Information Resources Inc. , a provider of market-based data and analysis of the consumer packaged goods industry, has been bought by Symphony Technology II-A, an investor in enterprise software and related services, and Tennenbaum Capital Partners, a private investment firm - IRI - CPG - Brief Article

Food & Drug Packaging, August, 2003

> * Information Resources Inc. (IRI), a provider of market-based data and analysis of the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, has been bought by Symphony Technology II-A, an investor in enterprise software and related services, and Tennenbaum Capital Partners, a private investment firm. Joe Currett, chairman and CEO of IRI, says, "Symphony and IRI share a vision of enabling CPG manufacturers and retailers to improve revenue, profit and other key elements of business performance by extracting significantly greater value from the quantities of consumer and sales data a available to them."