Many consultants experience a decline in demand during the recession. One exception is consulting services in pricing that continues to grow. The growth of the Swedish consultancy PriceGain is an obvious example. Since its establishment in 2003, PriceGain’s revenues have grown with on average 43% per year and 2009 is no exception.
As volumes in most industries contract substantially, it becomes even more important to keep and, in best case, increase margins to compensate for the loss in volume.