Unterföhring/Munich, 15 February 2019 – KPS AG (WKN: A1A6V4 / ISIN: DE000A1A6V48), Europe’s leading management consultant for business transfor-mation and process optimization, succeeded in increasing its sales by 16.5 % com-pared with the year-earlier quarter from 38.1 million euros to 44.4 million euros for the first quarter of 2018/2019. Earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation and amorti-zation (EBITDA) doubled to 6.6 million euros after 3.3 million euros in the equivalent year-earlier quarter. This corresponds to an EBITDA margin of 14.9% (Q1 2017/2018: 8.7%). Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) improved to 5.8 million euros after 3.1 million euros in the first quarter of 2017/2018. The EBIT margin was therefore 13.1% (Q1 2017/2018: 8.1%).

Munich, January 31, 2019. Driven by rising customer expectations and new technologies, digitization in the retail sector is gathering momentum and developing apace. To demonstrate how digital AI assistants, location-based services, and omnichannel solutions are shaping the retail sector of tomorrow, KPS, a leading consulting partner for digital transformation, is appearing at the EuroCIS 2019 in Dusseldorf (Hall 10, Booth B42).

Unterföhring/Munich, 29 January 2019 – KPS AG (WKN: A1A6V4 / ISIN: DE000A1A6V48), Europe’s leading management consultant for business transformation and process optimization, today publishes its Annual Report 2017/2018, and information about the forecast for 2018/2019. On the basis of the audited results for the business year 2017/2018, Group sales rose by 7.4 % to 172.2 million euros (previous year: 160.3 million euros). Owing to company acquisitions as part of the growth strategy and the associated increased personnel expenses, Group EBITDA at 20.0 million euros was around 24.3 % less than in the previous year. EBIT came down as a result of M&A-related depreciation and amortization to 16.6 million euros (previous year: 24.8 million euros).

Unterföhring/Munich, December 20, 2018 – KPS AG (WKN: A1A6V4 / ISIN: DE000A1A6V48), Europe’s leading management consultancy for business transformation and process optimization published its preliminary, unaudited IFRS financial figures today for fiscal year 2017/18. Sales in the past fiscal year continued to rise in line with the forecast. Despite the negative impact of the company acquisitions and their integration into the Group structure, the EBIT forecast was also achieved.

Unterföhring/Munich, December 20, 2018 – KPS AG (WKN: A1A6V4 / ISIN: DE000A1A6V48) published its preliminary, unaudited IFRS financial figures today for fiscal year 2017/18.

Copenhagen, December 3, 2018. From manual to fully automated: QVARTZ, a global management consulting firm, is benefiting from automated, user-friendly travel expense management that reduces the burden on Corporate Finance resources while saving paper. KPS, a leading consulting partner for digital transformation, has implemented SAP Concur Expense Management throughout the company. The new solution complied with the country-specific regulations of all QVARTZ sites and is implemented globally.

Hamburg, November 27, 2018. Infront Consulting, a subsidiary of KPS AG, has won two awards in the Best of Consulting competition, making it one of Germany’s best management consultancies. In the Competitive Strategy category, Infront impressed with its consulting services for a new IoT solution for mechanical engineering company KSB. In the second award-winning project (in the Marketing & Organization category), Infront supported eprimo in establishing new-work concepts. German weekly business news magazine WirtschaftsWoche this year presented its Best of Consulting awards for the ninth time. The award ceremony was held in Düsseldorf on November 20, 2018.

Munich, October 25, 2018. KPS, a leading consulting partner for digital transformation, has successfully implemented the SAP Concur cloud solution at Danish window giant VELUX. The manufacturer of roof windows and sun protection solutions, which operates in more than 40 countries, uses this mobile application to streamline and optimize global travel expense management: Employees benefit from quick-and-easy entry, forwarding, and approval of their expense claims.

Munich, September 27, 2018. In cooperation with the management consultancy KPS, Globus’s hypermarkets have evolved their My Globe customer loyalty program. The company implemented SAP Marketing, CRM, and Gigya (now SAP Customer Data Cloud) to extend multichannel business processes and enhance customer loyalty. A further objective was to ensure compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Globus is one of the few independent family-owned retail companies in Germany and currently has 46 hypermarkets.

Munich, July 4, 2018. At the start of the year, the Federal State of Hessen, represented by the Hessen Office of Ground Management and Geo-Information, completely revamped its website that provides geo-data. KPS – the management consultancy specialized in transformation projects – migrated the data, in cooperation with Ubisense, to a new e-commerce solution. Both private and business customers as well as administrative staff are benefiting from the new “INSPIRATION 2018” website thanks to technical and functional improvements and significantly enhanced performance.