Tag: pricing transparency
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Choice Names 2025 Shonky Award Winners: Banking, Insurance, and Online Marketplace Draw Fire
Choice Reveals 2025 Shonky Awards: A Critical Look at Consumer Traps Australia’s consumer advocacy group Choice has unveiled the winners of its 20th annual Shonky Awards, a tongue-in-cheek ranking that highlights products and services deemed unfriendly or confusing to shoppers. The awards, which Choice describes as a lighthearted but pointed critique, focus on areas where…
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Choice Reveals 2025 Shonky Awards Winners: A Critical Look at Consumer Pitfalls
Overview: What the Shonky Awards Are Really About in 2025 Choice has announced the winners of its 20th annual Shonky Awards, a tongue-in-cheek set of accolades aimed at highlighting products, services, and companies that fall short for Australian consumers. While the term “Shonky” signals a lighthearted tone, the criticisms often reflect genuine concerns about value,…
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Choice Reveals Shonky Awards 2025 Winners: What Failed Consumers This Year
Introduction: What the Shonky Awards Are Australia’s consumer advocacy group Choice has released the 20th annual Shonky Awards, a tongue‑in‑cheek but purposefully pointed critique of products, services, and companies that fail consumers. Unlike prestigious accolades, the Shonky Awards spotlight practices or features that leave customers frustrated, misled, or stuck with poor value. The 2025 winners…
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Choice Shonky Awards 2025: Big names shamed as CommBank, Temu and HCF called out
Choice Shonky Awards 2025: A reckoning for consumer missteps Australia’s consumer watchdog, Choice, has released its annual Shonky Awards for 2025, turning the spotlight on products, services, and brands that fall short on value, transparency, or customer fairness. The awards, which are selected by researchers and consumer advocates, aim to help shoppers steer clear of…
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Shrinking Packs, Rising Costs: How Shrinkflation Is Pressuring Everyday Shoppers
What is shrinkflation and why it matters now Shrinkflation is the practice of reducing the size or quantity of a product while keeping the price the same or higher. For households already battling tight budgets, this behind-the-scenes tactic means you’re paying more per unit even when the sticker price hasn’t changed. Recent consumer watchdog reports…
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Shrinkflation hits everyday staples: consumers face higher costs as pack sizes shrink
What shrinkflation means for your grocery bill Shrinkflation is the quiet shift that can erode a household budget without the price tag ever changing on the shelf. In recent months, consumer watchdogs and researchers have spotlighted a string of product size cuts and recipe tweaks across everyday items. The message for shoppers is simple: the…