Quotes About Retail

I always love stopping by to see what Marc Jacobs has. I will buy pieces from Bergdorf or Barneys and then hit up Zara or Topshop for the rest.

I went to a general store. They wouldn't let me buy anything specifically.

I like Bloomingdales, and I like a store called Scoop.

Most shoppers don't buy everything they need at one store.

Traditionally, the sample is always better than the stock you deliver to the store.

I remember my first job, when I was working in a retail store down there, growing up in Laurel, Mississippi. I was making, like, $2.15 an hour. And I was taught how to responsibly handle those customer interactions.

After leaving school, I got a job in a department store not dissimilar to Grace Bros in 'Are You Being Served?'

The kind of contact that they make with the customer is what brings them back to shop. The experience, the feeling that you have in the store is what makes the difference.

I've always been inspired by retail entertainment, whether Ralph Lauren or the Disney Store or Niketown.

In the U.S. and Canada, we have one store for every 12,000 people.

I worked at the cosmetic counter at a fine department store.

We can serve our customers well only if our buying jobs are right. You cannot sell if you haven't ordered wanted goods into your store.

I like loud music. I like music that fills my ears. I'm just going to pull out my iPod and see what we got here. We're always interested in new bands because we have a retail store in northern California. I think it's got to be happy.

'Mr Selfridge' is a lot more accessible than shows like 'Downton.' Everyone knows the store, but not everyone knows the story. Having this store as the backdrop with all of society working under one roof, I think it really captures people's imaginations.

When I was a kid, there were no credit cards. Instead, retailers offered layaway plans. My mom would go to a store, such as a furniture outlet, choose the sofa she wanted, and put it on layaway. That meant she put a little money down to hold the sofa, and every payday she'd pay a little toward the purchase.

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.

The store experience must become a performance, with the energy and precision of a Broadway play.

I've never worked in a retail store, but I did sell shoes at Gimme Shoes in San Francisco, a job I was fired from.

It's fun to buy make-up online. It's even more fun to go into a store and buy it.

My mom and I had a kids' clothing store called Smooch for six years, and I did all the buying before I even had kids.

As a customer, I would see pieces that I loved and then find out they weren't being made because no store had ordered them.

Working in a gun store is hard on your feet and your back.

Our guests, in fact, who buy online with Ulta Beauty and in our store is our best guest. But what she is buying online is quite incremental. She is not just replenishing like-items: she is buying new and exciting things all the time.

Honestly, being a store manager was the best job I ever had.