The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition that walk into an American Walmart lately and you might notice something missing in the clothing department: physical price tags. Guest columnist Vass Bednar writes that where small adhesive stickers once clung to T-shirts and tote bags, sometimes there is now a smooth blank space. A Target employee recently told The Daily Dot that staff have been instructed to tear off price tags from clothing. Prices are becoming a private piece of information. It is not yet a widespread practice. For decades, one of shopping's foundational principles was that the price comes first. Consumers could look at a shelf and decide if the item fit their budget. But in stores without visible prices, that process gets scrambled. Shoppers have to scan items just to know what they cost. Some will skip the hassle altogether, reducing their ability to comparison shop. Amazon's "dynamic pricing" algorithm constantly adjusts prices based on demand, browsing history or even zip code; leaving buyers unable to know whether they are getting a deal or being quietly overcharged. Ms. Bednar says that removing in-store price tags imports that same structure of uncertainty into physical retail.