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U.S. consumers aren't just frustrated with high prices. They're angry and confused about the increasingly high-tech ways that restaurant chains and major retailers are setting those prices. Digital price tags are rapidly replacing paper ones in grocery aisles. Artificial intelligence tools…
U.S. consumers aren’t just frustrated with high prices. They’re angry and confused about the increasingly high-tech ways that restaurant chains and major retailers are setting those prices. Digital price tags are rapidly replacing paper ones in grocery aisles. Artificial intelligence tools…
Published on 10/15/2026 at 01:44 pm EDT - Modified on 10/15/2026 at 01:51 pm EDT Oct 15 (Reuters) - Target said on Thursday that it was not using customer data to raise prices based on shoppers' identities or locations, joining rival Walmart in trying to address growing…
ANOTHER state is planning on cracking down on surveillance pricing with a law against a common price tag trick. Virginia state senator Russet Perry is looking to regulate price changes based on customers’ personal data. While algorithmic pricing has been…
Mass. — Consumer advocates are raising new concerns about technology that could allow retailers to charge different shoppers different prices for the same product, a practice often called “personalized pricing” or “surveillance pricing.” The concerns follow new patent filings from Walmart…
Walmart, one of the world’s largest retailers, has consistently invested in technology to improve inventory management, online shopping and supply chain operations. Its patents describe technological approaches that could support increasingly automated retail systems. However, patents outlining potential capabilities do…
Your source for technology news, insights, and analysis. Covering AI, startups, cybersecurity, and innovation. AI Dynamic Pricing Hits Groceries, Fast Food as Data Risks Rise Retailers deploy AI pricing algorithms raising personalized cost concerns for consumers The checkout scanner at…
Put tuna in your shopping cart. Now, reach for the mayonnaise. What if the price changed because the retailer’s technology had already worked out what you were making? On The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, Groundwork Collaborative’s Lindsay Owens discussed…
Consumers who suspect retailers are digitally watching not only their purchases but also their perceived interest in buying have every right to think so. The problem is so pervasive that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission set in motion a personalized pricing…
Walmart is doubling down on its pledge not to use AI, customer data or digital shelf labels to set personalized prices for its shoppers. In a public letter Monday, Dan Bartlett, Walmart's executive vice president of corporate affairs, challenged what…