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KPS awarded "Hidden Champion" 2022/23 for Retail and Consumer Products

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Trusted advisor signet proves high consulting competence

Munich, 24 January 2022

KPS has been nominated a 'Hidden Champion' in the consulting segment for retailers and consumer product companies. The award demonstrates not only the very high level of industry know-how but is also proof of KPS' in-depth expertise and know-how in the customer exeperience and personalisation area. The company built its customer interaction consulting practice over the last 20 years supporting those companies who were the pioneers in the online business: fashion and retailers. Other segments such as consumer products, wholesalers or also engineering and financial services are now benefitting from this vast knowledge base.  The ranking of the Scientific Society for Management and Consulting is based on customer surveys and thus reflects the special trust of the clientele in KPS.

Only a few players manage to successfully hold their own in the top segment of the consulting market.

This year, 30 consulting firms in Germany were able to establish themselves as hidden champions. Their recognised area of expertise either relates to a specific discipline such as digital transformation or to a specific industry. KPS was able to score successfully in the retail and consumer goods sectors. One cannot apply for the coveted award - the pre-selection happens exclusively on the basis of a proposal by an independent panel of experts from science and business. Only then can a company enter the application process. This is why the ranking enjoys an excellent reputation throughout the consulting market and in the executive suites of large companies.

Very special requirements for hidden champions

To qualify as a hidden champion, a consulting company must meet very specific requirements. For example, it must have an unaided level of recognition that is no higher than 15 percent in the top management of large companies with an annual turnover of more than one billion euros. It must work for clients, at least 50 percent of whom have also worked with one or more of the large consultancies such as McKinsey or the Boston Consulting Group. And finally, the candidate must be rated better than the three major competitors in at least one speciality by its clients.

Case study

CHRIST relies on KPS for digital customer interaction

Brilliant omnichannel user experience

Emotional products such as jewellery or high-end fashion deserve a very special customer experience. KPS has been providing this for CHRIST and the company's other brands for many years. Whether online shop, in-store checkout systems or personal approach on all channels: customers experience a coordinated and personalised omnichannel user experience thanks to KPS.

For the evaluation, the Scientific Society for Management and Consulting (Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Management und Beratung, WGMB) conducted a comprehensive empirical study.

In the process, from June to October last year, 1,032 executives of large German companies from different industries were interviewed about the management consulting companies they were familiar with. The participants included board members, managing directors, budget managers and project managers, among them 93 executives from the Fortune100 (DAX40) German companies.

Case study

KPS supports Denner with industry-specific "Instant Platform"

Digitalisation of all corporate processes

Denner, the leading grocery discounter in Switzerland, is digitising all corporate processes with SAP S/4HANA: merchandise and store management, financial management, controlling, transport management as well as master data and action management. KPS is managing this major project with its Instant Platform KPS/grocery, in which a large part of the necessary processes are already available end-to-end. The advantage: instead of years of manual work, a real "instant transformation" takes place – quickly, efficiently and at a fixed price.

KPS as a specialised provider of consulting services

"The hidden champions are virtually the insider tips among German consulting companies. We are therefore delighted to have received this coveted award with our special market expertise in the retail and consumer goods segments. It shows that we, as a mid-size consultany are optimally positioned to address the requirements and challenges of our clients in the large enterprise segment, individually and precisely, achieving optimal results," explains Michael Tsifidaris, Chairman of KPS.

Case study

Digital platform for logistics: KPS and Infront advise modility

Strategy consultants Infront and KPS have developed and implemented a new, digital business model for Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG. The digital platform modility functions like an online portal for container transports across different modes of transport. Forwarders and operators can act significantly faster and more cost-efficiently. Modility taps into the fastest-growing market segment in logistics with its digital solution and has already won over 200 customers.

 

KPS and Infront were awarded the Best of Consulting Award 2021 for the innovative idea and incredibly fast implementation of modility's digital platform. 

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