How Does Shrinkflation Work?

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Getting less for your money? Could you be the victim of 'shrinkflation'? 

There's a behind the scenes industry that helps big brands decide questions like: How big should a bag of chips be? What's the right size for a bottle of shampoo? And yes, also: When should a company do a little shrinkflation? From Cookie Monster to President Biden, everybody is ... Show More

Inflation happens for a lot of reasons that can be hard for even economists to fully grasp. But — as we learned this spring in an episode we’re rerunning today — there’s also a more straightforward reason prices keep going up: greedy corporations are using inflation as an excuse ... Show More

I know we talk about it a LOT but inflation has massive implications. For those who make less money, it's impacting you more because your dollars aren't going as far as they used to. But where do we place our anger? Mark explains the main drivers of this level of inflation.See om ... Show More

<p>In this special deep-dive episode, Tod speaks with Ioannis Evangelidis, Associate Professor of Marketing at Ramon Llull University in Spain. He recently published a research paper in the Journal of Marketing Science called “<a href="https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.12 ... Show More

The traditional explanation of inflation is simple: too much money chasing too few goods. But some experts are now wondering if companies’ aggressive pursuit of profit is driving up inflation as well. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked ... Show More