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Fans Criticise FIFA over World Cup ticket prices.

Lindsay Owens: “Pick any day, any seat, any stadium, any location - you will pay more for this World Cup in World Cup history. This is just an incredible eye poppingly expensive World Cup and there’s a really simple reason for it. FIFA changed how they price tickets for the first time and they rolled out what they’re calling a variable pricing model, which is really just a dynamic pricing model.”

June 11, 2026 BBC

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High Prices Making Working Families Sweat This Summer Thanks to Trump’s Tariff Chaos and War in Iran

High temperatures and higher prices rob working families of a restful summer break.

June 10, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative

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World Cup Kicks Off, NBA Finals Ratings Surge, Sorsby Appeal, Sports Ticket Affordability.

Featuring Alex Jacquez.

June 10, 2026 Front Office Sports

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Our infuriating ticket-buying experiment.

Lindsay Owens, the executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, tells me the widespread acceptance of dynamic pricing lets platforms get away with this.

June 10, 2026 Business Insider

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New Yorkers Join Attorney General James in Celebrating the Passage of the One Fair Price Act.

“Working families in New York and across the country struggle with the cost of living, and they deserve protections against corporations using their data against them to jack up prices,” said Lindsay Owens, Executive Director of Groundwork Collaborative. “New Yorkers aren’t corporate guinea pigs, and Groundwork applauds Attorney General Letitia James, and her fellow New York leaders, for fighting to ensure New Yorkers aren’t shaken down by secret pricing schemes designed to squeeze every last dollar out of them. The One Fair Price Act can’t come soon enough.”

June 10, 2026 Office of the New York State Attorney General

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Your Data Sets Your Price. A Federal Study Showed Exactly How.

A December 2025 investigation put a number on it. Groundwork Collaborative, working with Consumer Reports and More Perfect Union, ran a field test with roughly 400 shoppers buying the same baskets at the same time, and found that nearly 75% of grocery items on Instacart were offered at more than one price.

June 10, 2026 Forbes

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May Beige Book Confirms Working Families are Falling Behind in Trump’s Economy

The K-shaped economy comes into clear view as prices continue to rise, employers and workers lose confidence, and working families struggle to keep up.

June 5, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative

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Chris Jansing Reports: White House Touts U.S. Job Growth.

Alex Jacquez: “I think people are mostly mad about prices, and they have been for a long time. People are less concerned about the job market and the labor market right now than they are with the rising cost of living.”

June 5, 2026 MS Now

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May Jobs Report Reveals Stagnant Wages Across Trump’s Economy

Working class Americans face a stumbling labor market propped up by limited concentrated growth, paychecks falling behind cost of living.

June 5, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative

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Groundwork Celebrates Passage of New York’s One Fair Price Act

The One Fair Price Act, which protects against corporate price gouging powered by consumers’ personal data, now heads to Governor Hochul’s desk for signature.

June 5, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative