Studio Principal, Store Design
Little

David Kepron manages Little’s Retail Practice Group in New York City, including advancing relationships with current Little clients and deepening relationships with other retail clientele around the U.S. that are focused on the New York City metropolitan area.

Throughout his more than 20 years in the industry, David has worked with multidisciplinary teams of architects and interior and graphic designers to create new retail brands and store concepts for national and international rollout programs. His portfolio includes projects ranging from high-fashion brands and mass merchants to independent retailers and high-tech bricks and clicks. His clients have included ILORI, Perry Ellis, Toys R Us, Lacoste, Polo Jeans Company, Godiva Chocolatier, Levi’s, Candie’s, Bean Pole, Giordano, and Ralph Lauren.

David speaks to retailers and design professionals nationally and internationally on subjects covering value engineering, design principles, consumer behavior and trends and their relationship to store design and visual merchandising. He is a frequent lecturer and has served as adjunct professor for the Masters of Interior Design Program at Drexel University in Philadelphia, New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising, and the International Academy of Merchandising and Design in Montreal. He has served as director of the visual merchandising department at LaSalle International Fashion School in Singapore. 

In addition to A.R.E.’s DREAM Team, David brings his creativity and insight on retailing to an international audience as a member of VMSD magazine’s Editorial Advisory Board. He received his architecture degrees from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.