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Trump’s Tariffs

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 12, 2025

Trump initiated tariffs with major U.S. trading partners on 1 February, then retracted them on 3 February. Executives across the North American continent expressed uncertainty regarding their preparedness for the possible supply chain and economic shocks. For executives at manufacturing and distribution companies with supply chains that stretch across borders, pricing decisions must be made at a highly accelerated pace to manage the economic shocks associated with new tariffs. Today, more than…

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In This Issue

The National Academy of Science Conduct Research on Pervasiveness of Negative Messages in the News Media

The Power of “NO”

By James T. Berger April 16, 2021

If you think there is nothing but bad news, you’re not wrong. A recent study encompassing 1,000 people in 17 countries (from…

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J.M. Smucker Co Announces 2021 Price Increases

Strategic Movements April 2021

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 16, 2021

Price Check on Kimberly-Clark Again… Kimberly-Clark, maker of Kleenex, Cottonelle, Scott paper products, Huggies, Depends, and Kotex, plans to raise prices by…

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Carol Tomé, CEO of UPS, made the choice to focus on profits, and it is paying off

Carol Tomé Shifts the Focus

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 19, 2021

Which do you want: Market share or profits?  Growth at all costs or profitable growth?  To be big or to be profitable?…

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What exactly is going on with Texas’s deregulated electricity market?

What Does Pricing Tell Us About What Happened to Texas’s Power Grid?

By Kyle T. Westra March 19, 2021

A series of major winter storms in February led to a crisis for Texas’s electrical power system. In short, the system failed…

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