Although OC&C doesn't publicize its client list, it does claim to work not only with major corporations, but also with mid-sized companies that need strategic help in rapidly changing industries. Its industries include industrial products and services, consumer goods, infrastructure, leisure, luxury, media, private equity, retail, technology, telecommunications, and transportation.

While founded in Europe more than three decades ago—with early offices in the UK, Germany, and France—OC&C has expanded its footprint in core strategic markets and now serves clients on a global scale. In addition to maintaining its presence in these markets, OC&C has also leveraged its European market position in its core sectors to the US, Asia, and beyond—trading from offices in New York, Boston, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. Most recently, OC&C has added to its European footprint with the incorporation of Long Term Partners into its integrated network of offices to become OC&C Italy and OC&C Netherlands.

One point of pride for OC&C is its expertise in consumer goods. Within this area, it offers insights and provides solutions in three key sections: growth stakes, profitability issues and category management. Retail has also long been an OC&C focus. The firm claims to have been one of the original advocates for the importance of emerging value offers, private label goods and battling category killers.

The firm has made a significant effort to advise technology companies and media outlets since its founding. It offers strategy reviews, transformational performance improvement, profitable use of the digital arena, and go-to-market strategies for new services and products. Several major media outlets have looked to the firm for analysis of their own industry, concerning subjects ranging from the lack of social media regulation being blamed for the rise of “fake news” to the decline of magazine readership in the face of internet competition.

OC&C also supports world-renowned private equity firms in such areas as potential investment scoping, vendor and buyer due diligence, and post-acquisition strategy. The firm also advises companies in the leisure and hospitality industry, the analytics industry, and companies focused on B2B sales.

OC&C has a comprehensive pro bono and volunteering program through its partnership with the Robin Hood Foundation, New York's largest poverty-fighting organization. Through this partnership, OC&C provides multiple pro bono consulting engagements per year, helping advise Robin Hood's Partner organizations on strategic and operational questions. In addition to pro bono projects, the firm supports the broader community in New York and Boston through fundraising, volunteering opportunities, and other engagements.

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