Learn how businesses use the three degrees of price discrimination to enhance profits by tailoring prices to customer ...

Imagine going to buy a pair of shoes or book a hotel room, only to find out you’re being charged more than someone else — for the exact same item — simply because of your ZIP code, income level or ...

AI offers great benefits to retailers, but using personal data to set individualized prices, called surveillance pricing, faces growing regulatory backlash.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) withdrew the agency’s lawsuit against Pepsi Cola for allegedly violating the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA). The withdrawal was supported by all three members of the ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit against Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, accusing the company of violating the Robinson-Patman Act by unfairly discriminating in prices ...

On December 12, 2024, following a nearly two-year-long investigation, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) initiated its first litigation under the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA)[1] in more than two decades.

Kroger, the largest supermarket chain in the U.S., is facing criticism from Democrats over its current integration and potential future use of new technologies, including digital price tags and facial ...

The use of algorithmic pricing software, including dynamic and competitive pricing, raises fairness, antitrust and privacy concerns when the data is based on personal, nonpublic or competitively ...

FIRST ON FOX: Airlines could be barred from offering employee "bounties" or incentives tied to extra airline amenity fees and ban "discriminatory" pricing under a new bill introduced Tuesday by Sen.