1. Shopper & Customer

‘Shrinkflation’ is far less common than consumers realize

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Across consumer goods and services, only a small number of items measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics experience downsizing each year, writes Dr. Ernest Baskin of Saint Joseph’s University.

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