Meet Ashley Barone, a talented Senior Analyst Customer Researcher who has worked in the fashion industry for many years. Ashley graduated from The Ohio State University where she studied Bachelor of Science, Human Ecology & Consumer Sciences. She has worked for several well-known companies such as Mast Industries and Abercrombie & Fitch Co. where she honed her skills and developed her expertise in the areas of product wear testing, technical design, and customer research. She began her career as an Assistant Technical Designer at Abercrombie & Fitch before moving on to Mast Industries where she worked as an Assistant Lab Technologist before being promoted to Senior Product Wear Test Coordinator. As a Product Wear Test Analyst, she designed and conducted wear tests on various products and provided feedback to the production teams. As a Customer Researcher, she is well-versed in conducting research to understand customer needs and preferences. In her current role as a Senior Analyst Customer Researcher at Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Ashley draws on her years of experience to develop strategies that help the company better understand their customers.