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Advance Auto Parts Pricing Spineometer: 4 of 5 Vertebrae

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 15, 2024

Advance Auto Parts, an automotive afterparts and accessories supplier, had a challenging FY 2023. Revenue rose 1.4% to $11.2 billion yet earnings…

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Packaging Corporation of America Pricing Spineometer: 2 of 5 Vertebrae

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 15, 2024

Packaging Corporation of America, a containerboard and corrugated packaging company, had a negative FY 2023 following a bumper 2022 yet showed three-year…

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Synopsys Pricing Spineometer: 2 of 5 Vertebrae

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 15, 2024

Synopsys, an electronic design automation (EDA), design intellectual property, and software integrity provider to the semiconductor industry, had a positive Q1 2024.…

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WM Pricing Spineometer: 5 of 5 Vertebrae

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 15, 2024

WM (nee Waste Management), a waste collection, recycling, and disposal company, had a positive FY 2023. Revenue rose 4% to $20.4 billion…

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Colgate-Palmolive Pricing Spineometer: 3 of 5 Vertebrae

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 15, 2024

Colgate-Palmolive Company, a toothpaste and dish soap to pet food consumer product company, had a positive FY 2023. Revenue rose 8.3% to…

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Lowe’s Pricing Spineometer: 5 of 5 Vertebrae

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 15, 2024

Lowe’s, a North American hardware, construction, and home improvement merchandiser, had a negative Q4 2023. Revenue fell 17.1% to $18.6 billion and…

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Parker-Hannifin Pricing Spineometer: 5 of 5 Vertebrae

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 15, 2024

Parker-Hannifin, a global motion and control company selling hydraulics and other technologies to aerospace and other industries, had a positive Q2 2024. …

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STERIS Pricing Spineometer: 2 of 5 Vertebrae

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 15, 2024

STERIS, a global provider of products and services to healthcare sterile processing departments including surgery centers and endoscopy, had a positive Q3…

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Announcing Our Pricing and Profit Management Summer ’24 Tour!

By Nathan L. Phipps March 15, 2024

Our cities for this summer’s Pricing and Profit Management Tour will be Chicago, Cincinnati, Atlanta, and Charlotte. We will be on tour…

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Using Conjoint Analysis to Answer Strategic Questions: Pricing Events

By Nathan L. Phipps March 15, 2024

During our Pricing and Profit Management Winter ’24 Tour, we asked attendees to fill out a marketing survey. I reviewed the initial…

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