A new book by Lindsay Owens
The End of a Fair Price – and What That Means for Your Wallet
Available now
More than half (53%) of manufacturers surveyed by the Kansas City Fed reported that customers have become more price-sensitive over the past six months. Manufacturers also shared their experiences with rising costs and pricing decisions:
Walmart doesn’t need to know:
where you live
where you work
where your kids practice soccer
what restaurants you go to
what you post online
how fast your heart is beating
And yet, somehow, there’s a patent for that.
ICYMI: Halloween candy prices are up 15% from last year, 4x the rate of overall inflation.
Our new report w/ @Groundwork finds that major candy makers are keeping prices high while families are increasingly turning to debt to get by.
Read more in @ScrippsNews:
Do you know what's really driving up your candy costs?
@abc15 used our data to make a candy interactive guide – so you can see how much your costs will go AND who's benefiting.
This Halloween is shaping up to be full of more tricks than treats – with candy favorites costing 15% more on average this year.
No matter how working families plan to celebrate, Trump’s ghoulish policies & frighteningly high prices are sure to haunt families' budgets.
Halloween candy price update: According to @Groundwork, Sour Patch Kids and Swedish Fish gummies are up 39%, Reese’s peanut butter cups 23%, and Butterfinger, Crunch, Baby Ruth and 100 Grand chocolate nearly 19%.
I’ll discuss on @610wtvnnews at 8AMET.
NEW profile of our @owenslindsay1, discussing her new book, "Gouged," the increasingly sophisticated technologies corporations are using to squeeze consumers, & what policymakers can do to restore fairness to our economy.
Read the full conversation 👇
Thanks to Trump, this Halloween is frightening for all the wrong reasons.
Spooky season should be about candy and decorations – not scary price hikes.
But candy favorites will cost more than 15% more than last year, in new analysis from us and @TCFdotorg.
Walmart patented a system to decide if you’re enough of a Karen to deserve a gift card when they screw up your order – plus a bunch of other dystopian ways to potentially profile shoppers & personalize prices.
Our new report breaks down the patents you have to see to believe.
It's not just ghouls and ghosts out there.
40% of households with young children plan to take on debt in order to cover this year’s Halloween costs.
New analysis from us & @TCFdotorg found Halloween candy prices are up 15% this year compared to last.
This Halloween, the real jump scare is how high candy prices are under Trump’s economy. Check out this new report 🔽
As day to day life seems increasingly unaffordable, a new book explores how dynamic and surveillance pricing is making this problem worse.
For the Economic Populist, Gouged author @owenslindsay1 spoke with our own @helaineolen: "Gouged is a book about the reinvention of the
It can be impossible to know if your personal AI agent is working for you or a retailer, our @owenslindsay1 told @CBSNews.
Walmart's CEO admitted their "Sparky" boosted average order values by 40%, potentially upcharging their customers.
"The ways in which pricing have become a highly engineered science have eroded the ability for shoppers to comparison shop."
Our @owenslindsay1 sat down with @helaineolen to discuss her new book, and what the end of a fair prices means for our overall society & economy.
NEW from us and @TCFdotorg: Americans hoping not to break the bank when preparing for Halloween this year have few options.
Halloween candy prices are up 15.3% – a staggering 4x overall inflation. @scrippsnews with the exclusive 👇
