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Grocers and retailers are under fire in a rash of class-action lawsuits over deceptive pricing practices—with increasingly complex tactics.

Home Depot was charged with scanning goods at higher prices than listed on shelves — and upping prices on weekends, when stores were busier.

Drip pricing, hidden fees, and tag-on expenses are all in the crosshairs of California’s SB-478, effective July 1, 2024.

WalMart agrees to pay $45 million in lawsuit for deceptive pricing tactics used in it’s pay-by-weight inventory.

This is the second time the same plaintiff sued America’s biggest retailer for deceptive pay-by-weight pricing after the retail giant failed to address the issue brought up in a similar 2019 lawsuit.