Quotes from Stuart Rose

Our world is moving at an ever-accelerating pace, and with the advent of social media, what happens in New York now can be reported across the globe 60 seconds later.

When my mother died, my father was in a crisis, my sister was in a crisis, everyone was in a crisis. I went round the night my mother was lying in the kitchen, and I organised everything, from the undertaker to the funeral... I looked after everybody, I sorted it all out and I've done so ever since.

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.

I think fashion is the best value way, the most affordable way in the 21st century, that men and women can express their personality...

I actually think the whole concept of retirement is a bit stupid, so yes, I do want to do something else. There is this strange thing that just because chronologically on a Friday night you have reached a certain age... with all that experience, how can it be that on a Monday morning, you are useless?

I believe in a uniform for work, but why, because we're men, do we have to be ghettoised into grey suits?

I think that business leaders today have to be more rounded than they used to be, they have to be completely multi-functional and fast-moving.

I'd go mad if I didn't have things to make me laugh.