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PACCAR, a multinational truck, parts, and financing company, had a negative 2024. Examining PACCAR’s Truck, Parts, and Other business specifically, revenue fell 5% to $31 billion and earnings before interest and taxes fell 17% to $4.5 billion over the last year. (This article excludes PACCAR’s financial services business and makes no comments regarding how pricing should be managed in that line of business.) A review of PACCAR’s 28 January 2025 earnings call…
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Otis Worldwide Corporation, a global elevator and escalator company, had a challenging FY 2024. Revenue rose 0.4% to $14.3 while operating income…
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AMETEK, a global provider of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices, had a positive FY 2024. Revenue rose 5.2% to $6.9 billion and…
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許多台灣企業習慣用成本定價（cost-plus pricing）來決定售價，所以當川普加關稅時，大家第一反應是：「成本上升，消費者會受害。」但事實上，消費者不會管你的成本，他們只在乎這個價格值不值得買。 當 iPhone 賣 3 萬元時，你會去計算它的生產成本嗎？不會。你只會考慮： ✅ 這支手機值不值得 3 萬？ ✅ 我該選別的品牌嗎？ ✅ 或者乾脆不換手機？ 同樣的，如果你的產品因為關稅提高而漲價，消費者不會無條件吸收這個成本，他們只會轉向競品或替代品。 重點不是控制成本，而是提升價值 …
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Picture this: the U.S. just rolled out a fresh batch of tariffs, and businesses are scrambling to figure out what it means…
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