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  • Inflation is holding steady at 3.7% despite the Fed's hopes of getting back down to 2.0%.
  • This has retailers using an old trick to hide the true value of discounts from consumers, Walmart's ex-CEO says.
  • Percentage discounts don't tell you much if you don't know the original price.

Inflation is back on the rise and it's forcing retailers to get creative.

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economy, Retail, walmart, consumer-spending, Inflation, Recession
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Retailers are using a simple mind trick on you to make their discounts seem big…