The Three Degrees of Price Discrimination: Pricing Strategies Unveiled

Learn how businesses use the three degrees of price discrimination to enhance profits by tailoring prices to customer ...
RealClearMarkets

'Price Discrimination' Is What Enables Lower Prices In the First Place

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 ...

Maximizing Monopoly Profits: Equating Marginal Cost and Revenue

Learn how monopolies maximize profits by equating marginal cost and revenue. Discover the economic principles guiding price and output decisions in monopoly markets.
Law

Robinson-Patman’s Return: The FTC’s Recent Revival of Price Discrimination Enforcement

Robinson-Patman’s Return: The FTC’s Recent Revival of Price Discrimination Enforcement This article discusses the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and recent enforcement actions that have revived "a ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Consumers are more tolerant when algorithms drive price discrimination

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 ...
CNBC

FTC sues PepsiCo, alleging price discrimination is raising costs for consumers

The Federal Trade Commission is suing PepsiCo for allegedly giving an unnamed big box retailer more favorable prices than its competition. The unnamed retailer is Walmart, sources familiar with the ...
Philadelphia Tribune

Suit accuses PepsiCo of price discrimination that favored Walmart over smaller stores

The Federal Trade Commission sued PepsiCo on Friday, alleging that it has engaged in illegal price discrimination by giving unfair price advantages to one large retailer at the expense of other ...