Thrift Store Chain Starts Using AI to Price Items (but Denies It’s for Dynamic Pricing)
THE SO WHAT
AI replacing staff who used to price thrift items is algorithmic pricing creeping into the lowest-margin corners of retail. If you run any multi-SKU operation, assume your competitors will quietly experiment with similar tools long before they admit to “dynamic pricing” in public.
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