Ticker: Walmart expands digital price labels; Court OKs Pentagon ‘risk’ tag on Anthropic

Walmart is aiming to assuage customers’ fears about its new pricing technology as it rolls out digital price labels at its stores.

Official response and confirmed impact

“We don’t set different prices based on who you are or the time of day, and we won’t,” Furner wrote.

“Whether you’re buying groceries or electronics on a hot afternoon or in a sudden rush for an item, it’s never a reason to charge you more.”

The pledge comes as concerns are mounting from some shoppers, consumer advocates and lawmakers skeptical about the rollout of digital price labels by Walmart and other stores.

Digital price labels let stores change prices instantly from a central computer instead of having workers swap out paper labels by hand.

Incident under investigation

A federal appeals court has rejected Anthropic’s challenge to the Pentagon’s labeling of it as a supply chain risk.

In a statement posted online, Walmart Inc.’s CEO John Furner vowed that the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer isn’t using personal information like income, shopping history or a shopper’s willingness to pay to set prices and won’t be doing so in the future.