Now, becky quick. Two products, one for men, one for women, virtually identical, except in the price. The more expensive items, almost always the one aimed at women. Its called the pink tax and a recent study on gender pricing differences is raising some questions. First of all, why . Thats our cover story this week. And reporter dena gazozski have more. Reporter many women love to shop, but do you know that female shoppers get charged more at the register than men . New york Citys Department of Consumer Affairs recently did a study that revealed across all of the industries that were surveyed, women paid more 42 of the time for identical or similar products marketed to men. We looked at product that women would buy from the youngest age up to seniors. And what this could mean for women over the course of an average lifetime is literally thousands of dollars that women are paying for these products more than men. Reporter we decided to see for ourselves. Going to pharmacies and searchi
Low. This morning the Labor Department says 232,000 jobs were added in february, more than what was expected. That along with 4. 9 puts the labor market at a letter considered to be full employment. But there was one big disappointment, wage growth fell, its first monthly decline in a year. Reporter health care provider, retailers and restaurants run a ro bust hiring surge in february. Leading economists say the strong market meaning a recession is on the horizon. There is a discheck between recession and negative Interest Rates and all that. People are confident and Current Conditions have gone up in february. Its a good month for that. Still the jobs report was a mixed bag. More americans sitting on the sideline, came back into the jobs market last month and got hired, but wage growth di creased after a spike in january. Its the last jobs report been the Federal Reserve meets in two weeks. All in all, its a number, it doesnt change the dial for the feds for the next three months or s
The more expensive items, almost always the one aimed at women. Its called the pink tax and a recent study on gender pricing first of all, why . Week. More. Reporter many women love to shop, but do you know that female shoppers get charged more at the register than men . New york Citys Department of Consumer Affairs recently did a study that revealed across all of the industries that were surveyed, women paid more 42 of the time for identical products sold to men. We looked at product that women would buy from the youngest age up to seniors. And what this could mean for women over the course of an average lifetime is literally thousands of dollars that women more than men. Reporter we decided to see for ourselves. Going to pharmacies and searching the internet. Yes, mens products seem to cost hmm, same product, same weight, same size. Hmm, price. This study showed that for general choice, womens paid more. Check out these boys versus girls shark helmets. The ones for girls cost 27. 99
Always the one aimed at women. Its called the pink tax and a recent study on gender pricing differences is raising some questions. First of all, why . Thats our cover story this week. And reporter dena gazozski have more. Reporter many women love to shop, but do you know that female shoppers get charged more at the register than men . New york Citys Department of Consumer Affairs recently did a study that revealed across all of the industries that were surveyed, women paid more 42 of the time for identical products sold to men. We looked at product that women would buy from the youngest age up to seniors. And what this could mean for women over the course of an average lifetime is literally thousands of dollars that women are paying for these products more than men. Reporter we decided to see for ourselves. Going to pharmacies and searching the internet. Yes, mens products seem to cost less. Hmm, same product, same weight, same size. Hmm, price. This study showed that for general choic
Low. This morning the Labor Department says 232,000 jobs were added in february, more than what was expected. That along with 4. 9 puts the labor market at a letter considered to be full employment. But there was one big disappointment, wage growth fell, its first monthly decline in a year. Reporter health care provider, retailers and restaurants run a ro bust hiring surge in february. Leading economists say the strong market meaning a recession is on the horizon. There is a discheck between recession and negative Interest Rates and all that. People are confident and Current Conditions have gone up in february. Its a good month for that. Still the jobs report was a mixed bag. More americans sitting on the sideline, came back into the jobs market last month and got hired, but wage growth di creased after a spike in january. Its the last jobs report been the Federal Reserve meets in two weeks. All in all, its a number, it doesnt change the dial for the feds for the next three months or s