Reebok to pay $25M over shoe claims

Associated Press

WASHINGTON

Reebok International Ltd. will pay $25 million to customers to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that it made deceptive claims in ads that its toning shoes would measurably strengthen the legs and buttocks of those who wear them.

Reebok made a number of claims in its advertising and marketing materials that the FTC said it could not support.

A spokesman for Reebok was not immediately available to comment.