January 19, 2012
The global strategy consultancy Simon-Kucher & Partners set a new revenue record in 2011. Annual revenue totaled €121.3 million, up by 15.1 percent from the previous year. The number of employees rose by 17 percent. Simon-Kucher now employs 585 associates worldwide. View full press release.
November 28, 2011
Simon-Kucher & Partners has appointed eight new partners effective January 1, 2012. This raises the total number to 59. Six of the new partners are based at offices outside the firm’s home market of Germany, continuing Simon-Kucher’s path of international growth. “We are pursuing our strategy of globalization,” state co-CEOs Dr. Georg Tacke and Dr. Klaus Hilleke. View full press release.
August 30, 2011
Not everyone gets what they deserve. The largest pricing study ever with more than 3,900 respondents sheds light on the profit culture and pricing know-how around the globe and across industries: 65 percent of companies are not able to charge the prices they deserve for the value their products and services deliver. As a result, they lose 25 percent of profits. Rather than focusing on profit, 46 percent of the companies fight price wars to gain volume and market share. And when companies finally bring themselves to raise prices, they only get half of what they planned. These are the key findings of the Global Pricing Study 2011 conducted by Simon-Kucher & Partners. View full release.
August, 2011
Inflation is the new stress test for businesses. Inflation forecasts for the end of 2011 and for 2012 are up to 6% in Europe and the United States. To secure long-term profits, a company’s prices must be above the level of inflation. This means one thing: consistently raising prices. To remedy this situation, Simon-Kucher has set up a program to reinforce companies’ pricing power and take action to secure margins from inflation. Read the latest edition of Simon-Kucher's Insights here.
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