provide extra muscle strength, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday.

The money will go toward consumer refunds.

Reebok advertisements said the shoes strengthened hamstrings and calves by up to 11 percent more than regular sneakers, and toned the buttocks by up to 28 percent more, the FTC said.

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http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/reebok-paying-to-settle-charges-over-shoe-claims-2571097/