Terms like "dynamic pricing" and "surveillance pricing" are stirring up anger and anxiety on social media.

U.S. consumers are uneasy about the increasingly high-tech ways that restaurant chains and major retailers are setting prices

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Excluding business at gas stations, retail sales rose 0.2% in September. The government figures aren't adjusted for inflation, which accelerated last month as gasoline and many other goods and services became more expensive.