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Walmart is rolling out digital shelf labels and expects the technology to be in all U.S. stores by year’s end. Kroger also has begun experimenting with the technology.

The nation’s largest retailer says the digital price tags help associates do their jobs better and stresses that prices on items will be exactly the same for every consumer in every store.

Some legislators are wary of the technology’s potential to be used in dynamic pricing models that disadvantage consumers, with Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introducing a bill to ban it.

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[–] 2 points 7 months ago (6 children)

so remember when you are in the grocery store to put your phone in airplane mode so the sensors cant read your phone and its bank balances. that way you won’t get dinged with higher prices because you’re “better off “.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    You putting your bank balance in your phone's Bluetooth name or what?

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