Supply/Demand/Prices

Labor government looks to tighten consumer laws ahead of election

The real Mouse-heads might not care...

Disneyland fans woke up Wednesday morning to find about a 6% price increase on most park tickets and a price increase between 6% to 20% on annual passes, known as Magic Keys, for Disney’s original resort in California.

As Hurricane Milton approaches landfall in the U.S., the Biden administration is warning consumers of the risk of fraud and price gouging.

In letters sent to General Mills, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, the lawmakers asked the corporations to end their “pattern of profiteering.”

Supermarket prices are no longer skyrocketing – except, of course, if you’re buying eggs.

This site shows the price of a taco at every Taco Bell in the US. Updated a few hours ago.

UK music fans are the latest group to complain about the practice...

Sommeliers and wine professionals at top New York City restaurants like The Four Horsemen and Claud share how they price their wine lists.

6-minute countdown… to snag Billy Joel tix. Yesterday, the Washington, DC, attorney general sued ticketing heavyweight StubHub over its pricing...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched a study of products that could allow companies to set different prices for consumers based on their locations, past purchases, and other personal data.

Federal regulators are conducting a fact-finding mission to determine how companies use technology to target individual consumers with higher prices.

There are several elements that determine the price of a Martini. Check out our cost breakdown on Martinis from five major U.S. cities here.

On Sunday, the cost of a stamp is going up for the second time this year, jumping 5 cents for first class postage to 73 cents. You probably didn’t notice.

Americans are traveling in record numbers this summer, but Delta Air Lines says it saw second-quarter profit drop 29% due to higher costs and discounting of base-level fares across the industry.

As food prices surge, fast casual has somehow landed in the sweet spot between expensive fast food and bloated restaurants.

Fast food prices are high because demand for fast food remains really high, despite those higher prices.

The sad desk salad won the lunch wars.

The margins are tight, but there’s still a profit to be made on the offer, according to restaurant-industry experts

The retailer expects to deploy the technology to 2,300 locations by 2026 in a bid to improve efficiency and customer service.

Service charges added to restaurant bills are a little different since they’re often applied in the context of some increased cost that the restaurant has incurred. So then why don’t restaurants just increase the prices of the dishes instead? Well, there’s some solid economic reasoning behind this growing trend.

Digital surveillance and customer isolation are individualizing the prices we pay.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday she is indefinitely delaying the implementation of congestion pricing in New York City’s borough of Manhattan just weeks before the plan was set to take effect, dealing a major blow to transportation advocates who have spent decades pushing for the deal and a win for several opponents of the plan who say the toll is a regressive tax on commuters.

How power, technology, and opportunity have come together to gouge consumers

Why now? Every retailer wants to be seen as the ‘one’ that finally lowered prices.

Apple's smartphone shipments in China rose 52% in April from a year ago, extending a rebound seen in March, according to data from a research firm affiliated the Chinese government.

The initiative follows several recent moves by the retailer to appeal to value and price-sensitive consumers.

The Appeal's 9-month investigation uncovered prison commissaries’ exploitative, inconsistent systems with inside prices up to five times higher than in the community and markups as high as 600 percent.

Falling crop prices are leaving agriculture equipment sellers with an excess of unsold tractors and combines. To cope with the surplus, dealers are discounting machines, suspending new orders, and even auctioning off equipment at reduced prices.