To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. I grew up in a house where grocery shopping was strategy. My mom knew which store had cheaper produce, which one ran ...

The traditional grocery store model, characterized by fixed prices on shelves, is undergoing a significant transformation.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image: Wikimedia That box of Cheerios you grabbed last week? Another shopper paid 23% less for the same product at the same store.

A preprint study published by researchers at George Washington University presents evidence of social bias in the algorithms ride-sharing startups like Uber, Lyft, and Via use to price fares. In a ...

DETAILS ON THE GOVERNOR’S ANNOUNCEMENT IN SEVERNA PARK. WRITERS USE IT. SO DO AIRLINES. EVEN SOME SPORTS TEAMS. THERE’S GROWING CONCERN THAT DYNAMIC PRICING WILL BE WIDELY USED AT GROCERY STORES. THE ...

A quiet line in a Washington Post email reveals a bigger shift: companies are using your personal data to set prices just for ...

Lawmakers are moving to regulate or ban the use of personal data in pricing, amid concerns consumers could be charged ...

Is FIFA—and every other practitioner of dynamic pricing from Uber and Amazon to Marriott, Delta, and Target—really playing dirty? Are they price-gouging their customers, or are they improving their ...