Consumers are tired of inflation. But some retailers fear falling prices

Retailers fear things that would help consumers consume? Sounds like retailers don't know how to succeed without gouging.

Inflation is a funny word for "price gouging."

No we are tired of price gouging by corporations. They’re fucking price fixing.

This article makes me want to vomit. All these companies and CEOs talking about inflation like it's this intangible phantom that nobody can get a grasp on.

“If one looks at inflation over time, we very rarely get into periods of sustained deflation. That’s just not a consumer effect,” Coke CEO James Quincey said Feb. 13."

It's the companies and CEOs price gouging. Call a spade a spade for Christ's sake.

Pay board members less. There you go, you now have more money to pay employees.

Question for the economists in this thread. Everyone seems to be saying that a lack of at least some inflation is bad but also that wages going up to meet it is bad. Isn't this a system automatically doomed to fail? Eventually in such a setup no one can afford anything and the economy collapses.

New challenges for retailers such as:

Not hitting record profits year after year. Reducing their CEO from a five yacht household to a four yacht household. Finding ways to hardline lobby to reduce taxes to zero.

They tighten their belts, we tighten our belts, everybody loses. All because they got to have all the money and never leave anything on the table for the working class.

Yall made your nut with pandemic price hikes, now eat your fuckin crow.

It's time to stop spending.

I've cut back on everything, not just because its expensive but because I want to send a message.

If even 10% did this, the corps would shit themselves bloody.

When's the last time the US saw significant deflation? The 30's? Can't say I blame them for their fear. But they'll see no sympathy from me! We've seen two whole generations born, raised, and passing away in the age of "Number always go up!" business. At least the greatest generation grew up hearing stories of difficult times when it was the unions and collectives that brought them through the darkness. I'm sure current business leadership has no clue how to face this. It's passed out of living memory.

Profits must always go up.

Fuck retailers. Have less shareholder profit and get over it. They want profit to be fixed or increasing. They view it in an accounting sense as something they cannot have decrease, ever. This is unrealistic and makes them do stupid things.

I thrift pretty hard now.

Chickpeas, soyflakes, rice, hemp & chia seeds, quinoa, tofu, lentils, flour. Most of the dried goods have a shelf life of 1-2 years. The cost of them is sinking in germany. I'm fine with people complaining about rising cost of meat, eggs and dairy and ignoring that fine sources of protein, minerals and vitamins. More for me.

We have a collapsing climate, and no plan B, but yeah, this is what we should be focusing on right now...