Accenture Acquires SIGNAL to Enhance its Integrated Marketing Capabilities in Japan

Atsushi Egawa, who leads Accenture’s business in Japan, said, “SIGNALs high level of expertise in the marketing domain is wide-ranging, spanning in the areas of PR, marketing, and communication, together we will enhance our ability to create growth through relevance, accelerate our clients enterprise-wide transformation, building a solid competitive advantage in the market.” Daisuke Kusaba, CEO of SIGNAL said, “Since our founding in 2005, we have been expanding our business scope by constantly seeking new communication methods, with the interests of our clients and consumers in mind. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. Words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “likely,” “anticipates,” “aspires,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “believes,” “estimates,” “positioned,” “outlook,” “goal,” “target” and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance nor promises that goals or targets will be met, and involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that are difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied.