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IDEX Pricing Spineometer: 2 of 5 Vertebrae

By Tim J. Smith, PhD January 9, 2025

IDEX, a global applied solutions provider, had a mixed Q3 2024. Revenue rose 0.6% to $798 million while earnings before interest and taxes fell 6.1 % to $168 million over the same period last year. A review of IDEX’s 30 October 2024 earnings call and associated financial reports provided insight regarding the importance of pricing on performance. IDEX is a diverse and complex business. It has three reporting units, Fluid & Metering…

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Top 6 – April 2008

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 1, 2008

Thunder and Calamity, Striking Discharges, April Showers Manage your Reaction to Brand Infringements. It’s about money not emotions. Teasers build that Word…

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Sony’s Blu-ray Triumphs over Toshiba’s HD-DVD

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 1, 2008

Competitive Equivalence, Competitive Advantage, and the Role of Price The four-year war over the next-generation DVD format for home videos that deliver…

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Looking Positively at the ‘R’ Word

By James T. Berger March 1, 2008

There is an old Christmas tale about the child who finds nothing under the Christmas tree but a pile horse manure.  Rather…

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Adding Bite to Your E-Mails

By James T. Berger March 1, 2008

If e-mail has become your main marketing squeeze, there is a wonderful resource on the Internet.  Her name is Pat Friesen.  Visit…

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