Quotes About Business

When I started at Bloomingdale's as a buyer, Alexander's was a discounter across the street, and every time Alexander's had something that we had at Bloomingdale's, we'd have to meet price. I didn't really want to be in a business where I had no control over my inventory, the value of my inventory.

I never wanted to compete on price in my history because on price, you don't always win.

I was pretty entrepreneurial as a kid. I had a lemonade stand. When I was 12, I arbitraged the price of 7-Eleven hot dogs; I'd buy the ones that are pre-wrapped with the bun and then sell them on the beach.

As anyone who goes into dog-rescue knows, it is not a for-profit business, but the rewards are priceless for me.

Some managements do not even think of buybacks as an option. The idea of shrinking their equity base repels them. Their inclination instead is to get bigger, and this often leads them to pay rich prices for acquisitions that never earn their keep.

TSG is competing with Middle East, East Asia and Europe in offering prices that are either lower or at par with these markets.

Our health care system is the finest in the world, but we still have too many uninsured Americans, too high prices for prescription drugs, and too many frivolous lawsuits driving our physicians out of state or out of business.

Delivering a successful presentation could mean landing a major new contract, better prices for your services, or getting the funding you need. Failure can mean lost customers and a business that never gets off the ground.

Uber sees ride-sharing as a winner-takes-all war and subsequently is willing to offer below-market prices in a bid to crowd out the competition.

As demand goes down, you will see prices come down.

I think any company should compete on the quality of their products, their prices, the novelty they can produce, their services, because that would be fair competition.

It's tough for entrepreneurs when they're small to get good prices on stuff.

When you have more competition, you have better products and lower prices.

When the government gets involved in pricing, I don't think it's the right way to look at a business.

I don't mind being cast as some kind of a pantomime baddie, but I am very fair in business. I always have been. I pride myself on being fair.

Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one.

Our focus is more on secured retail business like housing and car loans. While we will do some unsecured loans - credit cards and personal loans - we will do it primarily with existing customers.

Our business model is primarily that of consulting, engineering, system integration, and managed services.

In any business opportunity, you'd be looking, probably, primarily at the risk and return. Some business can be very risky with a low return; what you want is the lowest risk with the biggest return.

The primary goal of a vendor is to make money.

I'm still a businessman. But what I do for my primary living and what is my life is music, and that will never change.

When my three co-founders and I started Warby Parker in 2010, our primary intention was to sell good-looking, affordable eyewear online.

Paying extra for prime placement can often pay off.

Advertising is the principal reason why the business man has come to inherit the earth.