similar to surge pricing strategies adopted by rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft, airlines and hotels. “During the busy times, they can obviously increase profits then,” Brown said.

Wendy's is expected to roll out a dynamic pricing model similar to Uber's surge-pricing as soon as ... However, associate professor of economics at George Washington University Steven Suranovic ...

If the rise of the fee broke the expectation that prices are transparent, dynamic pricing challenged the assumption that they’re fixed. When Uber rolled out surge pricing in the 2010s ...

Uber and Lyft passengers are used to getting hit with surge pricing during busy times of ... associate professor of economics at George Washington University, told the Daily Mail.

“Whoever called it surge pricing made the worst marketing mistake you can think of,” said Juan Castillo, assistant professor of economics at ... at companies like Uber and Lyft.

By Jeanna Smialek A Federal Reserve official compared inflation to Uber surge pricing on Wednesday in ... She previously covered economics at Bloomberg News.

The "upfront offers" system, which Uber has been using in the U.S. for two years, still includes surge pricing ... what’s happening in the worlds of economics, business and finance.

Uber's new features come as it accelerates ... The feature gives riders a way to avoid surge pricing. Ride Passes roll out in 10 cities on Wednesday, including Dallas, Orlando and San Francisco ...

In a truly egregious move, Wendy’s has revealed that it plans to experiment with surge pricing, Uber-style. Yes. Wendy’s seems to want to set surge prices so that the costs of its burgers ...