US-based customer intelligence solutions company Market Force Information has acquired UK customer experience improvement agency Retail Eyes. The acquisition will enable the company to focus on sustaining growth in the UK and developing the business in European markets. Market Force is a VC-backed firm. Its investors are Monitor Clipper Partners, Centennial Ventures, Boulder Ventures and Vista Ventures, as well as bank lenders.

Boston-based private equity firm Monitor Clipper Partners acquired the assets of Pharmetics Inc., aside from the company’s Fort Erie manufacturing facility. Pharmetics, based in Quebec, runs vitamin, mineral and dietary supplements and an over-the-counter drug operation. With its recent investment in prescription benefits manager ScriptSave, it’s likely that Monitor Clipper can find synergies between the two assets.

Private equity shop Monitor Clipper Partners has acquired a minority interest in ScriptSave. Tuscon-based ScriptSave provides customized prescription drug benefit products for consumers, which are delivered through retail pharmacies, health insurance companies and employers. McColl Partners LLC, an independent investment banking firm specializing in middle-market companies, served as financial advisor to ScriptSave. Monitor Clipper Partners is based in Cambridge, Mass.

Monitor Clipper, the Massachusetts-based private equity firm, will acquire Arizona-based ScriptSave, sources confirm to peHUB.com. It is expected the transaction will be announced soon.

Without disclosing specifics, one source who spoke with peHUB.com said that Monitor Clipper typically puts $50 million to $100 million in equity into transactions. The purchase price was not disclosed. ScriptSave has no institutional investors, a source confirmed.

(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs (GS.N) plans to buy U.S.-based warehouse and logistics company Metro International Trade Services, a Goldman Sachs spokesman said on Friday. The official didn’t say how much the deal was worth. Metro runs a global network of London Metal Exchange approved warehouses for primary aluminum, aluminum alloy, copper, lead, nickel, plastic, steel, [...]

Monitor Clipper Partners has made four promotions: Tom Perkins to operating partner, Samer Ezzeddine and David Sheffer to vice president and Jennifer DuBois to fund accounting manager.