KAI RYSSDAL: In every rescession there are businesses that defy the economic trendline. Today on our series, “The Upside,” another industry that’s doing better than most. It’ll probably be no end of ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) -- In a sprawling studio, Kevin Harrington is watching a TV pitchman put a shapely model through her paces on a new exercise contraption soon to be featured in a half-hour ...

The “direct response” industry – which includes infomercials, home shopping channels and direct-response radio and Internet ads – reports $100 billion in U.S. sales. In 2008, ad spending overall fell ...

MICHAEL JACKSON was not the only famous 50-year-old to meet an untimely death in the past few days. On June 28th it was reported that Billy Mays, America's “infomercial king”, had gone to meet the ...

Local infomercial king Donald Barrett isn’t going down without a fight. The Beverly resident has filed an appeal of last week’s $48.2 million legal judgment against him for making bogus medical claims ...

Even if you don't know Kevin Trudeau by name, you'll likely recognize his face. You've probably seen him while channel surfing during a bout of insomnia; he's the perfectly coiffed guy who confidently ...

Riding on the success of the first Gymkhana Practice video that grabbed the attention of over 20 million viewers worldwide, the Gymkhana TWO video takes infomercials to the next level. Unlike other ...

The TV pitchman Billie Mays is dead, of a heart attack last month, but his pitch goes on. For Mighty Putty. For the Awesome Auger. For Jupiter Jack, a wireless speakerphone. Even from the grave, ...

I am not an impatient woman. One of my fave dive restaurants takes its sweet time with service. I also patronize a certain South Side Jewel-Osco where the lines, often needlessly, stretch down the ...

While not quite a household product, the infomercials for Proactiv acne system are ubiquitous. So of course, we bought some just in case we had an angry blemish attack. Wouldn't you know, but I had an ...

We have all seen them: Those late at night half-hour infomercials that try to sell us on crappy products, seemingly invented by some dude with lice and a mullet in his garage while he was ...

CLEARWATER, Fla.CLEARWATER, Fla. — In a sprawling studio, Kevin Harrington is watching a TV pitchman put a shapely model through her paces on a new exercise contraption soon to be featured in a ...