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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 – February 2007

By Tim J. Smith, PhD February 1, 2007

Keep the Baby, Discard the Bathwater, then Shift Dimensions Price Leadership and Followership are not ideas stuck in yesteryear. Tobacco, shipping, and…

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2006: The Pricing Year in Review

By Tim J. Smith, PhD January 1, 2007

2006 was a year where Pricing possibly became a bit more transparent. It was a great year to pick up and read…

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Stalking Mr. Schmooze

By James T. Berger January 1, 2007

In the search for the ultimate super-seller, author Richard Abraham offered attendees of a recent University of Chicago Sales Roundtable insight into…

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Can You Have the Highest Price and the Largest Market Share?

By Tim J. Smith, PhD January 1, 2007

In the coming months, both Symantec and Microsoft are scheduled to release new products aimed at improving computer security. Symantec’s Norton 360…

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