Alexandra Twin has 15+ years of experience as an editor and writer, covering financial news for public and private companies. Ariel Courage is an experienced editor, researcher, and former ...

Airlines have always used a multitude of proxies to determine customers’ willingness to pay: how far in advance people are booking, whether they’re going one-way or return, whether they’re staying a ...

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 pink tax refers to gender-based price discrimination. Originally used to describe the sales taxes women pay for feminine ...

For customers who don’t have the freedom to choose where they shop, technological advancements — particularly artificial intelligence (AI) and intrusive personal data collection — are making price ...

Senior and student discounts don’t tend to be controversial, but mortgage concessions that favor males over females, “pink taxes” on women’s personal care items and dating apps that charge older users ...

A window display at an A&P store in Manhattan in the 1930s. (HUM Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images) Perspective by Marc Levinson In 1909, the Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake Company offered a ...

The Wendy’s debacle is a warning shot for brands: If you want to play with prices, make sure to communicate why and whom it could help. By Lydia DePillis It’s been a strange and maddening couple of ...

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan has raised concerns about the potential misuse of AI by airlines to charge higher prices for passengers attending funerals. What Happened: Speaking at ...

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.

The Federal Trade Commission sued PepsiCo on Friday, alleging that it has engaged in illegal price discrimination by giving unfair price advantages to one large retailer at the expense of other ...

It’s been a strange and maddening couple of years for consumers, with prices of essential goods soaring and then sinking, turning household budgets upside down. Perhaps that’s why, in late February, ...