In the media

These media stories feature the work and expertise of A.T. Kearney consultants. Non-English news coverage can also be found on some of our country websites.

Outsourcing Ready to Vanish in the Cloud?
12 August 2010 — Fast Company Expert Blogger Rob Salkowitz
Arjun Sethi, partner and head of the outsourcing practice at A.T. Kearney, believes that the rise of cloud computing and the move from on-premise to hosted IT services in the mainstream enterprise will render the majority of the current outsourced IT workload extinct. This means that parts of the world that have just become accustomed to the income potential of the outsourcing industry will have to become unaccustomed in a hurry.

Interview: The End of IT Outsourcing As We Know It
11 August 2010 — CIO
CIO.com talks to Arjun Sethi about his bold predictions for the IT outsourcing industry.

European Soccer Clubs Threatened with Bankruptcy, A.T. Kearney Reports
27 July 2010 — Bloomberg
Juergen Rothenbuecher, vice president in A.T. Kearney's Munich office, comments on the firm's Football Sustainability Study.

‘Sustainability Czars’ Help A.T. Kearney Meet Carbon Neutral Pledge
20 July 2010 — Environmental Leader
A.T. Kearney has met its goal, set in 2007, to be 100 percent carbon neutral across its worldwide operations in 2010 by changing the way the company operates and buying carbon offsets.

A.T. Kearney Index Places Eight Mena Countries among Top 21 Retail Growth Opportunities Globally
22 June 2010 — AMEinfo.com
According to the 9th annual Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) study from management consulting firm A.T. Kearney, the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region exhibits the most exciting retail growth opportunities today for international retailers.

Retailers' New Frontier Goes Beyond 'BRIC' Countries
21 June 2010 — MarketWatch
Alongside the promise of the so-called 'BRIC' countries to the U.S. and other global retailers, smaller emerging markets, including Kuwait and Dubai, are rising as the new crop of global expansion opportunities.

Global Retailers: Expansion Opportunities in 2010
July 2010 — Global Retail Newsletter
Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), annual survey of 30 emerging markets conducted by A.T.Kearney, helps retailers to fix the strategies of their global expansion while ranking the commercial attraction of these countries.

Debit-Card Fee Debate Could Cost Consumers
17 June 2010 — MarketWatch
Rajiv Shah, partner at A.T. Kearney and lead for the Americas Financial Institutions Practice, comments on the debate over the fees merchants pay to banks on debit-card transactions: "It has always been about whether these charges are fair and do they reflect the level of risk that the card companies are taking."

Going with the Cash Flow: Grede Typifies Story of Supplier Survival
20 June 2010 — Crain's Detroit Business
Daniel Cheng, A.T. Kearney partner and head of the company's automotive practice in North America, discusses findings from the firm's recent research study that shows delays in payments from automakers to tier-one suppliers.

Watch World's Best Retail Markets
21 June 2010 — CNBC
Michael Moriarty, A.T. Kearney partner, explains the firm's annual Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) and the significance of the just released 2010 findings.

Listen Retail Sales - June
11 June 2010 — NPR News
Laura Gurski, A.T. Kearney partner and Global Lead for the Retail Industries & Consumer Practice, comments on current consumer shopping reluctance or pausing.

Choosing the Right CRO
June 2010 - Pharma Times
A.T. Kearney principals, Michael Thomas (London) and Adwait Bhagwat (Chicago), explain the changing relationships between pharmaceuticals and CROs, as R&D manages outsourcing processes more strategically.

Kick-starting Industry growth - Tuning into the future of telecoms
11 June 2010 - Telling Tech Tales
Television is becoming increasingly fundamental to the future of the telecoms industry, according to senior executives gathered in London this week for an A.T. Kearney telecoms and media conference.

Global Platform Strategy to Further Industry Consolidation, Firm Says
19 May 2010 — WardsAuto.com
Despite high-profile failures such as the Chrysler Corporation-Daimler AG marriage, the cost advantages presented by mergers and partnerships will be too lucrative for most auto makers to pass up -- with cost advantages likely to come via increased use of global platforms.

A.T. Kearney Sees 11.7 Million US 2010 Auto Sales
18 May 2010 - Reuters
Dan Cheng, A.T. Kearney partner and Lead of the Americas Automotive Practice, said the range from a "pessimistic" to an "optimistic" forecast for 2010 is 11.4 million to 12.3 million autos sold.

Pent-Up Demand to the Rescue?
18 May 2010 – Automotive News
Consumers have delayed buying cars and trucks during the recession. The average age of all light vehicles on U.S. roads was 9.8 years at the end of 2009, and will rise to 10.1 years by 2011, says consultancy A.T. Kearney. "We know cars last longer, but they don't last forever," says A.T. Kearney partner Daniel Cheng.

Used Cars Putting Squeeze on Mexico New-Vehicle Sales
10 May 2010 — WardsAuto.com
Ricardo Haneine, A.T. Kearney partner, comments on Mexico's auto market and the impact on new-vehicle sales because of an influx of used cars and trucks from the U.S.

A.T. Kearney Study Compares U.S. Cities and Latin America for Offshore Outsourcing
April 2010 — Outsourcing Journal
Christian Callieri, A.T. Kearney principal, explains reasons why nearshoring is attractive to U.S. companies.

Leading IT Innovation Experts Gather to Discuss Innovation Strategies at Interop Las Vegas
28 April 2010 — Why IT Now
Bob Haas, A.T. Kearney partner and Lead for the Global Strategic IT Practice, participated on a panel discussing current industry studies, best practices, and efforts to improve education and career opportunities in IT.

Retailers Prep for Consumer Spending
7 April 2010 — Marketplace
Sherif Mityas, A.T. Kearney partner, describes how retailers can position themselves to jump in when consumer spending starts to turn around, and what happens if they jump the gun.

Retail Sector Outlook
8 April 2010 — Business News Network
Sherif Mityas, A.T. Kearney partner, is interviewed about the retail outlook, especially for niche retailers, as we come out of the recession.

Mexico Auto Industry Poised for Growth in 2010
18 March 2010 — WardsAuto
Ricardo Haneine, A.T. Kearney partner in the Mexico City office, explains the importance of training for Mexico's workforce to continue growth in the automotive market.

Don’t Give Up on Globalization
5 March 2010 — BusinessWeek
A.T. Kearney Chairman and Managing Officer Paul Laudicina offers his perspective on the importance of cross-border openness, cooperation and collaboration.

Slideshow of Top 25 Countries for Overseas Investment
5 March 2010 — BusinessWeek
Learn more about the top 25 investment destinations in A.T. Kearney’s 2010 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index from this BusinessWeek slideshow.

MGM MIRAGE Broadens Loyalty Programs with New Partnereship
16 February 2010 — MGM Mirage
MGM MIRAGE has partnered with ESS Analysis, a Boston-based advanced analytics-focused consulting firm, and A.T. Kearney, a global management consulting firm, to take customer database "mining" capabilities to a new level and further enhance guest loyalty programs.

Companies Should Collaborate to Fight Food Fraud: Report
8 February 2010 — Food Navigator
Greater collaboration and information sharing could help the food industry tackle food fraud, according to a new report from the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and consulting firm A.T. Kearney.

Cities Like Seattle Look Abroad for Prosperity at Home
7 February 2010 — The Seattle Times
An unsurprising set of the most globally connected cities — among them New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Singapore and Chicago — emerged in a "Global Cities Index" developed by the journal Foreign Affairs, the consulting firm A.T. Kearney and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Market Watch: Vietnam
2 February 2010 — Kidscreen
Laura Gurski, A.T. Kearney partner, explains the ranking of Vietnam in the firm's Global Retail Development Index.

Automotive Suppliers Struggle to Survive
18 December 2009 — Spiegel Online International
Götz Klink, an A.T. Kearney vice president in the Stuttgart office, discusses the unprecedented plunge in German auto suppliers.

Panasonic's Purchase of Sanyo May Spur More Battery Takeovers
11 December 2009 — Bloomberg.com
Eiji Kawahara, A.T. Kearney partner in the Toyo office, comments on the development of new energy technology for electric vehicles and how it may give Panasonic and Sanyo “more bargaining power” over carmakers.

Organizations Still Failing on IT Innovation
3 December 2009 — V3.co.uk
Farhan Mirza, principal at A.T. Kearney, comments on the firm's IT innovation study, which found that 84 per cent of C-level executives believe that innovative IT projects are key to a successful business strategy but that investment misses target levels by more than 75 per cent.

A.T. Kearney Forecasts Unprecedented Global Store Brand Growth
2 December 2009 —Store Brands Decisions
Global market share of private label products is forecasted to reach 65 percent by 2025, up from the current 20 percent, according to research conducted by A.T. Kearney, a management consulting company.

Cyber Monday S2
30 November 2009 — National Public Radio
Laura Gurski, A.T. Kearney partner, discusses the impact of online sales for the holiday shopping season.

Black Friday: Shoppers Treat Selves This Season
28 November 2009 — Chicago Tribune
"Market share is the name of the game," said Mike Moriarty, vice president at A.T. Kearney's retail practice. "This year, the big business is to convert you to come back again."

GSMA Shines Spotlight on Asian Mobile Industry at 2009 Mobile Asia Congress
17 November 2009 — PR newswire
On the eve of the 2009 Mobile Asia Congress, the GSMA, the body that represents the worldwide mobile communications industry, issued key findings that underscore the strength and success of the Asia Pacific mobile industry. The GSMA today released its Asia Pacific Mobile Observatory Report, which shows that since 2003, the Asia Pacific market has more than tripled in size, adding over a billion connections and growing at 26% CAGR(1) to reach 1.7 billion connections in 2008.

In the Eye of the Beholder: Of Values & Value - 2
5 November 2009 — eyeforpharma.com
Pharma Expert Contributor, Fatima Moncrieffe, explores the concept of value in the pharmaceutical industry, referring to A.T. Kearney's research and experts, who explain that the current U.S. debate is a critical issue for the entire world.

Pharma at the Tipping Point III: From R&D to Markets
5 November 2009 — eyeforpharma.com
A.T. Kearney research shows that one of the most fundamental problems for pharma companies is that much of the industry's R&D efforts focus on therapy areas that are not particularly important to payers and aren't targeted at mass market solutions.

Auto Industry Supply Chain Is Shrinking
29 October 2009 — American Public Media
Doug Harvey, A.T. Kearney partner in the Americas automobile practice, discusses consolidation of auto suppliers.

Pharma at the Tipping Point II: Emerging Markets
21 October 2009 — eyeforpharma.com
Healthcare demand is shifting rapidly toward the developing world, where 96% of global population growth is expected over the next 50 years. For pharmas faced with pricing pressures in developed markets, emerging markets will become too attractive to continue to ignore, and pharmas, AT Kearney says, will need to establish prices in a way that maximizes revenue over a drug’s entire lifecycle and across global markets.

Pharma at the Tipping Point I: Price Versus Value
21 October 2009 — eyeforpharma.com
Why is the industry operating on the precipice? AT Kearney observes that even as healthcare budgets are rising, drug sales in most developed countries are forecast to be flat. Pricing pressures are increasing globally, and even the normally safe haven of the US has become a challenging market. The problems, AT Kearney says, are symptoms of a shift in the nature of healthcare systems.

Strategy Vital for Nuclear Power in Middle East and North Africa
18 October 2009 — Business Intelligence Middle East
Dirk Buchta, A.T. Kearney partner and Managing Director in the Middle East, and Goetz Wehberg, A.T. Kearney partner and Leader of the Utilities Practice in the Middle East, discuss the importance of a strategy and plan for building and maintaining nuclear power plants — for cost effectiveness and safety.

Indian Businesses Still Have Some Way to Go in Global Competitiveness
15 October 2009 — livemint.com
John Yoshimura, A.T. Kearney COO, says firms that anticipated the recession and cut costs quickly and strategically are not only winners now but well positioned for the future.

World's Best Companies 2009
1 October 2009 — BusinessWeek Special Report
The 40 world's best companies 2009, compiled by A.T. Kearney for BusinessWeek, are thriving in the recession and preparing for beyond.

Climate Change, Financial Regulation to Top G20 Agenda
23 September 2009 — China Daily
Martin Walker, Senior Director of A.T. Kearney's Global Business Policy Council, discussed the upcoming G20 summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, scheduled from Sept 24-25, and what he sees as two very big issues: climate change and financial regulations.

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Elect Officers
23 September 2009 — Journal of Commerce
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals recently elected new officers to head the organization. Sue Oaks, A.T. Kearney Partner, was elected co-chair of the Research Strategies division.

Best Firms to Work For 2009
September/October 2009 — Consulting Magazine
For the second year in a row, A.T. Kearney has been named to Consulting Magazine's list of Best Firms to Work For.

Broad Base Helps Reshape, Renew Firm
24 August 2009 — Chicago Tribune
Paul Laudicina, A.T. Kearney Managing Officer and Chairman of the Board, is interviewed about the challenges of leading the firm and the importance of "a sensitivity to people, as well as to the kinds of peripheral events and environments that shape and determine outcomes."

Business Model — A.T. Kearney Project Course Gives MBAs Real-World,
Real-Time Problems to Solve
Summer 2009 — Tepper School of Business
Sunder Kekre, Bosch Professor of Operations Management at Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business, and Joe Raudabaugh, A.T. Kearney partner, have developed a business laboratory to bring together companies, executives, consultants, faculty, and students – and challenge them with real-world problems.

Emerging Markets
10 August 2009 — Mass Market Retailers
Global expansion to emerging markets has become more important as a growth strategy for retailers, plus the recession is making it more attractive.

There Is More To City Life Than Convenience
29 June 2009 — FT.com Financial Times
Many people are choosing new cities. Every week, one million people move to cities around the world, according to a study carried out late last year by AT Kearney, the management consultants, Foreign Policy magazine and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Is there a way to combine urban dynamism with, if not pristine cycle paths and spotless metro stations, a reasonable quality of life?

Chairman Paul Laudicina Speaks With Bloomberg TV
6 July 2009 — Bloomberg TV
A.T. Kearney Chairman Paul Laudicina speaks with Bloomberg TV about global supply chain transformation.

State Should Pull Plug on Empire Zone Program
26 June 2009 — Post-Standard Editorial Board
Recommendation on the Empire Zone program cites A.T. Kearney report: The program "provides perhaps the best example of good intentions gone wrong," the Kearney report said. "Its original mission has been morphed by political patronage, legislative revision and commercial manipulation."

CIOs Need to Improve Cost-Cutting Strategies
2 June 2009 — computing.co.UK
Farhan Mirza, A.T. Kearney principal and head of the UK strategic IT practice, comments on survey results that show need for UK businesses to generate double-digit savings in IT.

Investors Demand Carbon-Risk Disclosure
1 June 2009 — BusinessWeek
Shareholders in many companies want more information on the corporate risks of climate change and a study by A.T. Kearney found a link between performance and sustainability.

Auto Industry Stress
21 May 2009 — Business News Network
North American Automotive Practice Leader, Dan Cheng, is interviewed on Business News Network (BNN) about the findings of A.T. Kearney’s 2009 Automotive Townsend Study. BNN Host Michael Kane’s questions focus on the firm’s auto-industry stress test and what it reveals about the U.S. auto business’s future.

Offshoring's Best Bets
21 May 2009 — CFO.com Magazine
Norbert Jorek, A.T. Kearney partner, and Johan Gott, manager of the Global Services Location Index, provide insights on changes in the rankings.

World's Carmakers Racing to Form Alliances
12 May 2009 — CFO.com Magazine
Woes facing General Motors and Chrysler have spurred deals among others as they work to survive the sales slump.

CPG Companies Need to Broaden Sales Skill Set to Meet the Needs of Modern Retailers
6 May 2009 - GMA
Groundbreaking research study by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), the Network of Executive Women (NEW), and A.T. Kearney shows that sales force talent management has top- and bottom-line implications.

Summit Explores Global Sustainability
28 April 2009 - MIT News
Mike Wise, A.T. Kearney partner and lead for the firm's sustainability practice in the Americas, explained the practices' recent study that shows more sustainable businesses outperform their peers.

Cancer Team Takes Top Innovation Award
25 April 2008 — Kable
An IT project supporting the fight against cancer has won the big prize at the Government Computing Awards for Innovation 2008.

California Space Enterprise Leads Nation and World in Economic Impact
20 April 2009 — California Space Authority
The "Space Enterprise Economic Impact Report," release by CSA and prepard by A.T. Kearney, shows California accounts for 44 percent of the U.S. space market and 21 percent of the global market.

Banks - and Their Core Systems - in Survival Mode
7 April 09 — Bank Systems & Technology
David Hovenden, A.T. Kearney partner, comments on banks outside the United States, especially in southeast Asia, that are replacing their core legacy technology systems, post-crisis.

A.T. Kearney Auto Supplier Study
25 March 2009 — NewsRadio
Partner Doug Harvey was interviewed live on KTRH Radio about the firm’s latest auto supplier study.

The Telecom World Is Not Flat. . .Yet
9 March 2009 - Telephony Online
As technology convergence happens in the business world, there are two opposing trends that make matters even more complex for ICT players.
by Augusto Morais

Listen Report: Green companies do better
9 February 2009 — Marketplace
A new study out today suggests that greener, more socially responsible companies tend to perform better than their peers. Sarah Gardner reports which companies were considered more successful and sustainable.

Stores Need to Excite, Execute, Entertain
4 February 2009 — CNNMoney.com
Survival means different things to different people, said Joel Alden, principal with the retail practice of AT Kearney, a global management consulting firm.

Obama Policies Trigger Climate Change Consulting Gold Rush
3 February 2009 — ClimateChangeCorp.com
Dramatic policy change means few firms have the in-house expertise to respond to the new environment. A.T. Kearney is cited for climate change strategy development and supply chain sustainability.

Offshoring Vendors Slice 15 Percent Off Some Deals
3 February 2009 — CFO.com
Uday Singh, A.T. Kearney principal, explains that outsourcing service providers are shaving as much as 10 percent to 15 percent off existing contracts in order to keep their customers during these uncertain times.

American-Style Scandals Hit Indian IT
15 January 2009 — Government Technology: Digital Communities
Bob Haas, A.T. Kearney partner and lead for Americas Strategic IT practice, comments on Satyam scandal and confidence in India IT outsourcing.

Why Organic Is Better
5 January 2009 — Business Finance Magazine
Despite current economic difficulties, can you formulate a strategy to maintain profitability and even potentially nudge revenue upward to create some value for shareholders?