Paris based Consulting firm Capgemini is set to acquire Chicago based Lyons consulting group. The deal has been signed but the amount has not been disclosed yet. Capgemini officials said that they will disclose all the details related to acquisition including financial aspects in the next few weeks.
French multinational Capgemini is an established global leader in Digital and Cloud services which currently represent 35% of its total revenues. The latest acquisition will help Capgemini in the fields of digital customer experience and digital commerce for clients’ customer journeys as well.
Lyon consulting is one of the largest independent digital commerce firms in the world, with a deep expertise in Salesforce Commerce Cloud and other commerce platforms. Lyon consulting has a strong manpower of about 300 people across the globe.
Ever increasing number of smartphone and internet users making digital commerce a lucrative destination to earn high profit. There is an upsurge in online shopping in many parts of the world over the recent years. All these factors influencing big MNC’s to focus more on digital commerce and cloud-related solutions.
Digital strategy, experience design and e-commerce implementation are some of the key strength of Lyons which Capgemini is going to implement in its cloud solutions. With Lyons acquisition, Capgemini’s market share in digital commerce and cloud services will increase further.
“Joining the Capgemini family will enable us to strengthen and expand our services for clients around the world. In addition, there is a tremendous opportunity to integrate our capabilities with Capgemini’s holistic approach to digital transformation and support the many clients who are on this extensive journey right now. We are very excited about this next stage in our company and the many opportunities it presents for both our employees and clients” said Lyon CEO Rich Lyon.
In the recent past, Capgemini had acquired Itelios, a European Salesforce Commerce Cloud solutions provider. This is Capgemini’s fourth major acquisition in the digital services sector this year after it purchased Idean and TCube Solutions.
According to latest reports, apart from cloud services, the French multinational is also investing heavily in Artificial intelligence, Robotic process automation and cognitive technologies.
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