Same flight, $89 one day and $289 the next. Airlines manage fare buckets in real-time based on demand.

#DynamicPricing #Airlines #Pricing #Economics #Travel

If a store knows, for example, that one of those customers lives in a wealthier neighborhood, it can charge that person a higher price.

The bill enforcing the ban, the Protection From #PredatoryPricing Act, goes into effect on Oct 1. Merchants face fines of $10k for running afoul of the #law, & penalties of $25k for repeat offenses.

#law #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Grocery #PriceGauging #DynamicPricing #SurveillancePricing #surveillance #tech #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving

#Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging

A #state #law that goes into effect in October prohibits grocery stores & third-party delivery services from using consumer data to boost #prices.

The practice — supported by #ArtificialIntelligence & known as #DynamicPricing or #SurveillancePricing — can lead to 2 consumers paying different amounts for the same item from the same retailer, at roughly the same time.

#surveillance #tech #regulation #economy #inflation
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/business/surveillance-pricing-groceries-maryland.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Maryland Is First to Ban A.I.-Driven Price Increases in Grocery Stores

A state law that goes into effect in October prohibits grocery stores and third-party delivery services from using consumer data to boost prices.

The New York Times

CEOs who approve of and push for dynamic pricing in stores and have those price tags on the shelves that change abruptly (sometimes multiple times a day), or digital menus at restaurants that do the same, need to be sent to the Special Hell.

You know, the one reserved for child molesters, and people who talk in the theater.

#firefly #Business #dynamicpricing #fraud #specialhell

Added urgency when it comes to grocery stores, given that #DynamicPricing affects Americans’ ability to access affordable food.
#GrocerProfiteering charges different shoppers different prices for the same groceries

#ConsumerProtection #BewareLoyaltyPrograms
#DigitalPrivacyEssentials #PromotionsPhishingYourData

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/29/maryland-grocery-stores-ban-surveillance-pricing

Maryland becomes first state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores

Critics say Maryland’s new law banning rapidly change product costs based on consumer data is full of carveouts

The Guardian
Surveillance watch. How transparent are digital price tags down your grocery aisle?
Perhaps, more troubling, industry analysts say, is surveillance pricing. “Surveillance pricing is dynamic pricing on steroids,” said Sylvain Charlebois.
#Consumer #ConsumerMatters #Dynamicpricing
https://globalnews.ca/news/11821110/surveillance-watch-how-transparent-are-digital-price-tags-down-your-grocery-aisle/
Surveillance watch. How transparent are digital price tags down your grocery aisle?
Perhaps, more troubling, industry analysts say, is surveillance pricing. “Surveillance pricing is dynamic pricing on steroids,” said Sylvain Charlebois.
#Consumer #ConsumerMatters #Dynamicpricing
https://globalnews.ca/news/11821110/surveillance-watch-how-transparent-are-digital-price-tags-down-your-grocery-aisle/
Surveillance watch. How transparent are digital price tags down your grocery aisle?
Perhaps, more troubling, industry analysts say, is surveillance pricing. “Surveillance pricing is dynamic pricing on steroids,” said Sylvain Charlebois.
#Consumer #ConsumerMatters #Dynamicpricing
https://globalnews.ca/news/11821110/surveillance-watch-how-transparent-are-digital-price-tags-down-your-grocery-aisle/

Würde mir niemals eine Supermarkt App für Cent-Beträge-Rabatt-Aktionen auf mein Smartphone runterladen.
#DynamicPricing und Kundenprofile sind eine Kombination bei der man nicht gewinnen kann.

#marketing #supermarkt #lebensmittel #vermarktung #müde #einkaufen #inflation