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PACCAR Pricing Spineometer: 2 of 5 Vertebrae

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 16, 2025

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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The Decline and Fall of the AT&T empire

By James T. Berger March 11, 2005

It’s hard to imagine a more perfect marketing machine than was AT&T before the 1984 divestiture. This company virtually owned local telephone…

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Are You Alienating 75% of Your Prospects??

By Tim J. Smith, PhD February 2, 2005

Have you ever walked into someone’s office for a meeting and noticed that he checks his watch before he even sits down?…

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The 21st Century Business Tools

By Tim J. Smith, PhD February 2, 2005

Unless you take the time to fix your slice, no matter how much you practice your handicap will never improve. Similarly today’s…

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Welcome to James T. Berger, Managing Editor

By Tim J. Smith, PhD February 2, 2005

James T. (Jim) Berger, a professional writer, teacher and marketing consultant, will become Managing Editor of THE WIGLAF JOURNAL, effective February 1.…

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