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 practice areas include advanced analytics and AI, retail, leisure and hospitality, B2B services, consumer goods, technology, media and telecommunications, private equity, and M&A.

While founded in Europe more than three decades ago, it now has offices in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Netherlands—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—operating from offices in New York, Boston, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Melbourne. Most recently, OC&C has expanded into Brazil and Poland.

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 substantial 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. 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.

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. That commitment to doing things the right way was fully realized in 2023, when the firm became a Certified B CorpTM—a reflection not just of its pro bono work, but the extent to which ESG principles and practices are embedded within all aspects of the business. According to a press release issued by the firm at the time, that work accounts for some 1.5 percent of overall revenue.

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