We are seeing online retailers that charge first-time parents more for baby products simply because the retailers know that the new parents are likely to pay more. We are seeing seniors getting upcharged while ordering groceries on the same day that they receive their benefits.
Earlier this year, San Jose politicians announced they were targeting the thousands of abandoned shopping carts clogging creeks and blighting streets. Now the first data on a pilot program aimed at curbing the problem is in, and the city must decide whether the results justify the financial cost of expanding it. San Jose had long struggled to rein in the abandoned shopping cart problem, due in part to antiquated state rules and ineffective city code.