Quotes about Retail

Retail should never ever tell the copyright owner how their stuff is sold. Votes: 4

I'm in the retail business, not the circus business. Votes: 3

Retail is selling things that don't come back to customers who do. Votes: 3

Retail banking in Africa is very weak. You can't go to a village and get money from an ATM or visit a branch of the bank. So people have to use the Internet. Votes: 3

Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences. Votes: 3

Buffer between commercial, memorial and retail space. Votes: 2

We might describe our world as having retail sanity, but wholesale madness Votes: 2

I mean, our primary businesses in wholesale pipelines, utilities, retail, were all doing extremely well. Votes: 2

The future of retail is the integration of Internet and digital services with the retail network. Votes: 2

The Customer isn't always right. Sometimes the customer is an a**hole. That's the first rule of retail. Votes: 2

My first job was in retail at the age of 14, and I have worked in the industry ever since. Votes: 2

The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways. Votes: 2

The three most important things in retail are location, location, location. The three most important things for our consumer business are technology, technology, technology. Votes: 2

An achievement-oriented culture is very pro-employee - it's so much more fun than one that isn't. Excellence is a tremendous amount of fun; mediocrity is not. Votes: 2

Full service brokers, in this day and age of low cost mutual funds and discount brokers, are really nothing more than machines for ripping off retail investors. Votes: 2

While there have been many potential scenarios discussed, today we have only confirmed that we designed Xbox One to enable our customers to trade in and resell games at retail. Votes: 2

An extremely competitive retail market is pushing extensive discounting and large volumes of wine at low prices, and New World competitors from South America and South Africa are also impacting on the market. Votes: 2

The American consumer is also the American worker, and if we don't do something to protect our manufacturing base here at home, it is going to be hard to buy any retail goods. Votes: 2

The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals. Votes: 2

Immersing yourself in the environment of a real record store where music is celebrated and cherished adds real value to the experience of buying music. In some ways, that retail experience is as important as the music. Votes: 2

Communities must plan for a variety of uses and income levels. Why do we care about housing as high-tech employers? If teachers, firefighters, peace officers, retail or restau- rant workers can't live here, then we're going to fail. Votes: 2

I believe more and more that this business is about people. People, people. The idea is to make friends at the retail level, the warehouse level, let people see you exist, can form sentences and have an interest in something other than yourself. Votes: 2

A civilization without retail bookstores is unimaginable. Like shrines and other sacred meeting places, bookstores are essential artifacts of human nature. The feel of a book taken from the shelf and held in the hand is a magical experience, linking writer to reader. Votes: 2

Science tells us how to heal and how to kill; it reduces our death rate in retail and then kills us wholesale in war; but only wisdom - desire coordinated in the light of all experience - can tell us when to heal and when to kill. Votes: 2

a great deal of the wealth at the top is built on the low-wage labor of the poor. Take Wal-Mart, our largest private employer and premiere exploiter of the working class. ... You think it's a coincidence that this union-busting low-wage retail empire happens to have generated a $65 billion family fortune? Votes: 2

Christmas was on a Sunday in 2005, which had a greater than expected negative impact on retail and classified advertising during the last weekend of our fiscal year. In addition, our California papers had held up well in automotive advertising, but the industry-wide decline in this category reached them in the fourth quarter as well. Votes: 2

When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may we hope to comprehend the infinitudes of man's soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances. Votes: 2

The challenge of the retail business is the human condition. Votes: 1

I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright. Votes: 1

Know how to effectively voice a complaint or make a claim at a retail store. Votes: 1

The investment we're all looking for is actually saving labor... Look at what the internet is doing to retail. Votes: 1

I'm more interested in the meaning of funerals and the mourning that people do. It's not a retail experience. It's an existential one. Votes: 1

You walk into a retail store, whatever it is, and if there's a sense of entertainment and excitement and electricity, you wanna be there. Votes: 1

People are always going to go shopping. A lot of our effort is just: 'How do we make the retail experience a great one?' Votes: 1

A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business. Votes: 1

Although the number of manufacturing jobs in the United States has stagnated, dropping 12 percent from a high in the early 1980s, the number of retail jobs has risen 43 percent. Votes: 1

Maybe I was born to be a merchant, maybe it was fate. I don't know about that. But I know this for sure: I loved retail from the very beginning. Votes: 1

Jeff Bezos was one of those best and brightest who came to N.Y. to work in finance. He didn't need to know anything about retail bookselling to start Amazon. Votes: 1

I promise you that there are a lot of people involved in various kinds of retail activities who think they have a crucial role in the economy, and they're right. Votes: 1

In the South, we tell stories. We tell stories if you're in a sales position, if you're in a retail position, you lure your customer by telling a story. You just do. Votes: 1

Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student. Votes: 1

Chains do more than bargain down prices from suppliers or divide fixed costs across a lot of units. They rapidly spread economic discovery - the scarce and costly knowledge of what retail concepts and operational innovations actually work. Votes: 1

Canada Day comes and goes modestly every year. Sure, there are retail sales promotions and a long weekend. But there isn't bluster or commodity in Canadian celebration. Canada isn't big on bunting. Or jet flyovers, fireworks, marching bands or military pomp. Votes: 1

I do think that in order for a company to be interesting to the investment community, there needs to be a plan; there needs to be a bigger retail footprint. There needs to be this idea - DNA, lifestyle, words I hate. Votes: 1

I've made my records and I've done all the interviews. I've done lots of long tours. I've made stupid videos. I've done all that stuff and learned all the lingo and gone to radio stations and shmoozed with DJs on the air and met retail people. Votes: 1

The reality is that business and investment spending are the true leading indicators of the economy and the stock market. If you want to know where the stock market is headed, forget about consumer spending and retail sales figures. Look to business spending, price inflation, interest rates, and productivity gains. Votes: 1

I think shoppers are looking for newness and creativity. Look at C. Wonder, for instance. They're dancing in our stores. We don't believe in retail like retail was done in the past. We believe in disrupting the whole environment, offering them amazing value in an amazing package of fun, excitement and whimsy. Votes: 1

Some people see Black Friday as a much-needed break for their wallet. I see it as retail outlets showing the customers the full weight of their contempt. The frenzy to buy cheap crap from China, the human downgrade of people fighting with each other over items they can probably live without, to me, is an insult. Votes: 1

The ecological impact of book manufacture and traditional book marketing - I think that should really be considered. We have this industry in which we cut down trees to make the paper that we then use enormous amounts of electricity to turn into books that weigh a great deal and are then shipped enormous distances to point-of-sale retail. Votes: 1

When color TV arrived, it just sat there and you saw color. I've been to retail stores where there were no 3-D glasses at all and the 3-D images were all blurred. People were coming in and saying, 'I don't want to buy that.' There's a lot of marketing connected to introducing technologies and especially introducing new experiences. Votes: 1

Arkansas is a state where politics is retail. Votes: 0

You cannot run a successful retail business from memory. Votes: 0

You can only cure retail but you can prevent wholesale. Votes: 0

Neville [Chamberlain] has a retail mind in a wholesale business. Votes: 0

I wanted to create a new way of looking at retail. Votes: 0

I'm not from a retail background, but I am a shopper. Votes: 0

That's a lot more legitimate than the retail therapy I do. Votes: 0

I loved retail from the beginning, and I still love it today. Votes: 0

Crime is only the retail department of what, in wholesale, we call penal law. Votes: 0

I'd never worked in fashion or retail. I just needed an undergarment that didn't exist. Votes: 0

It is a well-known fact that bringing in technologies in retail sector is good for consumers. Votes: 0

Having some retail experience is key. It really is where the battle is won or lost. Votes: 0

Campaigning in Wyoming is politics at its most retail level. It's done one voter at a time. Votes: 0

The power of digital distribution over physical retail outlets is you have a chance to create a global audience. Votes: 0

If you were to sell your character, would you get full retail or would it go for a bargain-basement price? Votes: 0

People always say to me, 'You've really strived to redefine retail.' But the reality is, I wanted to redefine magazines. Votes: 0

I want entrepreneurs to be engineers and scientists and designers; they don't necessarily have to be Internet entrepreneurs or retail entrepreneurs. Votes: 0

High-end boutiques aren't putting small staple stores out of business. What's putting small staple stores out of business is formula retail. Votes: 0

Jeff Bezos is opening a retail store and owns a newspaper. Turns out everything we thought about the Internet is wrong. Votes: 0

would be better served by continuing to hold an ownership position in a pure-play sporting goods retailer rather than a retail conglomerate. Votes: 0

Don't expect to make a living on it. Be able to hammer a nail or do retail, doing your music on the side! Votes: 0

By selling directly to customers, real women, the brand is able to avoid significant retail mark-ups that typically exist in high end fashion. Votes: 0

People are always going to go shopping. A lot of our effort is just: 'How do we make the retail experience a great one? Votes: 0

Basically we get confused a bit about what retail is. It is really just buying things, putting them on a floor and selling them. Votes: 0

With all due respect to Speaker Hastert, trying to eliminate the IRS by adopting a national retail sales tax is a very dumb idea. Votes: 0

I've worked everywhere. I worked in a warehouse packing surf supplies, a restaurant washing dishes, in retail, and I was a 'sandwich artist' at Subway. Votes: 0

A life spent waiting for your paycheck, measured out in work hours...A lifetime spent buying everything retail while selling oneself wholesale - L'amour Existe (1960) Votes: 0

I've never encountered someone in public life who has less desire to hold office than Michelle Obama, though she is incredibly gifted at retail politics. Votes: 0

You can't take up all the music bins at a CD retail outlet with Spice Girls CDs and leave nothing for the Joan Jett catalogue. Votes: 0

I'm paranoid about shopping. I get irritable. I find it tedious and taxing. People say shopping is retail therapy, but I need therapy after shopping. Votes: 0

Joining forces with Cardinal Health supports Kinray's mission to help retail independent pharmacies serve as an integral provider of care for our evolving health care system. Votes: 0

Visit your local supermarket or retail chain. You'll experience a lot of visual stimulus, but it's unlikely that your other senses will encounter any compelling messages. Votes: 0

Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products. Votes: 0

The capitalist distribution network, a complex chain of factory, transport, warehouse and retail outlet, is one of the greatest male accomplishments in the history of culture. Votes: 0

I'm thrilled to be joining Gap Inc., a company that understands the importance of integrating technology and retail in ways that improve the lives of its customers. Votes: 0

As more workers lose manufacturing jobs as companies cut back, some are being forced into lower-paying retail jobs. But they still have union cards in their wallets. Votes: 0

Gambling drains the economy by taking money away from grocery stores and retail businesses and putting it in the hands of an industry that produces no product Votes: 0

I had 13 job offers out of college. I went to Bullock's department store and had a fantastic interview, but was skeptical. I knew retail didn't pay much. Votes: 0

If you're a retail investor, you have set aside some of your hard-earned money for investment or to create a nest egg, for your kids or family. Votes: 0

Comedy historians take note: this Gottfried character doesn't have the best eye for detail - and, for a Jew, he doesn't have the best eye for retail, either. Votes: 0

If the people of Sheffield could only receive a tenth part of what their knives sell for by retail in America, Sheffield might pave its streets with silver. Votes: 0

The commerce of intellect loves distant shores. The small retail dealer trades only with his neighbor; when the great merchant trades he links the four quarters of the globe. Votes: 0

I have a feeling that there is a gap in the food retail market - a niche below some of the current budget operators such as Aldi and Lidl. Votes: 0

It was easy for me in my bathrobe to provide really great customer service. As an introvert, it's really much easier to do than when standing in a retail store. Votes: 0

With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales, the picture should look rosy. But one look at the trade deficit changes all of that. Votes: 0

Value added" is a meaningless concept for a retail business , for a bank, for a life insurance company, and for any other business which is not primarily engaged in manufacturing. Votes: 0

For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again. Votes: 0

An implicit confession is almost as bad as an implicit faith; wicked men commonly confess their sins by wholesale, We are all sinners; but the true penitent confesses his sins by retail. Votes: 0

An implicit confession is almost as bad as an implicit faith wicked men commonly confess their sins by wholesale, We are all sinners; but the true penitent confesses his sins by retail Votes: 0

I wouldn't call it a retail store. It's a place where culture and commerce intersect. It's more like the Silk Road-a sense of exploration mixed with the exchange of things and ideas. Votes: 0

My dad had a retail business in Leavenworth, Kansas, and there's a whole bunch of prisons there, so it was a backdrop of my childhood, these ominous prisons sitting off the road. Votes: 0

The retail industry has its own headache: it loses $16 billion a year to customers who buy clothes, wear them with the tags tucked in, and return these secondhand clothes for a full refund. Votes: 0

As retail goes through a fundamental shift into the digital world, I believe Ocado's model and the high standards of customer service it provides will see it emerge as a powerful online player. Votes: 0

McDonald's has been extraordinary at site selection; it was a pioneer in studying the best places for retail locations. One of the things it did is study very carefully where sprawl was headed. Votes: 0

There's a restaurant in Manhattan called Balthazar, and next to it is Balthazar Bakery. It's tiny, and it's very charming to have that little retail outlet to sell the house desserts and breads. Votes: 0

A lot of the buildings [in Toronto] around Yonge and Bloor is the architectural equivalent of Kipper Ties and 8" collar points. It's ghastly and no amount of street-level retail glitz can lift it. Votes: 0

When you have hotels and businesses and retail space across the entire world, it takes time to unpack that and to put this in a place that makes sense for him and the family. Votes: 0

We got to know the competition very well. In the '50s popcorn made a big growth in sales. Our main push was to produce the best quality and sell in quality retail outlets. Votes: 0

Well, there's no question that the law passed in 1996 was flawed. It deregulated the wholesale market, meaning the price that the utilities had to pay energy companies for power, but not the retail market. Votes: 0

We also never undercut representatives' prices. A representative will always be able to sell the discounts in our core business, which are not offered at retail. So it's never more advantageous to buy there. Votes: 0

Every time a consumer walks into a retail store, experiences the Nokia experience for the first time and purchases that product. Those are the moments where you say, 'We've hit it. We've nailed it.' Votes: 0

My basic strategy is to stick to my core business, and to my area of expertise. My businesses are all related - retail, shopping centers, banking, real estate and tourism development. Together they create synergy. Votes: 0