Price discrimination is a strategy that charges customers different prices for the same product based on what the seller ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) withdrew the agency’s lawsuit against Pepsi Cola for allegedly violating the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA). The withdrawal was supported by all three members of the ...

March is a time when tax season, and tax deadlines, are understandably on many people’s minds. But the month of March is also when some people celebrate equity and women’s achievements. For example, ...

The Wendy’s debacle is a warning shot for brands: If you want to play with prices, make sure to communicate why and whom it could help. By Lydia DePillis It’s been a strange and maddening couple of ...

For customers who don’t have the freedom to choose where they shop, technological advancements — particularly artificial intelligence (AI) and intrusive personal data collection — are making price ...

Senior and student discounts don’t tend to be controversial, but mortgage concessions that favor males over females, “pink taxes” on women’s personal care items and dating apps that charge older users ...

On December 12, 2024, following a nearly two-year-long investigation, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) initiated its first litigation under the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA)[1] in more than two decades.

A federal court in Illinois granted Juul Labs, Inc. and HS Wholesale, Ltd.’s motion to dismiss Power Buying Dealers USA, Inc.’s claims of price discrimination. Power Buying Dealers USA, Inc. v. Juul ...

A window display at an A&P store in Manhattan in the 1930s. (HUM Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images) Perspective by Marc Levinson In 1909, the Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake Company offered a ...

Spectators wave their towels ahead of the first period between the Montréal Canadiens and the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game Four of the First Round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Bell Centre on ...

It’s been a strange and maddening couple of years for consumers, with prices of essential goods soaring and then sinking, turning household budgets upside down. Perhaps that’s why, in late February, ...