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Associated PressAugust 3, 2016

Worried you might catch the Zika virus? Scammers and bug spray companies are counting on it. Marketers know this is the time to pounce: The Summer Olympics are about to start in Brazil, where the recent Zika epidemic started, and 14 mosquito-borne cases of Zika were identified recently in the Miami area, the first in […]

Peter SchorschMay 23, 2016

Zika woes have caused a spike in bug spray sales, according to online shopping statistics from New York-based 1010data. The data show online insect repellent sales were up 323 percent during the three-month period ending in April compared to the same three months in 2015. In dollar amounts, the growth comes out to a total sales […]

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Tag: bug spray

Scammers, bug spray companies capitalizing on Zika fears

Zika concerns fuel spike in bug spray sales, new report shows