8 Dec 2022

Hair loss treatment company Ashley and Martin fined over marketing claims

From Morning Report, 7:49 am on 8 December 2022

Hair loss treatment company Ashley and Martin has been fined more than $350,000 for unsubstantiated marketing claims about its work.

The company had claimed its treatment, which costs up to $5000, had a 98 percent sucess rate.

But the company had no reasonable basis for its claims.

As a result of the fine, the company has stopped making the claims in advertising material.

Commerce Commission associate commissioner Anna Rawlings spoke to Māni Dunlop.