月: 2019年12月

Do you rely on reviews when you buy a product?

American cosmetic company Sunday Riley was found fabricating positive reviews of its products for two years.

The company’s unfair actions were revealed through a former employee. They leaked photos of Sunday Riley e-mails with instructions on how to create fake accounts and write online reviews. So those comments do not reflect actual feedback from satisfied customers.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigated and established that the allegations were true. But they did not impose severe punishment, which enraged many people. “Why are the sanctions so light?”  “Consumers will start disregarding reviews as a reliable basis for purchasing products. “

“Dishonest companies will continue with fake reviews”

“Honest firms may say if they are losing out by following the law.”

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Frozen 2 Has $127 Million Opening Weekend

Six years after the success of the first film, Frozen 2 has made more than $127 million over its first weekend in cinemas, says Disney.

Frozen 2 has also broken a number of records for Disney, getting the largest opening for any Walt Disney Animation Studios movie. It has also had the highest-grossing global debut of any animated film.

The new film brings back a lot of the same voice actors as the 2013 film, including Idina Menzel as Elsa and Kristen Bell as Anna. The couple who wrote the music for Frozen, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, returned too, although the songs in Frozen 2 have been less popular than those in the first film.

Reviews for Frozen 2 have been good, but not as good as they were for Frozen. Research company CinemaScore has given an A- grade to Frozen 2, but Frozen got an A+.

Critics gave the new film a score of 75% fresh on film review website Rotten Tomatoes, while the first Frozen got 90%. However, its audience score on Rotten Tomatoes was 93% fresh.