If GTA 6 ever comes out, you shouldn’t pay 17% more for it than the next gamer.
Dynamic pricing is one of many deceptive pricing schemes companies employ to squeeze consumers for the most they’ll pay.
Hey @Sony: Same game. Same price. For everyone.
https://psprices.com/news/sony-ab-testing-prices/
People are catching up to all the second-order shocks we’re about to face due to Trump’s war. I talked about the supply chain implications to fertilizer and more with @cnni
As it unleashes violence at home & abroad, the Trump administration is radically reshaping the US economy.
@ENPancotti joins @EmmaShortisto discuss the State of the Union, tariffs & Trump’s attack on Somali-Americans. @Groundwork
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Walmart isn’t spending millions on digital shelf labels to improve customer experience.
They’re doing it because the technology lets them change their prices instantly and effortlessly.
That kind of “efficiency” just makes it easier to gouge customers in real time.
Corporate pricing games gone wild! Last year, Amazon changed their prices 116,000+ times, Walmart nearly 69,000, and Kroger 55,000.
When corporations change prices minute to minute, too often working families are the ones getting ripped off.
“This is the quickest increase [of gas prices] since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” @AlexSJacquez tells @FoxLA.
"We’ll all be paying higher prices for transportation, which will lead to higher prices on the shelves — higher prices for basically everything.”
“For now, Trump and his administration have shown no sign of changing course. @AlexSJacquez, of Groundwork Collaborative, said a painful, sustained increase in energy costs like that triggered by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine now appears increasingly likely.
“‘It feels
The longer the conflict with Iran lasts, the more working families will pay.
Oil prices are climbing, gas prices are rising, and the economic impact could reach $210 billion.
@AlexSJacquez told @Independent that markets may be overlooking the risk of a prolonged war — one that
Two polls. One story: families are going into debt just to get by.
Our polling with @BorrowerJustice shows Americans are increasingly relying on credit cards and Buy Now, Pay Later loans to cover essentials like groceries, rent, utilities, and medical care.
A sign that rising
The deterioration in the labor market is visible from space.
Jobs are down, gas prices are up, and America’s working class continues to pay the price.
Working families are resorting to scrapping metal and selling clothes to make ends meet.
The Federal Reserve’s report should serve as a major red flag for the White House that Trump’s economy is flailing.
If the conflict in Iran continues, nationwide gas prices could average between $3.50-$4.00, while CA drivers could see prices exceed $7 per gallon.
As our @AlexSJacquez tells @KPIXtv, “economically the damage is already done.”
Another important chart @millennial_debt and I feature in our new piece for @BorrowerJustice and @Groundwork.
Voters -- increasingly relying on debt to pay for essentials -- want a credit card interest rate cap. And the banks can't talk them out of it.
A record number of American workers are pulling money from their 401(k)s to cover financial emergencies. https://on.wsj.com/4aQTiXP
Everywhere you look across Donald Trump’s economy, debt is masking a fundamental weakness in families’ finances.
More from @millennial_debt / @borrowerjustice and @EmDiVito / @groundwork