• Actionable
    answers that clients can quickly implement
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  • Data-driven
    deep research as the foundation of accurate and actionable solutions
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  • Strategic
    insights to deliver rapid returns and high impact
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  • Targeted
    rifle-shot engagements around revenue generation, strategic positioning and M&A
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Stax: Redefining strategy consulting.

Our services are broad ranging, but our approach stays consistent: Work closely with the client to frame the problem, dig deeply to uncover fact-based market insights, identify implications, and get out quickly. Most important, leave behind recommendations that are ACTIONABLE: specific steps our client can take to enhance profits or increase value. Stax is a nimble mid-sized firm with big time credentials.

  • Global, with offices in Boston, Chicago, New York, and Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Corporate clients ranging from $200 million local companies to $30 billion global corporations (including 27 of the Fortune 500)
  • Private-equity firms across the size spectrum (including 14 of the 20 largest LBO firms in the world)
  • Focus on high-impact strategic assignments, not broad academic exercises
  • Deep experience in corporate strategy, including an array of services to help management grow organically and make better M&A decisions
  • Nearly 20-year track record of fast and accurate service delivery at a palatable price
 

Market trends

"Regardless of nationalization of healthcare, reducing costs of services can hardly outpace bad behavior driving up demand for procedures. We have to focus on changing behaviors."

- Rafi Musher

"Retailers are looking to leverage their in-store mobile devices to provide more real-time data that can drive decisions around promotions and measure the impact on sales."

- Brett Conradt

"Expanding North American energy production is creating new opportunities for private equity investment in supporting technology and services businesses."

- Mark Bremer

"With the fundamentals of the agriculture industry having changed so much in the last decade, history is no longer a clear indicator of outlook."

- Paul Edwards

Latest

Hand-Held Media: More Sales from the Same Four Walls
Chain Store Age, May 2013

Rafi Musher explores the expansion of hand-held devices in retail from lowering costs to generating new revenue.

New Directors Join Stax
May 2013

Stax welcomes Palash Misra and Prashant Tewari as new directors in Boston. See their experience under Leadership.

Test and Learn: Start Small, Think Big
Fast Frameworks Article, April 2013

There is opportunity for this well-established tactical tool to enhance strategic decision making in the C-Suite.

Mark Bremer Takes Division Honors in Sail Race
Sail World, April 2013

Stax president’s victory in his first race on a new class of boat called “the real story” of Charleston Race Week.

Lessons from J.C. Penney
Chain Store Age, April 2013

JCP’s management change shows the importance of “test and learn” in retail, Rafi Musher argues in Chain Store Age.

Stax Study Receives Citation
Wall Street Journal, March 2013

A Stax study on the impact of Israeli-founded companies on Massachusetts was mentioned as a predecessor to a newer study.

Rafi Hosts Evening with Israeli President Shimon Peres
Yahoo! Finance, March 2013

Stax CEO MCed a session sponsored by Israel & Co. with President Sharon.

Einstein, Acquisition Screens, and You
Fast Framworks Article, March 2013

Planning ahead is always good advice, but some that is often not heeded when it comes to acquisition strategies.

Rajesh Anandan, UNICEF/ULTRA
Client Focus, March 2013

Hear how Stax helped this social entrepreneur launch a venture built on turning “disabilities” into a competitive advantage.

Scott Clawson, Culligan International (formerly GSI)
Client Focus, February 2013

The CEO of Culligan International and former CEO of GSI talks about his experience working with Stax.