Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited (ABFRL), one of India’s leading fashion companies, announced its collaboration with Accenture for a digital transformation program designed to drive growth, increase business agility and improve operational efficiency. As part of its transformation strategy, ABFRL has chosen Accenture to design, develop, and deploy an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system based…
Accenture has been recognized as the No. 1 technology services provider to the retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector globally in a recent report from industry analyst firm HFS Research. The report, “HFS Top 10: Retail and CPG Services, 2022,” assesses and rates 12 leading service providers across a variety of criteria, a statement said. In…
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Talespin, a spatial computing company focused on workforce talent development and skills mobility. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. Talespin’s platform offers an end-to-end solution for creating, distributing and measuring the impact of immersive learning content, a statement said. The World Economic Forum projects that by 2030, over…
HFS Research, the industry analyst firm, has ranked Accenture as the leading provider for utilities services in its latest Top 10 Report 2021. The report assessed the capabilities of business and technology service providers in consulting, digital and emerging technologies, sustainability services and managed services. Industry-specific capabilities were evaluated throughout the value chain from generation to transmission, distribution,…
Accenture announced it has invested in Los Angeles-based SwayBrand, a multicultural media technology platform that helps brands connect with diverse influencers. This marks the first startup investment in North America made through the company’s Black Founders Development Program, the statement said. Founded in 2018, SwayBrand is focused on disrupting how brands and influencers interact by bringing equity to…
Accenture announced changes to its executive leadership team, naming a new chief operating officer and a new group chief executive of its Operations service. Manish Sharma has been named chief operating officer, effective March 1, 2022, with responsibility for leading the company’s business operations and executing business strategy, protecting the company’s people and infrastructure and ensuring operational excellence,…
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Cintoo, a provider of solutions used to better manage and leverage 3D data sourced from reality capture devices in the cloud. “Our investment in Cintoo demonstrates Accenture Ventures’ ongoing commitment to nurturing the development of advanced technologies that can drive better business results for our clients,” said…
Accenture has been recognized with four Adobe Digital Experience Partner of the Year Awards for 2022, reflecting Accenture’s leadership in unleashing purposeful connections, powered by Adobe, to help accelerate clients’ path to value. Accenture has received the following awards: Adobe 2022 Digital Experience (DX) Solution Partner of the Year (Global): This award recognizes significant investments and demonstrated…
Accenture announced that it is expanding its apprenticeship program in the United States to give more people access to digital economy jobs and further advance its equitable approach to hiring, which focuses on skills, experiences and potential. The company has set a goal to fill 20% of its entry-level roles from its apprenticeship program for its fiscal…
Accenture has completed the acquisition of Tambourine, an e-commerce customer experience agency with award-winning capabilities in cloud-based technologies in Japan. Terms of the transaction, which was announced on November 18, were not disclosed. Founded in 2015, Tambourine provides integrated commerce services on the Salesforce platform and brings a proven track record in using Salesforce Commerce Cloud to deliver…
Accenture has acquired Zestgroup, a services firm specializing in energy transitions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Zestgroup brings deep industry knowledge, project expertise and market regulation experience into helping organizations move to net-zero. These capabilities enhance Accenture’s ability to build more trusted, circular and net-zero value chains while driving social and economic benefits for all stakeholders. “By combining years…
Accenture has announced its intent to acquire AFD.TECH, an independent network services company specializing in network engineering, operations and business services. Financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed. This acquisition would add more than 1,600 highly skilled professionals to Accenture globally, along with multidisciplinary capabilities across engineering, design, deployment, and operation of next generation networks,…
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Interos, an operational resilience and supply chain risk management company that uses machine learning to monitor global business relationships and identify risks. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. The Interos platform uses AI and machine learning to monitor and analyze a wide array of supply chain issues…
Accenture has acquired the consulting practice of Headspring, a cloud native and platform engineering services firm based in Austin, Texas. Headspring provides a broad range of cloud services including platform architecture, engineering, modernization and product management. Headspring’s services and cloud experts will boost Accenture Cloud First’s platform engineering capabilities aimed at helping clients accelerate their transformations and…
Accenture announced the promotion of 1,030 people to managing director and the appointment by the Chair and CEO of 143 people to senior managing director, including a record number of women. The company also reported its progress on increasing gender representation globally as well as race and ethnicity representation in the US, the UK and…