Accenture plc ACN yesterday announced its plan to acquire Sao Paulo, Brazil-based cloud-based customer experience and commerce solutions provider, Experity, for an undisclosed amount. The company’s roughly 454 professionals will join Accenture Interactive in Brazil.Founded in 2003, Experity provides consulting, implementation, support and other related services for cloud-based platforms. The company has strategic partnerships with big names like Microsoft MSFT, Salesforce CRM, Adobe ADBE and Oracle.Accenture to Strengthen Experience and Commerce PlatformThe buyout is expected to expand and strengthen Accenture’s prowess in providing cloud-based customer experience solutions to industries like consumer goods and natural resources, in Latin America. The move makes sense as e-commerce in Latin America has increased significantly, driven by the pandemic.“The company will bring strong leadership and expertise with key ecosystem partners, which helps us continue to deliver exemplary services in commerce, marketing, content and data for clients in Latin America," said Cristiano Dencker, Accenture Interactive lead for Latin America.Over the past year, Accenture’s shares have gained 42.1%, underperforming the 50.7% growth of the industry it belongs to, but outperforming the 36.9% growth of the Zacks S&P 500 composite.Accenture PLC Price Accenture PLC price | Accenture PLC QuoteAccenture currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. 5 Stocks Set to Double Each was handpicked by a Zacks expert as the #1 favorite stock to gain +100% or more in 2021. Previous recommendations have soared +143.0%, +175.9%, +498.3% and +673.0%. Most of the stocks in this report are flying under Wall Street radar, which provides a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor.Today, See These 5 Potential Home Runs >>Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Free Stock Analysis Report Accenture PLC (ACN): Free Stock Analysis Report salesforce.com, inc. (CRM): Free Stock Analysis Report Adobe Inc. (ADBE): Free Stock Analysis Report To read this article on Zacks.com click here. Zacks Investment Research