Edward Lampert Quotes

• This idea of anticipation is key to investing and to business generally. You can't wait for an opportunity to become obvious. You have to think, "Here's what other people and companies have done under certain circumstances. Now, under these new circumstances, how is this management likely to behave?"

  Edward Lampert

  Thinking, Opportunity, Ideas

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• I want to be known as a great businessman.

  Edward Lampert

  Want, Great Business, Businessman

  "Eddie Lampert: The best investor of his generation" by Patricia Sellers, money.cnn.com. February 6, 2006.

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• The entrance strategy is actually more important than the exit strategy.

  Edward Lampert

  Important, Exit, Strategy

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• To operate a company of the size of Sears Holdings or Wal-Mart or Target or Home Depot or Lowes, you need a combination of skills, and each of those skills needs to be sufficiently strong.

  Edward Lampert

  Strong, Home, Skills

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• If we put a product into Sears, we don't want to have to pull it out in a year, or two years, or three years. We don't want to do that only to have it yanked away.

  Edward Lampert

  Years, Two, Three

  "Sears Chairman Sounds Off Against Martha Stewart" by Ira Teinowitz, adage.com. April 13, 2006.

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