…. . . Recent Quartz article on Private Label and Brand name. Private-label brands are having a moment in 2024, and it’s no coincidence that some of the biggest winners…

…sold at major retailers today, such as legendary Half of Fame MLB pitcher Nolan Ryan’s private label beef that is carried exclusively at Kroger stores, or at his private label…

Oil prices at 7 year high after longest string of weekly gains on record, Focus on Fracking, Commenter and Blogger RJS Oil prices rose for a record 9th consecutive week…

…primarily by reducing price of medical services (as opposed to the quantity of medical services Americans receive), and it reduces prices mainly by reducing excessive administrative costs that drive prices…

…inflation has eased some recently, prices remain much higher than they were before the pandemic. As of July, consumer prices for food at home were 26% higher than they were at the…

…Prices, Stupid,” health policy expert Gerard F. Anderson and colleagues concluded that (the italics are ours) “the difference in spending [between the US and other countries] is caused mostly by higher prices for…

Labeling for Increased Profits, Farmer and Economist, Michael Smith It is a well-known marketing ploy to label, relabel, and even mislabel a product again and again to increase sales. We…

…year now and are not really budging, poultry and pork prices are also stable. Feed is up but we’ve been able to absorb some of those costs. The private label…

…prices to fall so you can buy? You may have a long wait, consumeraffairs.com, Mark Huffman. In spite of a doubling of mortgage rates over the last 12 months, pricing…

…Raising prices when strapped consumers are price-sensitive can be a formula for disaster. That’s why there’s often less in the box instead. Update: Economist Mom makes the story so much…