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Ed Arion

Executive Director at Minneapolis Mart
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Seasoned retail and visual merchandising professional with 30+ years of experience.
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Location
Excelsior, Minnesota, United States, US
Skills
  • Graphic Design
  • Product Development
  • Retail
  • Product Placement
  • Visual Merchandising
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Ed Arion is a seasoned retail and visual merchandising professional with over 30 years of experience in managing store planning, visual merchandising, and product placement. He has held executive director and director positions at various companies, including Minneapolis Mart, Lenox group/Department 56, and Value City Department Stores. He has expertise in graphic design, product development, and marketing.

Experience

  • Minneapolis Mart
    • Executive Director
      • Dec 2010 - Apr 2016

  • Lenox group/Department 56
    • Managing Director - Visual Planning
      • Feb 1999 - Feb 2009

      Responsible for all showroom design from concept through completion including, but not limited to:space planning, fixture design, budget planning, new product presentaion. Also working with key customers developing optimal presentation of Department 56 products.

  • Department 56
    • Managing Director of Visual Planning and Display Services
      • 1999 - 2009

  • Lenox
    • Managing Director of Visual Planning and Display Services
      • 1999 - 2009

  • Value City Department Stores
    • Director of Store Planning
      • Jan 1996 - Jan 1999

      Responsible for Building, renovationg, facilities management, wood shop, all CAD functions, Visual Merchandising, fixture design. Site selection. For all Value City Department Stores.

  • Steinbach Department Store
    • Director of Visual Merchandising
      • Jan 1987 - Dec 1995

      Complete responsibility for all Visual Merchandising, interior store design for 28 stores From the Canadian border to Atlantic City, New Jersey. This included managing a staff in each store, all budget planning capital and expense.

  • Bloomingdales
    • Regional Director of Visual Merchandising
      • Jun 1981 - Jan 1987

      Various positions:Director VM 2 Boston Sores Director VM White Flint,MD.Director VM for Home Store all stores. Based in NY,NY (Corp.)Director of Visual Merchandising 1000,3rd.Avenue NY,NY Flag Ship storeRegional Director of VM, TX,PA,NJ,

  • Saks Fifth Avenue
    • Director Visual Merchandising - Boston,MA.
      • Jan 1979 - Jun 1981

      Director of Visual Merchandising for the Boston store. responsible for all product presentation, fashion shows, store events.

  • Jordan Marsh inc.
    • Director of Visual Merchandising
      • Jun 1973 - Dec 1979

      Director of Visual Merchandising in the Braintree and Burlington, MA stores.

  • Remick's of Quincy
    • Display - staff position
      • Aug 1971 - Jun 1973

      Staff position, learing the business, fashion, men's, women's,and home store

Education

  • The Art institute

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