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Ron Japinga

 
Exec. VP - Marketing, Merchandising - West Marine Inc.
 
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Company Name : West Marine Inc.
 
Company Website : www.westmarine.com
 
Company Address : PO Box 50070
, Watsonville, CA,
United States,
 
Ron Japinga Profile :
Exec. VP - Marketing, Merchandising - West Marine Inc.
 
Ron Japinga Biography :

Ron Japinga is a 20-year veteran of the retail industry who brings extensive merchandising experience and a strong teamwork ethic.

Most recently, Ron has been with Kohl’s Department Stores for the past four years where he served as Vice President and Divisional Merchandise Manager. While with Kohl’s, his merchandising responsibilities and long-term strategic planning brought over $1 billion in apparel sales. Previously, Ron served for five years with DFS Group Limited, the world’s largest travel retailer. While famous for its airport stores, Ron’s focus as Vice President/GMM and Director of Stores & Visuals was the development of retail concept stores in entertainment retailing associated with Anaheim’s Downtown Disney. Ron also served for 14 years with Macy’s where his roles included VP/Divisional Merchandise Manager overseeing a buying team in a wide variety of departments.

Ron looks forward to developing long-term merchandise strategies while maintaining the ever-present customer first philosophy which is a focus of West Marine. High on Ron’s priority list is delivering an exciting and compelling product assortment through working with the merchant team and vendors to create an unforgettable environment for the customer.

Ron has been an avid boater since he was a kid with lots of fishing, waterskiing and basic pleasure boating. He enjoys taking his powerboat out on the weekends with his wife and children.

 
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Daniel Sweeney

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Larry Smith

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Bruce Edwards

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