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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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In Pricing, No Person Is an Island

By Nathan L. Phipps May 26, 2022

Pricing professionals do not do their work in isolation. In fact, I would argue that pricing professionals CANNOT do their work in…

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你的商品真的需要折扣或折讓嗎,如何透過交易分析找出損失的獲利?

By Yuhung S. Shen May 26, 2022

在亞洲,我們常常會看到百貨公司或是商場進行折扣,促銷,甚至是週年慶,這些折扣理所當然的目的是吸引更多的消費者進行消費,提高公司營業額,以進一步增加獲利,但一般的商品如衣服,鞋子,包包,一年賣出成千上萬個的時候,我們如何從這些銷售數據中找出規律·,進而分析知道這些折扣的效率,我們又可以透過怎樣的分析,來找出一些可以改善我們折扣策略的規律呢?

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Strategic Movements May 2022

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 26, 2022

Tying Arrangement at Peloton Peloton will raise its price from $39 to $44 per month for subscriptions to metrics, live-streaming and on-demand…

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Additional Fees: Customer Irritating but Profit Generating

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 15, 2022

Additional Fees, aka: Junk Fees, Hidden Fees, and Sneaky Fees.  What should a marketer or pricing professional think of them? Additional Fees…

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