#pricetransparency — Public Fediverse posts

Notebook Check: This neat free tool uses government data to tell you if your grocery store’s “sale” is actually a good deal. “The tool has been built by an independent developer who goes by u/barneycorp on Reddit. The site covers hundreds of cities across the US and Canada. Every week, it pulls meat, fish, dairy, and egg prices from local store flyers, normalizes them to a common unit ($/lb, […]

Groundwork, Consumer Reports, and More Perfect Union just dropped a massive investigation into Instacart’s AI-driven pricing and the findings are eye-opening.

https://groundworkcollaborative.org/work/instacart/

#surveillancepricing #instacart #algorithmicpricing #consumerrights #pricetransparency
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The US FTC issues long-awaited rules requiring companies to display the full price of hotels, concert tickets, and more upfront, eliminating hidden "junk fees." 💸🏨🎟️ #FTC #ConsumerRights #JunkFees #PriceTransparency #TechNews #BusinessRegulation #Hotels #ConcertTickets #FairPricing #USRegulations

📣 New research with Kelli Frias, Ph.D. from our HealthCARE Lab where we discuss the implications of hospital price transparency for consumers and their well-being. Making healthcare more "shoppable" has important implications for marketing, consumers, providers, and public health. #consumers #decisionmaking #healthcare #policy #pricetransparency #hospital #marketing #publichealth #research https://doi.org/10.1111/joca.12551

In #TheNetherlands they are setting an example with #pricetransparency laws for #electricvehicle charging since 2020

https://nklnederland.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/3.2-ECISS-Prijstransparency.pdf