A Minneapolis investigation revealed Target's app inflated the price of a vacuum by $148 because the customer walked through the front doors.
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- A Minneapolis investigation revealed Target's app inflated the price of a vacuum by $148 because the customer walked through the front doors.
Retailers have increasingly weaponized this type of behavioral data; a Minneapolis investigation revealed Target's own app inflated the price of a vacuum by $148 simply because the customer walked through the front doors.
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- Target Tests Acuity In-Store Bluetooth Tracking — And The Infrastructure Behind The "Surveillance Pricing" Epidemic cited evidence
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Origin: extracted from Target Tests Acuity In-Store Bluetooth Tracking — And The Infrastructure Behind The "Surveillance Pricing" Epidemic · 2026-09-29 02:30