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According to Bain & Company's second corporate M&A report, scope deals for growth and capabilities accelerated from prior years, accounting for 60 percent of all large M&A last year Volatile economic activity led many executives to adopt recession footing in 2019, yet deal activity was surprisingly resilient. In Europe and Asia, M&A activity was adrift in the first half of the year before rebounding.  Meanwhile, the U.S. started strong before it plateaued. While the number of 2019 deals ended 2 percent lower…

Bain & Company is acquiring Pyxis, a leading alternative data analytics firm, to complement its Advanced Analytics Group and bring unprecedented accuracy and speed to the analysis of external consumer behavior data. By combining forces, Bain and Pyxis will help private equity, institutional and corporate clients gain a more detailed and accurate picture of their own customers, their competitor’s customers and the clearest opportunities for growth. Bain’s Private Equity practice counts alternative data analytics as a…

Total of €48 Million Raised in the Round Will Be Used to Expand the Company’s Award-Winning Pricing Platform and Engage in Strategic M&A Projects Pricefx, the global leader in native cloud pricing software, has secured €23 million in additional funding to conclude the company’s Series B financing round. This phase II investment was led by Digital+ Partners, a leading European B2B technology growth investor, and Bain & Company, one of the world's top management consulting firms. Series A investor Talis Capital also…

Net Promoter System (NPS) for measuring customer experience is no longer serving your brand The customer experience (CX) world is fundamentally changing. Customers are savvier, more demanding, and expect personalization and prompt attention. Because they’re exposed to a broader range of products and services from a variety of businesses, they have every opportunity to shop around. But businesses can survive and thrive in this environment by listening to customers, understanding their experience and responding quickly to…

Bain & Company and Ecosystems announce a global strategic partnership, combining Bain’s leading Business-to-Business (B2B) Elements of Value® research with Ecosystems’ robust Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform to help customers and their suppliers understand, measure and optimize the value in their relationships. “Delivering more value to customers versus your competitors is fundamental to success in competitive markets—slip behind in delivering value, and loss of revenue and market share is not far behind. Our…

As marketing launches proliferate, making the right kind of splash is increasingly critical for long-term success in consumer markets For marketing teams, getting a campaign launch right matters more than ever and can spell the difference between being a marketing launch leader or laggard. According to a new report from Bain & Company, Let's Do Launch: The 5 Best Moves for Your Marketing Launch Playbook, marketing launches are proliferating.  Bain, together with Twitter, surveyed more than 650 marketing executives in…

Amid the Evolving Marketplace, Bain & Company Has Identified Five Models That Are Likely to Thrive in the Future of Retail The rules of retail have fundamentally changed.  Success in the retail industry often used to hinge on being bigger than the competition.  Skillful operators that were No. 1 or 2 locally tended to enjoy higher profit margins. But in this era of rising consumer demands and digital advances, local leadership is only part of a winning formula.  Absolute scale — one that can fund the unprecedented…

Bain & Company announced the formation of Bain Media Lab, a business that will feature a portfolio of digital products and related services that combine breakthrough technologies with powerful data sets. Hive, a full-stack deep learning company based in San Francisco, will be the launch partner for Bain Media Lab. Bain Media Lab is a new venture incubated in the Bain Innovation Exchange, a business unit that leverages Bain's network of venture capitalists, startups, and tech leaders to help clients innovate through…

Based on Bain & Company Estimates, Marketers Could Realize on Average 25-30 Percent Higher Revenue in the First Year for Each Dollar Spent on Advanced Measurement Capabilities Plenty of companies measure marketing activities. Yet, all too often, their measurement does not lead to useful actions, get shared broadly among teams, or inform strategic business decisions. Leading organizations have raised their game in the discipline of measurement to build a complete picture of the customer and tailor messages and…

For the First Time, Companies Can See How They Rank Against Industry Peers on Specific Customer Episodes and Discover What It Will Take to Improve Their Competitive Position Bain & Company has launched NPS Prism, a new business aimed at helping companies uncover actionable insights that they can use to create game-changing episodes along the customer journey.  NPS Prism addresses a crucial problem for business leaders: the lack of reliable, high quality Net Promoter Score benchmarks for gauging competitive performance…

Bain Pricing Navigator Enables Executives to Continually Assess and Adjust Their Pricing Strategy Based on Company Performance Through the Use of Real-Time Dashboards, Proprietary Insights, and CRM and Erp Systems Integration Bain & Company, one of the world's top management consulting firms, and Price f(x), the leader in price optimization & management software-as-a-Service, are joining forces to blaze a new trail in technology-supported, sustainable pricing transformation by launching the Bain Pricing Navigator…