Flexibility-based price discrimination allows companies to charge different people different prices for the same produce or service, based on how easily they can walk away.

Opinion. Micro-pricing a big puzzle in inflation’s persistence. The real world of price setting doesn’t look much like the supply and demand schedules of Economics 101.

So, outlawing price discrimination will make consumers pay more than they otherwise would—which may cause them to reduce spending on other goods—thus harming the producers of those goods.

We assume that consumers' valuation for the product/service varies over time and that there is an exogenous probability for product returns. Several interesting results emerge. First, a credit refund ...

Price discrimination is sometimes decried as unfair, and it may be so. It is, how-ever, commonly practiced by the hotel, airline, pharmaceutical,and telecommunications industries; by public ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has decided to drop its legal case against PepsiCo, which accused the company of engaging in “illegal price discrimination” in soft drinks. The lawsuit ...

Independent stores charge folks less when they aren’t being bullied by their suppliers or forced out of business by rampant price discrimination, and prices are lower overall. Fairness, it turns ...

Now is a good time to look at the 'pink tax,' gender price discrimination banned in several states, and related issues surrounding the 'period tax.' Kiplinger. Save up to 74%.

Rampant price discrimination snuffed out many of the independent stores that could have provided the competition needed to put a check on high prices. The Market @25th in Church Hill, ...

Price discrimination is permitted under Robinson-Patman if the companies can justify cost efficiencies, FTC officials said. Southern Glazer’s failed to do so, regulators allege.

A former Juul distributor is allowed to add allegations to existing price discrimination claims against the e-cigarette manufacturer and a competitor, but the plaintiff cannot bring entirely new ...

Convenience stores sue Pepsi and Frito-Lay, alleging price discrimination. By Mike Scarcella. February 18, 2025 6:06 PM UTC Updated February 18, 2025 The logo of Pepsi at Irwindale ...