Three states are moving to ban surveillance pricing, the practice of charging individuals different prices based on personal ...

You may have already noticed an influx of digital price tags at your local grocery store. Here's why some are concerned about them.

Dynamic pricing often gets blamed for inconsistent price changes. Customers see mismatched numbers and assume the pricing model has gone wrong or an algorithm has overstepped. In most cases, neither ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free, here. But these days, companies are harnessing huge amounts of data to fine-tune their ...

March 04, 2026 - Dynamic pricing sits at the focal point of regulatory crosshairs. Also called algorithmic or "surveillance pricing," this type of pricing uses customers' personal data to set ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If consumers are wondering why they’re paying higher prices for certain items at major retailers and grocery stores, it might be ...

Airlines and travel search engines, such as Expedia, claim dynamic and surveillance pricing help them offer tailored experiences, but they’re also about boosting profits. Ever feel like flight prices ...

When we think dynamic pricing, we usually think of airlines, Uber or Amazon quickly changing their prices. But now, dynamic pricing is coming to a supermarket near you. More and more, the things we ...

If you feel like you’re being nickel-and-dimed everywhere you shop – you probably are. Instacart has been using a shady AI algorithm that charges different prices to different customers on the same ...

No one loves that, except perhaps whoever is in charge of revenue maximization at Delta or JetBlue. But now, thanks to technology, this same sort of dynamic pricing is now coming to many other ...