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Akeneo Survey Finds Shoppers No Longer Take Prices at Face Value

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79% of consumers have delayed a purchase waiting for prices to drop, while 77% have spotted price differences for the same product across retailers or platforms

BOSTON, Sept. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Akeneo, the Product Experience (PX) leader, today released new PX Pulse survey findings revealing that as economic pressures continue to shape consumer behavior, shoppers are paying closer attention not only to how much products cost, but also to whether the prices they see are fair, consistent, and trustworthy.

Price is becoming increasingly important in purchase decisions, with 59% of consumers saying it matters more than it did six months ago. Yet only 32% completely or mostly trust retailers to offer a fair or competitive price. As a result, shoppers are becoming more deliberate about when they buy, where they compare, and which sources they trust to determine whether a product is worth the price.

“Consumers are paying closer attention to price, and that raises the stakes for retailers,” said Romain Fouache, CEO of Akeneo. “Pricing can no longer sit in a silo from the rest of the product experience. Consumers, and increasingly AI-powered shopping tools, are constantly comparing products, prices, and offers across channels. Brands need trusted product and pricing information working together so shoppers see a consistent, credible experience wherever discovery happens.”

Economic Pressure is Creating a More Deliberate Shopper
As price takes on greater importance, consumers are becoming more calculated about when they make a purchase. Seventy-nine percent say they have delayed a purchase because they believed the price would be lower later.

That same caution is showing up in how consumers research products before buying. Nearly half (46%) compare prices across multiple retailers when shopping online, while only 9% say they typically purchase without comparing prices.

For retailers, this means the competition for a sale is no longer limited to the product page in front of the shopper. Consumers are actively validating price and value across multiple sources before making a decision.

Pricing Consistency is Becoming a Trust Issue
More aggressive comparison shopping is also making price inconsistencies harder to miss. Seventy-seven percent of consumers say they have noticed the same product listed at different prices across retailers or shopping platforms in the past year.

Consumers are also looking for discrepancies between online and offline channels. Sixty-eight percent say they at least sometimes check a retailer’s website or app while shopping in-store to see whether the same product is available at a lower price online.

That increased scrutiny creates a broader trust challenge. Only 32% of consumers completely or mostly trust retailers to offer a fair or competitive price. Shoppers are particularly wary of pricing practices that feel opaque or overly personalized: 57% say they would trust a retailer less if they learned that the price of a product had changed based on their personal information or shopping behavior.

For retailers, the findings point to a growing need to pair sophisticated pricing strategies with transparency and consistency, particularly as consumers become more active in comparing prices across channels.

AI is Emerging as a New Price-Comparison Channel
AI is also becoming part of how consumers compare prices and assess whether they are getting a good deal. Nearly one-quarter (24%) already use tools such as ChatGPT or Google Gemini to compare prices or deals, while more than half (56%) trust AI tools to provide accurate pricing information when comparing products across retailers.

That behavior is set to continue into the holiday shopping season. Forty percent of consumers expect to compare prices across retailer websites to determine whether they are getting a good deal, while 37% plan to use search engines and 24% expect to turn to AI tools such as ChatGPT or Google Gemini.

For brands and retailers, AI introduces another discovery layer where product information and pricing can influence a purchase. As shoppers move between retailer websites, marketplaces, search engines, physical stores, and AI assistants, inconsistent or incomplete information becomes increasingly visible. When an LLM encounters conflicting prices across those sources, it may struggle to determine which information is most reliable, potentially affecting whether a product is recommended or creating a mismatch between discovery and checkout. Brands need trusted, governed product and pricing data that can travel consistently across every discovery surface.

To learn more about Akeneo or its products, please visit www.akeneo.com. To view the full data and infographic, click here.

Dynata Survey Methodology
The survey was commissioned by Akeneo and conducted by Dynata, the world’s largest first-party data company. The survey was conducted in August 2026 of 1,000 U.S. consumers 18 years and older to understand how economic conditions, evolving pricing practices, and new shopping tools are influencing consumer behavior and purchase decisions.

About Akeneo
Akeneo is the Product Experience (PX) company and global leader in agentic-first Product Cloud solutions, providing the foundational operating system for the AI-powered commerce era.

With its Product Cloud, Akeneo enables brands, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to centralize, govern, and orchestrate their product information, transforming fragmented data into trusted, actionable assets. With the integration of PricingHUB, Akeneo extends its platform beyond product data to unify product data and pricing — the two signals that drive discovery, conversion, and business performance. Together, Akeneo helps organizations move from managing product information to making better business decisions, aligning what they sell and how they sell it to compete and win in a rapidly evolving, AI-driven market.

Leading global brands, including Chico’s, TaylorMade Golf, Rail Europe, and more, trust Akeneo to scale their commerce initiatives and deliver consistent, high-performing product experiences. For more information: https://www.akeneo.com

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Limitless Labs Brings More Real Customers and Creators into What SACHEU is Making Next While much of beauty races to let AI make the calls, the partnership with SACHEU is built to do the opposite – to help SACHEU hear more from its real customers and creators, and keep every product decision human.

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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Limitless Labs, an agentic AI company, and SACHEU, a category-creating cosmetics brand, announced a partnership to bring more real customer and creator voices into how the brand decides what to make, launch, and improve.

“Social Mirror Audiences shows us where beauty creators are frustrated in their routines, the gaps and pain points nobody’s solved yet, before we ever start developing a shade,” said Sarah Cheung, Founder of SACHEU. “It’s not about chasing what’s trending. It’s about spotting the white space that no one’s filled and getting there first. The formulas, the risk, the creative call on what to actually build – that’s still all us. Limitless Labs AI just makes sure we’re pointed at the right problem before we start.”

The technology is Limitless Labs’ Social Mirror Audiences, which trained a custom audience for SACHEU on thousands of real beauty creators, each member built from that creator’s own content and stated preferences, not an invented persona, then pointed that audience at what shoppers are already saying, including more than 22,000 customer reviews across 22 SACHEU products and 184,060 social videos, so a proposed shade, product, or claim can be put in front of the whole audience at once. Limitless Labs then refines the audience against SACHEU’s own internal data, keeping the voices that correctly understand the brand; on SACHEU’s data that step lifted preference accuracy by about 30 percentage points over an unrefined audience, turning weeks of small-panel research into days and leaving every answer traceable to real customer and creator voices.

Since January, the partnership has produced a methodology that shapes real decisions:

Reading the reviews. When SACHEU revisited the how-to-use guidance on its Peel-Off Lip STAY-N, the decision was informed by 7,391 real customer reviews – the people who actually use the product.Hearing the creators. What real creators gravitate toward helps SACHEU understand which shades and ideas resonate before committing to them. Ahead of one lip shade launch, the audience ranked three shades in the same order they ultimately sold.Deciding with more of the picture. One shade study drew on 184,060 social videos to show which shades had real pull and which were splitting the audience.

“This patent-pending technology allows brands to predict what will sell before they manufacture it by learning from their customers at a scale they never could before,” said Dale Janée Schroeter, VP of Business Development at Limitless Labs. “Our AI agents give sharper answers because they are built on real, unique data sets.”

The approach is intentionally bounded. It helps SACHEU hear more and understand more; it does not replace the brand’s creative instinct, shade expertise, or the trust SACHEU has built with its customers and creators. SACHEU makes every product, launch, and brand decision – now with more real voices in the room.

About Limitless Labs

Limitless Labs builds AI systems that help brands understand and act on what is happening in real time. Learn more at www.wearelimitless.ai

About SACHEU

From viral sensation to global movement. Founded by Sarah Cheung, SACHEU is the brand redefining longwear makeup. Their products are 100% vegan, cruelty-free, and dermatologist-tested and are available at leading retailers including Ulta Beauty and Target. Learn more at sacheu.com.

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A City Chooses Unity: Colorado Springs with Reclaiming Civility Launch Movement to Reverse National Incivility Crisis

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sept. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On September 30, Mayor Yemi Mobolade, the City Council President, business leaders, and citizens across Colorado Springs will gather at the Penrose House Garden Pavilion to put their names to paper, launching a rising movement: the Inaugural Civility Pledge.

Spearheaded by Reclaiming Civility LLC, founded by Lori Leander and Lisa Brandt, the effort addresses a defining crisis of our era, the quiet exhaustion of a public weary of political contempt and the urgent need for courage to lead across differences. Mayor Mobolade and Council leadership will sign alongside the inaugural class following a keynote address by Alexandra Hudson, author of The Soul of Civility and contributor to The Wall Street Journal, CBS, PBS, TIME, POLITICO, and Newsweek.

The movement lands at a crucial tipping point. According to the Reagan Institute, more than 70 percent of Americans actively want to help restore civility to public life. The social and economic costs of division continue to mount:

Workplace Cost: SHRM estimates $2.6 billion is lost daily in American workplaces due to incivility.Relational Fractures: Research by Cornell University sociologist Karl Pillemer reveals 27 percent of Americans are currently estranged from a family member.Public Exhaustion: A survey by More in Common shows 86 percent of citizens report feeling exhausted by national political division.

“Every signature on the pledge is a choice to see people rightly, hear people well, and engage disagreement honorably, one decision that has a ripple effect, inviting our region to choose civility together,” said Lori Leander, Co-Founder of Reclaiming Civility LLC.

Demonstrating the enduring nature of this commitment, the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum will preserve the signed pledges into perpetuity and will work to share them with the public through a variety of programs and exhibits. Attendance at the September 30 ceremony is required to be named an Inaugural Signer.

Strategic outreach for the movement is led by Paul Yankey, Outsourced Chief Marketing Officer for Reclaiming Civility LLC. To learn more or join the movement, visit reclaimingcivility.com or contact hello@reclaimingcivility.com.

About Reclaiming Civility LLC

Reclaiming Civility LLC, founded by Lori Leander and Lisa Brandt, is a Colorado Springs-based organization dedicated to transforming culture by teaching corporate & organizational half-day workshops on the mindset and skills of civility, renewing hope & frameworks for constructive public discourse through community gatherings, and empowering citizens to communicate respectfully across differences. Learn more at reclaimingcivility.com.

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Taiwan Flagship Showcase Draws Thousands of Visitors, Strengthens Global Manufacturing Ties at IMTS 2026

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CHICAGO, Sept. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) today announced the successful conclusion of its Taiwan Flagship Showcase at IMTS 2026, held September 14–19 at McCormick Place. Highlighting their high-precision, flexible, and integrated manufacturing capabilities, 56 Taiwanese companies welcomed thousands of visitors. Additionally, TAITRA welcomed more than 250 attendees at the opening ceremony and Taiwan Night networking event combined, connecting Taiwanese manufacturers with international buyers, distributors, and technology partners in Chicago.

Showcase Highlights

Throughout IMTS 2026 week, the Taiwan Flagship Showcase hosted an opening ceremony attended by representatives from Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO), Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT), Machine Design, Cutting Tool Engineering, Siemens, and HEIDENHAIN, as well as guided brand tours for international delegations and a series of industry-focused seminars covering aerospace applications, semiconductor applications, and smart components. Companies featured live demonstrations of Taiwan’s capabilities such as a completely waterproof CNC tool setter by T-Sense, an industrial robot by Syntec, and a tool management system by Tenpro, that drew steady crowds throughout the week.

Conversations centered on how Taiwanese manufacturers fit into international markets and broader sourcing and growth strategies. Potential buyers expressed interest in semiconductor and precision equipment components, and explored opportunities for direct U.S.-based partnerships and joint ventures. This showcase highlighted how Taiwan’s advanced manufacturing base continues to support the emerging demand of the American market in the semiconductor sector and automation industry.

In a key success story, a metal processing exhibitor successfully established direct contact with U.S. buyers, securing immediate alignment with a manufacturer seeking local service capabilities for its overseas operations and unlocking long-term growth opportunities in the semiconductor space.

By uniting key industry players under a single, collaborative presence, these initiatives serve as a vital bridge between North American demand and Taiwan’s robust manufacturing ecosystem, accelerating cross-border supply chain integration. In another success story, a Taiwanese company outside the semiconductor industry is adapting its technology through a U.S. partnership to deliver grinding solutions, expanding its reach into semiconductors.

“The successful outcome we saw from IMTS 2026 confirmed what we initially set out to prove: Taiwan’s manufacturers can meet the needs of the manufacturing industry,” said Simon Wang, President & CEO of TAITRA. “Whatever the consumer wants, Taiwan can make it happen, and this week showed the world firsthand the quality, precision and capability that Taiwanese manufacturers bring to the table.”

Looking Ahead

Taiwan Flagship Showcase’s success at IMTS 2026 goes beyond a single exhibitor, but it introduces Taiwan’s complete industrial ecosystem. From advanced machine tools to precision components and solutions, and smart automation and digital manufacturing, Taiwan connects every point of the supply chain, so buyers don’t need to look elsewhere. Under the “Team Taiwan” platform, that ecosystem continues to expand its global reach, underscoring that Taiwan’s capabilities to support the needs of the global manufacturing market.

About the Taiwan Flagship Showcase

Commissioned by the International Trade Administration (TITA) and executed by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), the Taiwan Flagship Showcase is a national trade promotion initiative designed to strengthen the international visibility of Taiwan’s industries.

Built around the “Team Taiwan” concept, the initiative integrates Taiwan’s industrial capabilities across key sectors, including machine tools, industrial machinery, automotive parts, fasteners, hand tools, plumbing hardware and electronic components, at major international trade shows.

Through integrated supply chain presentations, industry marketing and business matchmaking programs, the Taiwan Flagship Showcase aims to help Taiwanese companies expand their presence in strategic global markets and develop new international business opportunities. For more information, visit: 2026IMTS.Taiwantrade.com

About TAITRA: The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is Taiwan’s leading nonprofit trade promotion organization. Headquartered in Taipei, TAITRA supports more than 1,300 specialists across a global network of over 60 branch offices, working alongside the Taiwan Trade Center, Taipei World Trade Center, and Far East Trade Service. TAITRA connects Taiwanese businesses to international markets through flagship trade shows such as COMPUTEX, TIMTOS, and Taipei Cycle, and helps companies expand their global reach through market development, trade intelligence, and supply chain partnerships. For more information, visit taitra.org.tw.

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