Ftc: Skechers Deceived Consumers With Shoe Ads

editor@mercurynews.com (By Jennifer C. Kerr), San Jose Mercury News
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 11:50am

WASHINGTON -- The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers' fitness shoes is not going to get you Kim Kardashian's curves or Brooke Burke's toned tush.

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