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Unterföhring/Munich, 24th January 2020 – KPS AG (WKN: A1A6V4 / ISIN: DE000A1A6V48), Europe’s leading consultancy for business transformation and process optimisation, increased group revenue by 4.9% to €180.7 million and thereby reached the higher end of the expected €170-180 million range. The driver of the growth in revenue was the excellent development of KPS’s international transformation projects.

Hamburg, January 23, 2020. For the third year running, boutique consultancy and subsidiary of KPS AG, Infront Consulting, has won the prestigious Hidden Champions Award for Digitalization. This further demonstrates the consultancy’s expertise in digital transformation and shows that it can hold its own against competitors such as McKinsey, Accenture, or Bain & Company.

Munich, December 16th 2019. Almost once around the world over the course of a summer for a good cause: From June 21 to September 2, 2019, KPS employees once again donned their running shoes and ran an impressive 24,165 miles. Together, they almost circumnavigated the globe - and in the process collected 9,724 euros in donations for initiatives in Munich, Barcelona, London, and Copenhagen. As in previous years, charities for children and young people were the main beneficiaries.

Munich, December 12th, 2019. In recent years, the annual Black Friday shopping event that continues to break new records in America has also become a big hit in Germany. The event is now a fixed date on the shopping calendar with customers flocking to take advantage of the special discounts and promotions both online and offline. Popular German jewelry chain CHRIST has first-hand experience of this, having seen dramatic increases in traffic on its website and sales during Black Friday Week over the past few years. The seamless shopping experience enjoyed by the customers would not be possible without the highly stable front- and back-end processes implemented by KPS.

Munich, November 28, 2019. Complex processes, growing omnichannel requirements, and an outdated IT landscape prompted s.Oliver Group to embark upon a comprehensive system transformation. Together with consulting and retail expert KPS, the fashion house is implementing the SAP Fashion Management Solution (FMS) to manage all the digital goods and value flows of its brands within one central system. The aim of the new system landscape is to ensure transparent and sustainable processes. The umbrella brand s.Oliver as well as labels Q/S designed by, TRIANGLE, and comma have already been successfully migrated, with LIEBESKIND Berlin still to follow.

Munich, October 16, 2019. On Saturday, October 12, KPS officially opened its new office building beside Lake Phoenix in Dortmund. With this move, the leading SAP consultancy for retailers is creating a revolutionary space for the intensive collaboration with their customers. New Work concepts and state-of-the-art rooms open up new perspectives for team collaboration and a complete new kind of customer experience for KPS customers. KPS is one of the fastest-growing consulting companies.

Unterföhring/Munich, 29 July 2019 – KPS AG (WKN: A1A6V4 / ISIN: DE000A1A6V48), Europe’s leading management consultant for business transformation and process optimization, succeeded in increasing sales by 6.9 % from 41.9 million euros to 44.8 million euros in the 3rd quarter of 2018/2019 by comparison with the equivalent period of the previous year. By comparison with the first nine months of 2017/2018, sales accordingly went up by 4.4 % from 130.3 million euros to 136.0 million euros.

Munich, July 25, 2019. KPS, consulting partner and expert for innovative digital strategies and processes, is one of Bavaria's Best 50. Every year, the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy awards prizes to particularly high-growth medium-sized companies throughout Bavaria in a competition. The award ceremony was held in Schleissheim Palace on July 22, 2019. With the Bavaria's Best 50 award, the Bavarian state government honors medium-sized companies that have been able to increase both their number of employees and their sales at an above-average rate over the past five years.

Munich, July 10, 2019. In response to a call from Scandinavia’s largest electronics retailer Elkjøp for an automated B2B e-commerce solution to cater to its four biggest core markets of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, leading consulting partner in digital transformation, KPS, delivered a complete cloud solution. In only nine months, KPS implemented and integrated SAP Hybris Commerce – since rebranded as SAP C/4HANA Commerce – in all four countries to help the retailer ramp up its B2B business. With the new platform, Elkjøp has already been able to significantly increase its online revenues from B2B activities.

Munich, 04 July 2019. KPS AG has once again made the top ten list of German management consultancies, coming in at eighth position. The annual list of the ten leading consultancies is drawn up by market research company Lünendonk®. In 2018, KPS AG and its workforce of 600 employees generated revenues of € 172.2 million, representing a 7.4 percent increase compared to 2017 as well as employee growth of 21.4%.