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CAPITOL HILL CRACKDOWN: Instacart faces EXPLOSIVE scrutiny over AIs impact on pricing
Youtube· 2025-12-16 01:45
We talked about a new report claiming Instacart's AI technology can show different prices for different shoppers. The aforementioned Madison has already been introduced. She you've got the story. What do lawmakers want to do about it? >> They're looking to make this practice illegal. So senators Gillibrand, GGO, and Booker have introduced the One Fair Price Act. Gillibrand telling Fox telling Fox Business, quote, "No one should be charged more just because a company is digging into their background and expl ...
Food delivery app accused of secretly manipulating prices
Yahoo Finance· 2025-12-14 01:33
Over the past couple of years, food and grocery delivery services from Uber Eats and DoorDash to Amazon Fresh and GrubHub have exploded in popularity. The pandemic played a big role in growth. In 2019, just 67 million Americans bought groceries online; by 2024, that number rocketed to 138.3 million. This year, the number is expected to be around 148.4 million, meaning more than half of Americans older than 18 will purchase groceries online, according to Capital One Shopping. Prior to the pandemic, ship ...
Instacart Investigated by the Portnoy Law Firm
Globenewswire· 2025-12-13 05:42
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Portnoy Law Firm advises Instacart (“Instacart" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CART) investors that the firm has initiated an investigation into possible securities fraud, and may file a class action on behalf of investors.  Investors are encouraged to contact attorney Lesley F. Portnoy, by phone 844-767-8529 or email: lesley@portnoylaw.com, to discuss their legal rights, or join the case via https://portnoylaw.com/instacart. The Portnoy Law Firm can provide a ...
Instacart Was Charging Wildly Diverging Prices for Different Shoppers, an Investigation Found—So I Checked My Costco Orders
Yahoo Finance· 2025-12-13 03:50
The practice, known as surveillance pricing, appears to go back to Instacart's 2022 acquisition of Eversight, an AI pricing company. In the company's 2023 shareholder letter, Instacart described one of its tools, "smart rounding," as "a machine learning-driven tool that helps retailers improve price perception and drive incremental sales."CR and Groundwork Collaborative recruited 437 volunteers across four cities to shop on Instacart for identical items at the same stores simultaneously. Three-quarters of t ...
Instacart's AI pricing experiment drives up costs for some shoppers, study says
Fox Business· 2025-12-12 22:11
核心观点 - Instacart被曝使用人工智能定价实验 导致不同顾客为相同商品支付的价格差异巨大 最高可达23% [1] - 非营利智库Groundwork Collaborative的研究表明 此类定价差异可能使一个家庭每年在食品上多支付1200美元 [2] - Instacart承认进行定价测试 但声称其为短期、随机 旨在帮助零售合作伙伴了解消费者偏好并确定可降价的品类 [6] 调查方法与发现 - 调查由Consumer Reports和Groundwork Collaborative进行 历时数月 [4] - 研究方法为组织数百名志愿者在Zoom通话中同时于Instacart平台搜索相同的18至20种商品 并截图记录价格 [6] - 测试覆盖了多家美国大型杂货零售商 包括Albertsons、Costco、Kroger、Safeway、Sprouts Farmers Market和Target [4] - 研究发现 在某些情况下 相同商品的价格差异高达23% [1] Instacart的回应与解释 - Instacart未否认报告指控 但解释其定价测试是短期、随机的 部分顾客可能看到略低价格 部分看到略高价格 [6] - 公司声称测试仅涉及10个零售合作伙伴中的一部分 [6] - Instacart将此类测试类比为零售商在实体店测试价格以了解消费者偏好 [11] - 公司举例说明 测试可能导致日常必需品(如牛奶、面包)价格略低 而对价格不敏感的产品(如精酿饮料、特色零食)价格略高 [11] - Instacart重申测试完全随机 不基于个人或行为特征以及供需关系 [12] - 对于Target平台的价格 Instacart解释其以Target公开价格为基础 然后增加额外费用以覆盖其运营和技术成本 [8] - Instacart表示 在Consumer Reports审查期间 公司正在测试应用这些成本抵消的不同方式 并且针对Target店铺的定价测试现已结束 [9] 相关方回应 - Target声明其与Instacart无关 不对Instacart平台上的价格负责 [8] - FOX Business已联系Albertsons、Costco、Kroger、Safeway和Sprouts Farmers Market寻求评论 [15] 行业背景与影响 - 批评者指出 这种定价差异发生在食品杂货 affordability 危机比一代人以来任何时候都更严重的时期 [2] - Groundwork Collaborative长期研究Instacart 包括其收购Eversight 该收购被认为为这些定价实验提供了技术支持 [3] - Instacart表示将继续与零售商合作 确保在线杂货购物的透明度 但批评者指出消费者对这些测试的发生毫不知情 [14]
Amazon's Grocery Momentum Puts Scare Into Instacart Stock, DoorDash
Investors· 2025-12-11 01:22
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Instacart Shares Fall on Report Alleging Price Discrimination
WSJ· 2025-12-11 00:23
公司股价表现 - 一家杂货配送公司的股票在早盘交易中下跌 [1] 公司运营事件 - 一份报告指出,该公司对在同一时间从同一商店添加相同商品的用户显示了多种不同的价格 [1]
美国生鲜配送平台Instacart面临定价审查
新浪财经· 2025-12-10 23:02
一项研究指控美国生鲜杂货即时配送平台Instacart(CART)对相同商品测试不同价格,其在塔吉特 (TGT)、Safeway/Albertsons(ACI)、克罗格(KR)、好市多(COST)和Sprouts(SFM)等零售商 间存在价格差异;Instacart表示,有限且随机的测试有助于零售商维持必需品的可负担性。 责任编辑:张俊 SF065 一项研究指控美国生鲜杂货即时配送平台Instacart(CART)对相同商品测试不同价格,其在塔吉特 (TGT)、Safeway/Albertsons(ACI)、克罗格(KR)、好市多(COST)和Sprouts(SFM)等零售商 间存在价格差异;Instacart表示,有限且随机的测试有助于零售商维持必需品的可负担性。 责任编辑:张俊 SF065 ...
Instacart's AI pricing tools drive up the cost of some groceries, study finds
CNBC· 2025-12-10 03:29
研究核心发现 - 一项新研究发现 Instacart 使用人工智能定价工具 导致许多美国消费者为同一商店的相同产品支付更高或更低的价格 [1] 研究设计与范围 - 研究由 Groundwork Collaborative、Consumer Reports 和 More Perfect Union 于周二发布 [2] - 研究招募了4个城市的437名购物者 要求他们在Instacart应用程序中将相同商品从同一商店加入购物车 [2] - 实验在多家与Instacart合作的热门杂货零售商进行 包括Target、Costco、Albertsons、Kroger和Safeway [2] 价格差异的具体表现 - 测试的商品中近75%向购物者提供了不同的价格 [3] - 在一个案例中 用户观察到华盛顿特区一家Safeway商店的一打Lucerne鸡蛋列出了五种不同的价格点 [3] - 同一商店内相同一篮子商品的总成本差异约为7% 这可能相当于“每年约1200美元的成本波动” [3]
Maplebear Inc. (CART) Presents at 53rd Annual Nasdaq Investor Conference Transcript
Seeking Alpha· 2025-12-09 23:27
会议背景 - 本次为摩根士丹利纳斯达克TMT会议2025年版本 会议第二日 [1] - Instacart公司首席财务官Emily出席会议 其此前任职于Uber 加入Instacart已近两年 [1] 公司陈述性质说明 - 公司今日部分陈述可能属于前瞻性陈述 基于当前假设且不承担更新义务 [3] - 前瞻性陈述涉及诸多风险和不确定性 可能导致实际结果出现重大差异 [3] - 公司可能引用某些非美国通用会计准则财务指标 其调节表可在公司投资者关系网站获取 [4]