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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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Pricing hypothesis for identifying profit leakages

Day One Pricing Leader Agenda

By Tim J. Smith, PhD September 20, 2020

Congrats. You have just been appointed to a newly created role in pricing leadership at a decent-sized company. Day One: what is…

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The Japanese Business Approach to Crisis Response and Management

Wise Japanese Crisis Strategy Focuses on “Community” Over Profits

By James T. Berger September 20, 2020

While COVID-19 has ravaged much of Europe and the Americas, the world can look to Japan for a formula for long-term survival…

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Walmart increases digitalization during the COVID-19 recession

In the Age of COVID-19, Walmart Ups Its Digital Game

By Nathan L. Phipps September 20, 2020

Future historians will have the ultimate say, but it seems to me that 2020 is a year for the history books. For…

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Strategic Pricing Movements September 2020: XBox, Peloton, Online Gaming

Strategic Movements: September 2020

By Tim J. Smith, PhD September 20, 2020

Microsoft Xbox Versioning Xbox Series S priced at $299. Xbox Series X priced at $499. In the past, Microsoft would release a…

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