Eric Feigenbaum is a recognized leader in the visual merchandising and store design industries with both domestic and international design experience. Author of Profiles of the Mannequin, he is also an inspirational keynote speaker and lecturer. He served as corporate director of visual merchandising for Stern’s Department Store, a division of Federated Department Stores for fourteen years. After Stern’s, he assumed the position of director of visual merchandising for WalkerGroup/CNI, an architectural design firm in New York City. Feigenbaum was also an adjunct professor of Store Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology and formerly served as the chair of the Visual Merchandising Department at LIM College (New York) from 2000 to 2015. In addition to being the New York Editor of VMSD magazine, Eric is a recipient of the Markopoulos Award in 2012, and a founding member of PAVE (A Partnership for Planning and Visual Education). He is currently president of Embrace Design, providing thoughtful leadership, and the advancement of design as a vital tool of retail success.