Hackett: Investor's Business Daily, "Hackett's Change Came at a Good Time"

Hackett stock has defied the tanking market so far this year. Shares are up more than 30% in 2008 and now trade above 6. This month, the stock joined the Russell 3000 Index of the 3,000 largest publicly traded companies in the U.S. IBD gives the stock a Relative Strength Rating of 98, meaning it's performed among the top 2% of stocks over the past 12 months.

Hackett calls itself a strategic advisory firm. It consults on industry best practices for clients to reach certain business benchmarks. Customers fill out detailed forms, then Hackett gives advice on how well they're doing with certain business practices. The key is its database, which provides benchmarks for best practices in any number of areas.

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About The Hackett Group

The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT), a global strategic advisory firm, is a leader in best practice advisory, benchmarking, and transformation consulting services, including shared services, offshoring and outsourcing advice. Utilizing best practices and implementation insights from more than 4,000 benchmarking engagements, executives use Hackett's empirically based approach to quickly define and prioritize initiatives to enable world-class performance. Through its REL brand, Hackett offers working capital solutions focused on delivering significant cash flow improvements. Through its Hackett Technology Solutions group, Hackett offers business application consulting services that helps maximize returns on IT investments. Hackett has worked with 2,700 major corporations and government agencies, including 97% of the Dow Jones Industrials, 73% of the Fortune 100, 73% of the DAX 30 and 45% of the FTSE 100.

Founded in 1991, The Hackett Group was acquired by Answerthink, which was renamed The Hackett Group in 2008. The Hackett Group has global offices in the United States, Europe and India.

More information on The Hackett Group is available: by phone at (770) 225-7300; by e-mail at info@thehackettgroup.com; or on the Web at www.thehackettgroup.com.

SOURCE: The Hackett Group

The Hackett Group Gary Baker, Communications Director 610-234-5900 gbaker@thehackettgroup.com