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((Short description|Label declaring the price of an item for sale))
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[[File:Price Tag 99+TX 99 cents + tax.jpg|thumb|Typical price tag with security cuts, for 99¢ + tax]]
[[File:Pricetag roll.png|thumb|An orange price tag roll]]
A '''price tag''' is a [[label]] declaring the [[price]] of an item for sale. It may be a [[sticker]] or attached by [[twist tie]] or other means.

Some jurisdictions((which|date=February 2021)) require items (possibly exceptions for bulk good and produce) to be individually marked with the price, or have shelf tags or [[barcode]] scanners available so customers can determine prices without consulting store staff.  In some cases, [[unit price]] is also required.

Some jurisdictions also outlaw [[price discrimination]] except for different quantities (e.g. [[Discounts and allowances|quantity discounts]] are allowed) or different types of customers (e.g. individuals vs. organizations that might be expected to buy in bulk or have better creditworthiness).  For example, the 1936 [[Robinson–Patman Act]] outlaws this practice in [[the United States]].

Many price tags also bear the name of the store.

==History==

Before the late 19th century, in most cases, [[retail]] goods did not have a fixed price, and each customer would be expected to [[Bargaining|haggle]] with the store clerk.((cn|date=July 2018)) The [[Quaker]]s, who found it immoral for different customers to pay different prices (now known as [[price discrimination]]) were an exception.  

((quote|The Pennsylvania Quakers" "honest price" was institutionalized in 1874 by [[John Wanamaker]], when he opened [[Wanamaker's|his eponymous department store]] in Philadelphia. A renowned innovator of the highest integrity, Wanamaker was the first retailer to offer money-back guarantees. He also invented the price tag: "A devout Christian, he believed that if everyone was equal before God, then everyone should be equal before price." Before Wanamaker's, every purchase was open to a haggle.<ref>((cite book |last1=Sanders |first1=Bill |last2=Mobus |first2=Frank |title=Creative Conflict: A Practical Guide for Business Negotiators |date=2021 |publisher=Harvard Business Press |isbn=9781633699502 |page=36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSIAEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT36 |access-date=26 October 2022))</ref>)) 

[[Macy's]] in New York ([[Rowland Hussey Macy]] was a Quaker) also began affixing physical tags to items in the 1870s, eliminating haggling.  This allowed shorter training time for new clerks (who would no longer need to know the art of haggling nor the range of accepted prices for every item) and allowed clerks to serve more customers.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=415287577|title=Planet Money Episode 633: The Birth And Death Of The Price Tag|website=[[NPR]] |date=17 June 2015))</ref>

Even large stores kept goods behind a counter, requiring clerks to fetch items for customers.  The [[Piggly Wiggly]] chain of grocery stores was the first to become self-service in 1916, further cementing the need for price tags.  Price tags soon became commonplace in Western retail stores, and haggling rare outside of proprietors and individuals selling used items.

==See also==
* [[Dynamic pricing]], a modern counter-trend to constant pricing

==References==
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[[Category:Retail pricing]]
[[Category:Retailing equipment and supplies]]
[[Category:Retail store elements]]
[[Category:Business models]]


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