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Pentair Pricing Spineometer: 4 of 5 Vertebrae

By Tim J. Smith, PhD July 11, 2025

Pentair, a sustainable water company, had a mostly positive FY 2024. Revenue fell slightly by 0.5% to $4.1 billion while operating income rose sharply by 8.6% to 804 million over the last year. A review of Pentair’s 4 February 2025 earnings call and associated financial reports provided insight regarding the importance of pricing on performance. FACTS FROM EARNINGS CALL AND ANNUAL REPORT Pentair is in the middle of a Transformation Program with…

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Trade Shows, Part 3: Maximize the Impact

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 19, 2002

In the second article of this series, we explored a model to show the value of trade shows. While our model demonstrated…

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Trade Shows, Part 2: A Value Model

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 18, 2002

Trade Shows are costly marketing efforts. They take sales people out of the field and restrict them to an 8X10 piece of…

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Trade Shows, Part 1: Show me the Value

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 17, 2002

Trade Shows, Booth Duty, Event Calendar. Why do we do this? Where is the bang for the buck? If we are to…

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Marketing as Full Cycle: Jennifer Sherwood of Systems & Software

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 15, 2002

According to Frederick Webster of Tuck School of Business, marketing is charged with three distinct areas of responsibility: (1) communicate to the…

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