Ron frasch biography
Ronald L. Frasch is the founder of Ron Frasch Associates LLC, which was founded in He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Ron Frasch..
Hall of Fame: Ron Frasch
For someone who fell into the retail business unexpectedly, Ron Frasch’s success is no accident.
Instead, hard work, passion and forward thinking have made him one of the top merchants in the industry — and one of the most beloved.
As the president and chief merchandising officer of Saks Inc. tells it, his first job as temporary seasonal help at Bloomingdale’s came about out of desperation.
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“I needed a job, and I couldn’t find one after college,” recalled Frasch, 63. So at the suggestion of his aunt, a department supervisor, he took a thankless position accepting returns in the men’s department.
He ended up working at Bloomingdale’s for the next six years.
But Frasch, who has a degree in business from the University at Albany, languished in operations, while merchandising called out to him. Eventually he talked his way into a job as associate buyer for designer shoes.
That was the beginning of his affini