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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 Many Flavors of Price Variance

By Nathan L. Phipps October 16, 2019

One of the most insightful steps of any pricing project is identifying and investigating price variances. Price variances are price differences that…

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The Purpose of Business and Pricing

By Tim J. Smith, PhD October 16, 2019

Milton Friedman must be turning over in his grave. 49 years after penning an op-ed in the New York Times on the…

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Amazon Prime

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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