CHICAGO, May 6, 2008 – Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), the leading global provider of consumer, shopper, and market insights for the consumer packaged goods (CPG), retail, and healthcare industries, has named recognized retail optimization authority Shaun Bossons as the company’s new global senior vice president, Apollo Solutions Group. Joining IRI from Galleria Retail Technology Solutions Limited, where he served as executive vice president of Global Sales and Marketing, Bossons will assume growth, development, and management responsibilities for the IRI Apollo Space Management platform of retail optimization solutions.
IRI’s Apollo suite is designed to help manufacturers and retailers achieve advanced sales growth and accelerated performance of retail shelf space, improving category performance and overall customer satisfaction. These solutions facilitate the ability to truly collaborate throughout the assortment and merchandising process enabling enhanced strategic planning and, more importantly, the ability to execute these strategies by increasing store-level compliance for improved results.
“Shaun is a proven star in our industry with a deep understanding of how to draw the most from a retail environment,” said IRI Retail President Tom Peterson. “With nearly a decade’s worth of focused experience in category and space optimization, Shaun has accepted the challenge to refine and continue our work altering the overall efficacy, productivity and profitability of our clients’ retailing environments. I am excited to have him join our team and look forward to expanding not only our Apollo business platform, but also the value our information and insights bring to our CPG, retail, and healthcare clients.”
With a deep background in sales management and consulting leadership in the areas of category management and assortment and space optimization, Bossons brings a host of essential tactical and strategic experience to IRI’s client base. In his most recent leadership position at Galleria, he is credited with launching and leading the company’s U.S. business efforts.
“More than ever with the health of international economies at issue, practical answers and bottom-line results matter most,” said Bossons. “Space optimization is clearly a top strategic priority for retailers and manufacturers across the globe. IRI is in a unique position of not only having industry-leading solutions, but also a comprehensive platform supported by the most robust customer-centric data. IRI and the Apollo solutions are uniquely poised to deliver on the emerging demand for advance space management capabilities, and I am extremely excited to join the IRI team.
Bossons is the author of numerous published articles and a frequent speaker on retail optimization trends and issues.
About IRI
IRI is the world’s leading provider of consumer, shopper, and retail market intelligence and insights supporting 95 percent of the FORTUNE Global 500 consumer packaged goods (CPG), retail and healthcare companies. Only IRI offers the unique combination of integrated market information, automated and predictive analytics, innovative enabling technologies, and domain expertise. With IRI, leading retailers and manufacturers are able to quickly discover breakthrough insights driving smarter decisions and actions across the enterprise for breakthrough results. Companies around the world depend on IRI for improved productivity, stronger brands, and dramatic revenue growth. For more information, visit http://us.infores.com.
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