Accenture Completes Acquisition of dgroup, Expanding Its Digital Transformation Capabilities for Retail and Consumer Goods Companies

HAMBURG, Germany ; Aug. 1, 2016 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed its acquisition of dgroup, a German-based consultancy that delivers end-to-end management consulting services to help companies achieve digital transformation.

The acquisition further enhances Accenture’s digital consulting capabilities in the German market and strengthens the broad range of services Accenture provides to support its clients’ digital transformation, primarily for retail and consumer goods companies.

dgroup provides a range of e-commerce and multi-channel services related to online marketing and analytics, application development, IT architecture and project management. Primarily serving companies in the retail and consumer goods industries dgroup offers consulting advice and methodologies to support their digital innovation and provides clients with transformation and execution services to develop new digital ventures.

“The addition of dgroup to the Accenture team enhances our capabilities and talent in digital and management consulting for retail and consumer goods companies,” said Michael Brueckner, managing director, Accenture, Austria, Switzerland and Germany. “We are delighted to bring the highly skilled team at dgroup to Accenture where together we are well positioned to make our extensive global digital transformation capabilities available to all clients.”