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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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Target and Walmart Score Some Points Against Amazon

By Nathan L. Phipps September 13, 2019

Anyone who follows the retail industry is aware of the relentless ascent of Amazon, a tech giant that has completely transformed the…

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The New Invisible Hand: Five Revolutions in the Digital Economy

What I (Re)Learned from Writing a Book

By Kyle T. Westra September 13, 2019

My book, The New Invisible Hand: Five Revolutions in the Digital Economy, has been out for six weeks, and I’ve been floored…

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“The Great Hack” and Cambridge Analytica - A Chilling View of Market Research Gone Wild

“The Great Hack” – A Chilling View of Market Research Gone Wild

By James T. Berger September 12, 2019

The other day my daughter told me to watch the documentary The Great Hack on Netflix.  As a student and teacher of…

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Strategic Movements: September 2019

By Tim J. Smith, PhD September 12, 2019

J.M. Smucker Co Passed Input Savings onto Price Cuts. Profits? They fell of course. Q2 2019 found that net sales (revenue) decreased…

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