Arnold Shuts Down Design Unit

BOSTON–Cipriani Kremer Design, an 18-person Arnold affiliate in Boston, will close by year’s end. Chairman Bob Cipriani and president Vic Cevoli will leave the Arnold fold at that time, an Arnold representative said.

The move is “a strategic decision” intended chiefly to integrate Cipriani Kremer design functions into the parent agency, the representative added. Sources attributed the decision to the company’s dwindling workload and inability to attract new accounts — and to Arnold’s desire to avoid looming conflicts with clients Citizens Bank and Fidelity Investments.