Jan 07, 2025
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Total Specific Solutions (“TSS”) has acquired the fashion and lifestyle benchmarking, consulting and software company hachmeister + partner (“h+p”). Next to being a household name for consultancy services, the company provides value-adding data and AI-supported solutions for fashion retailers and wholesalers. This is the 16th company to join TSS DACH.
The company consults clients on strategy, operational excellence, turnaround, and transformation management. In addition, h+p offers its clients Benchmarking tools, a Customer Analysis Portal, an AI-based ERP/Merchandise management solution, and a Retail planning tool.
Jasper Bollen, General Manager at TSS: "Having h+p join TSS DACH is very exciting. Next to being a well-known company in the DACH market, h+p is also an excellent fit with our existing companies that serve the fashion retail and wholesale space. H+P clients can use the analysis portal to benchmark their key figures and performance with the h+p benchmark. This allows retailers and manufacturers to analyze their performance down to the level of specific articles. They have created a holistic approach, from consultancy to software solutions, with an excellent track record in the German fashion and lifestyle market.
I look forward to having h+p collaborate within our international fashion retail and wholesale portfolio.
Dennis Coort, Portfolio Manager in DACH, and Guido Hardy, our DACH General Manager, will help the managing directors Frank Ganzasch and Tobias Humpert and their teams familiarize themselves with the TSS best practices. I look forward to supporting them where needed."
Frank Ganzasch, Managing Director at h+p: “We are proud of what we have achieved over the years. We were founded halfway through the last century by Wilhelm Hachmeister in 1949. We believe in innovation and using new technologies to help our clients. And we believe in data by creating more value from our available data that clients can access to benchmark their products and activities. So, we went looking for a new owner to support us in our next phase as a company. TSS believes in buying once and holding forever. This gives us a solid foundation to continue our growth path.”
Tobias Humpert, Managing Director at h+p: “TSS has a customer-focused approach. Having smaller, nimble units within companies lets you stay close to and focused on your target audience. This resonated well with us. We see ourselves as a partner of our clients, working with them to ensure that the decisions made also result in concrete actions and value-creating changes. We will continue our commercial activities as h+p, maintaining our carefully built brand and ensuring our continuity for clients and employees. Frank and I look forward to working closely with Dennis and Guido and being part of the TSS DACH group.”
About hachmeister + partner
Hachmeister + partner was established in 1949 by Wilhelm Hachmeister and has since become a software, benchmarking and consulting company advising retail and industrial companies in fashion, shoes, sports, and lifestyle. The German textile / shoes / leather Goods Trade Association recommends h+p as one of four BTE Competence Partners, created to help this part of retail face its challenges. The company has its headquarters in Bielefeld, Germany.
If you are an owner of a Vertical Market Software company and you would like to know more about joining TSS, please contact:
Kristof Wendy
Head of M&A DACH TSS
Phone: +49 174 189 6138
Email: k.wendy@tss-vms.de
www.hachmeister-partner.de
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The company consults clients on strategy, operational excellence, turnaround, and transformation management. In addition, h+p offers its clients Benchmarking tools, a Customer Analysis Portal, an AI-based ERP/Merchandise management solution, and a Retail planning tool.
Jasper Bollen, General Manager at TSS: "Having h+p join TSS DACH is very exciting. Next to being a well-known company in the DACH market, h+p is also an excellent fit with our existing companies that serve the fashion retail and wholesale space. H+P clients can use the analysis portal to benchmark their key figures and performance with the h+p benchmark. This allows retailers and manufacturers to analyze their performance down to the level of specific articles. They have created a holistic approach, from consultancy to software solutions, with an excellent track record in the German fashion and lifestyle market.
I look forward to having h+p collaborate within our international fashion retail and wholesale portfolio.
Dennis Coort, Portfolio Manager in DACH, and Guido Hardy, our DACH General Manager, will help the managing directors Frank Ganzasch and Tobias Humpert and their teams familiarize themselves with the TSS best practices. I look forward to supporting them where needed."
Frank Ganzasch, Managing Director at h+p: “We are proud of what we have achieved over the years. We were founded halfway through the last century by Wilhelm Hachmeister in 1949. We believe in innovation and using new technologies to help our clients. And we believe in data by creating more value from our available data that clients can access to benchmark their products and activities. So, we went looking for a new owner to support us in our next phase as a company. TSS believes in buying once and holding forever. This gives us a solid foundation to continue our growth path.”
Tobias Humpert, Managing Director at h+p: “TSS has a customer-focused approach. Having smaller, nimble units within companies lets you stay close to and focused on your target audience. This resonated well with us. We see ourselves as a partner of our clients, working with them to ensure that the decisions made also result in concrete actions and value-creating changes. We will continue our commercial activities as h+p, maintaining our carefully built brand and ensuring our continuity for clients and employees. Frank and I look forward to working closely with Dennis and Guido and being part of the TSS DACH group.”
About hachmeister + partner
Hachmeister + partner was established in 1949 by Wilhelm Hachmeister and has since become a software, benchmarking and consulting company advising retail and industrial companies in fashion, shoes, sports, and lifestyle. The German textile / shoes / leather Goods Trade Association recommends h+p as one of four BTE Competence Partners, created to help this part of retail face its challenges. The company has its headquarters in Bielefeld, Germany.
If you are an owner of a Vertical Market Software company and you would like to know more about joining TSS, please contact:
Kristof Wendy
Head of M&A DACH TSS
Phone: +49 174 189 6138
Email: k.wendy@tss-vms.de
www.hachmeister-partner.de
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