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Accenture acquires supply chain and retail technology consultancy specialists REPL Group

PRESS RELEASE -- 3, March 2021

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 3-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture expands its retail technology and supply chain capabilities with the acquisition of REPL Group (“REPL”), a U.K.-based technology consultancy specializing in solutions for supply chain, workforce management, store operations and retail customer … Read the full press release

Accenture to help one of the oldest cosmetics companies in the world accelerate its digital transformation

PRESS RELEASE -- 9, February 2021

Accenture to provide comprehensive services to improve Shiseido’s data-driven insights, strengthen its technology infrastructure, and expand its workforce training and skilling (PRESS RELEASE) TOKYO, 9-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announces strategic partnership with Shiseido Group, a Japan-based multinational … Read the full press release

Accenture strengthens its ecommerce services to help clients reimagine their business through the acquisition of Businet System

PRESS RELEASE -- 2, February 2021

(PRESS RELEASE) TOKYO, Japan, 2-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announces the acquisition of Businet System, a leader in developing and operating Salesforce Commerce Cloud-based ecommerce sites in Japan, with a proprietary order management system (OMS) for the apparel … Read the full press release

Fondazione Italiana Accenture joins The Human Safety Net and Generali Italia to help non-profit sector in Italy reach even more vulnerable families through digitalisation

PRESS RELEASE -- 1, February 2021

(PRESS RELEASE) TRIESTE/ MILAN, 1-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — One of the largest global insurance and asset management providers, Generali announces a new partnership between The Human Safety Net and Fondazione Italiana Accenture to accelerate the digitalisation process of the non-profit … Read the full press release

Accenture extends partnership with The Alan Turing Institute to deliver cutting edge AI and Data Science research and development in the UK

PRESS RELEASE -- 29, October 2020

Five-year extension signed to expand existing collaborative research partnership to help deliver on the promise of artificial intelligence in the UK (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 29-Oct-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and The Alan Turing Institute, the national institute for … Read the full press release

Anglo American extends strategic IT services agreement with Accenture to 2023

PRESS RELEASE -- 17, August 2020

(PRESS RELEASE) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 17-Aug-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN), a leading global professional services company, has announced it has extended its IT services agreement with Anglo American (LON: AAL), a multinational mining company, until 2023. The new … Read the full press release

Accenture and Sopra Steria transformation program to modernize Covéa’s finance function across its three brands — MAAF, MMA and GMF

PRESS RELEASE -- 22, June 2020

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 22-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Multinational professional services company Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Sopra Steria, European information technology consultancy formed by the merger of Sopra Group SA and Groupe Steria SCA, have announced they signed a four-year joint … Read the full press release

Milena Mondini de Focatiis to succeed David Stevens as CEO of Admiral Group

PRESS RELEASE -- 5, March 2020

(PRESS RELEASE) CARDIFF, UK, 5-Mar-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Admiral Group plc announces the retirement of its Chief Executive Officer. David Stevens has notified the Board of his intention to retire from his position as Group CEO and as a director … Read the full press release

AXA XL clients will combat cyber-crime by relying on Accenture Cyber Incident Response Service

PRESS RELEASE -- 10, February 2020

AXA XL clients will combat cyber-crime by relying on Accenture Cyber Incident Response Service
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 10-Feb-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Global professional services company Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has just announced AXA XL clients will now be using its Cyber Incident Response Service in order to respond and recover from cyberattacks. Accenture Security’s global … Read the full press release

WEF / Accenture: the era of stakeholder capitalism – study

PRESS RELEASE -- 20, January 2020

WEF / Accenture: the era of stakeholder capitalism - study
Stronger financial performance thanks to stakeholder-centric leadership A new model of responsible leadership: mission, innovation and inclusion (PRESS RELEASE) DAVOS, 20-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The World Economic Forum in partnership with Accenture have unveiled their new study called Seeking New … Read the full press release

French consulting company Silveo now part of Accenture Industry X.0

PRESS RELEASE -- 20, December 2019

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 20-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture closes acquisition of French consulting company Silveo. Transaction was first announced on November 14. Silveo provides services and solutions for digital manufacturing and intelligent supply chains based on software from, for example, … Read the full press release

Significant reduction in people’s likelihood to stereotype others reported in an unprecedented experiment by Unilever and University College London

PRESS RELEASE -- 18, June 2019

Significant reduction in people's likelihood to stereotype others reported in an unprecedented experiment by Unilever and University College London
The unique experiment conducted by Unilever and University College London went on to look into how to unlearn stereotyping (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON & NEW YORK, 18-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Advertising and marketing professionals across Unilever and its lead agency partners, … Read the full press release

Capgemini positioned as a Leader on the Everest Group Life & Pensions Insurance Digital Services PEAK Matrix(tm) 2019

PRESS RELEASE -- 9, April 2019

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 9-Apr-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Everest Group’s inaugural Life & Pensions (L&P) Digital Services PEAK MatrixTM sees Capgemini among the leaders. Capgemini’s ability to gain global insights through its consulting heritage along with its robust digital services, and … Read the full press release

TAF opens nominations for the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize

PRESS RELEASE -- 1, April 2019

One of the world’s most important awards for a ground-breaking innovation opens nomination period until 31 July 2019. (PRESS RELEASE) ESPOO, 1-Apr-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (1 April 2019), nominations for the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize open. The one-million-euro international … Read the full press release

Schroders and Lloyds Banking Group announce executive team for new joint venture

PRESS RELEASE -- 27, March 2019

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 27-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — A joint venture between Schroders plc and Lloyds Banking Group plc, Schroders Personal Wealth announces its executive team. Schroders Personal Wealth will be launched later this year with the aim to help more … Read the full press release

German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH (DFKI) and Hitachi unveil new AI based technology to recognize and evaluate physical load on the worker’s body

PRESS RELEASE -- 20, March 2019

(PRESS RELEASE) KAISERSLAUTERN, 20-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Hitachi, Ltd. and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH (DFKI) announced they have developed an AI technology that performs real-time recognition and quantification of physical load exerted on a worker’s body during … Read the full press release

Accenture Survey 2019: diversity and equal workplace culture – powerful drivers of an innovation mindset

PRESS RELEASE -- 7, March 2019

(PRESS RELEASE) NEW YORK, 7-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has conducted an online and phone survey, as part of its “Getting to Equal 2019” research, interviewing more than 18,000 professionals in 27 countries, including 150 C-level executives during … Read the full press release

Chief Digital Officers (CDOs) take on digital transformation in Capgemini Research Institute’s latest Digital Transformation Review

PRESS RELEASE -- 12, February 2019

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 12-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The latest Digital Transformation Review by Capgemini Research Institute looks into what lessons can be learnt from the leaders in the digital transformation. The publication is titled “Taking digital transformation to the next level: Lessons from … Read the full press release

Data on manufacturing in Germany December 2018: 1.6% decline in new orders; Turnover up by 2.7%

PRESS RELEASE -- 6, February 2019

(PRESS RELEASE) WIESBADEN, 6-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — New provisional data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reveals a slight decline of -1.6% for the new orders in manufacturing in Germany during December 2018 when compared to the previous month having the price, seasonally and … Read the full press release

The first Italian digital insurance services and brokerage Yolo gets investment from Intesa Sanpaolo Group

PRESS RELEASE -- 29, January 2019

(PRESS RELEASE) MILAN, 29-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ —  Yolo, the first Italian digital insurance services and brokerage group, founded by Simone Ranucci Brandimarte and Gianluca De Cobelli in 2017 is raising Series A €5 million funding round to accelerate its industrial development process and … Read the full press release