HBW US Market News: FTC Returns 'Free Trial' Losses, Old Spice Targets 'Meat Sweats,' More

FTC returns more than $5.4m to more than 100,000 consumers from "free trial" scam;" Hood College names Nutrition Science Program's founding director; Cremer introduces gummy-counting machine; Herbalife renovates LA headquarters; Arby's and Old Spice team up to fight "meat sweats."

"Old Spice Guy" Isaiah Mustafa gave Sweat Defense dry sprays to New York pedestrians recently, finishing at Manhattan's Meatpacking District. • Source: Procter & Gamble/Arby's Restaurant Group

Procter & Gamble's Old Spice men's deodorant and skin care brand and fast-food chain Arby’s Restaurant Group Inc. say there's a type of perspiration caused by eating too much meat, or “meat sweats,” and for a limited-time they've selling a kit to defeat it. 

Old Spice says it hopes that with the promotion, it continues to “leverage signature humor” with “unexpected partnerships” to advertise...

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