Price Tracking & Alerts

2+ hour, 46+ min ago   (691+ words) "The data that powers the surveillance pricing engine is estimated to be a $700 billion industry by 2030." A content creator is warning that grocery store technology like digital shelf labels, shopper-tracking systems, and pricing algorithms could make everyday shopping a lot…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (477+ words) If getting a popup at checkout that a price was going up based on your personal profile, would you hit the "complete purchase" button? Under a new Connecticut law, those notices will be coming to checkout screens for any retailers…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (269+ words) No evidence credibly confirms Walmart engages in misuse of customer data involving the practice of using in-store digital shelf labels for surveillance pricing, a term defined as the act of raising or lowering prices on a per-customer basis based on…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (226+ words) In the face of soaring expenses, retailers are visiting an average of three different wholesalers a week, both online and in-depot, to find the best deals, according to a new study commissioned by FrieslandCampina and conducted by Lumina Intelligence. The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (251+ words) Straight from Walmart’s own legal language — and it covers more ground than most shoppers expect. The retention schedule adds unusual specificity: Walmart says biometric data will be permanently destroyed when its purpose is fulfilled, within three years of your last…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (627+ words) Staples’ back-to-school campaign circa 1996 with a zealous (maybe even drunk?) dad doing wheelies with his shopping cart, wielding a rotary pencil sharpener, flanked by two extremely macabre grade schoolers dressed as pallbearers, may well be the most iconic moving image…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (283+ words) Walmart is finally getting tap-to-pay — but social media is considerably less impressed with the apparent AI-generated advertisement announcing it. Another user pointed out that "Walmart has been using AI" for some time now. The wonky keypad is precisely the kind…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (17+ words) CTV News...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (497+ words) A rule in force today requires 35 retail chains with over 3,900 stores to publish daily online price lists. The basis is not the Trade Practices Act but a rule under the Consumer Protection Act. The rule appeared in the Official Gazette…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (35+ words) FOX6 News Milwaukee Kohl's Store Manager Amy Baumann shares a few back-to-school essentials you can find in-store and online All the news you need to know, every day...