{"id":873,"date":"2020-10-12T16:23:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T16:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/mpsfashionmanagement\/?p=873"},"modified":"2020-10-15T16:33:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T16:33:09","slug":"ron-thurston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/mpsfashionmanagement\/ron-thurston\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Thurston (VP, Intermx)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ron Thurston loves retail. And he&#8217;s proud of it. Ron has led the retail teams for some of America&#8217;s most prominent brands, inspired thousands of store employees, and traveled relentlessly across the country to sit and listen to what they have to say.<\/p>\n<p>From a part-time sales associate to a vice president of stores, Ron has put in the hard work that a retail career requires and wrote this book to share what he learned along the way. <span class=\"lt-line-clamp__raw-line\">Ron currently leads the retail organization for INTERMX, a division of GAP INC. and has a book coming out in Fall 2020 called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpride.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RETAIL PRIDE: The Guide to Celebrating Your Accidental Career<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ron is a fourth-generation Californian, but he and his husband now live in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1fFOGJQrkNQfa2ak6gTs7ykjR6MNRkFv7\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to view introduction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rthurston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ron Thurston loves retail. 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