Retail Business Quotes

• 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.

  William James

  God, Science, Law

  The Varieties of Religious Experience Lecture 20 (1902)

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• I'm in the retail business, not the circus business.

  Philip Green

  Retail, Circus

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• 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.

  Howard Nemerov

  Class, Literature, Serious

  Howard Nemerov (1981). “Journal of the Fictive Life”, p.20, University of Chicago Press

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• Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

  Bill Gates

  Leadership, Business, Motivation

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.86, Hachette UK

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• Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.

  Zig Ziglar

  Loyalty, Business, Educational

  "Smarter Branding Without Breaking the Bank: Five Proven Marketing Strategies You Can Use Right Now to Build Your Business at Little Or No Cost". Book by Brenda Bence (p. 91), November 7, 2011.

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• High expectations are the key to everything.

  Sam Walton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  "Sam Walton Is Dead At 74; the Founder Of Wal-Mart Stores" by Thomas C. Hayes, www.nytimes.com. April 6, 1992.

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• You're only as good as the people you hire.

  Ray Kroc

  Leadership, Mcdonalds, People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.

  Zig Ziglar

  Business, Opportunity, Loyal Customers

  "Smarter Branding Without Breaking the Bank: Five Proven Marketing Strategies You Can Use Right Now to Build Your Business at Little Or No Cost". Book by Brenda Bence (p. 91), November 7, 2011.

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• Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can't deliver good service from unhappy employees.

  Tony Hsieh

  Inspirational, Service Culture, Focus

  "Zappos Milestone: Q&A With Tony Hsieh". Footwear News Interview, footwearnews.com. May 4, 2009.

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• The challenge of the retail business is the human condition.

  Howard Schultz

  Challenges, Retail, Human Condition

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• In the retail business, many people are too consumed with the bottom line. How much am I going to be selling? Am I going to be able to do all the things I need to get done? Instead, if they are at peace and feeling good about themselves - if they are treating customers with love and acting as statesmen and stateswomen and people who are connected to God in a spiritual sense - then every day for them is a real joy.

  Wayne Dyer

  Spiritual, Real, People

  New Age Retailer Interview, www.drwaynedyer.com. November 2005.

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• I don't think goal setting is an important basis for a retail business - or for anyone. Most of the time goal setting puts too much energy and attention on being someplace else, instead of helping you appreciate where you are.If I ran a retail store, which I have done in my life, I would go into it from a place of "I am thrilled to be here, and I am honored to be able to serve other people." I would not be telling myself constantly that I have to double my sales in order for me to be happy. I would tell myself, "I am content to be here in this moment, and I love this work."

  Wayne Dyer

  Thinking, Order, Goal

  "Wayne Dyer on God and goodness, inspiration and presence". Interview with Ray Hemachandra, rayhemachandra.com. September 5, 2015.

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• 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

  John Warren Kindt

  Gambling, Hands, Retail

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• I had retail businesses. They were beauty businesses, skin care and all that. I got into that as a fluke. I was going to open up a gym. I just had a Men's Fitness cover come out that was the third bestselling of Men's Fitness covers.

  Drew Waters

  Men, Skins, Flukes

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• 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.

  Lee Iacocca

  Guy, Mentor, Retail

  "Lee Iacocca, The !dea Man". Interview with David E. Davis, Jr., www.motortrend.com. October 5, 2005.

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• I don't think goal setting is an important basis for a retail business. Most of the time goal setting puts too much energy and attention on being someplace else, instead of helping you appreciate where you are.

  Wayne Dyer

  Thinking, Appreciate, Goal

  New Age Retailer Interview, www.drwaynedyer.com. November 2005.

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• You cannot run a successful retail business from memory.

  John Hartford

  Running, Memories, Successful

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• "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.

  Peter Drucker

  Retail, Insurance Companies, Company

  "Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices". Book by Peter F. Drucker, 1973.

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