Channels Quote by Anita Elberse

“For an example of how perception of a limited supply can increase sales, look no further than Amazon.com. My recent search for a DVD…

— Nir Eyal

“gaining shelfspace has become a more strategic challenge for manufacturers. Shelfspace has to be won by planning product offerings to satisfy not just consumers’…

— Greg Thain

Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up…

— Jack Bruce

Retail is selling things that don't come back to customers who do.

— Tony Farmer

Consumers have a different path to purchase. They don't shop less than they used to; it is just that the footsteps went online. You…

— Margo Georgiadis

Amazon has done something for all of retail, which is resetting the customer expectations about how quickly and easily you can get things.

— Mary Dillon

“But a retailer cannot slice and dice its customers at the brand level (i.e. chain) to the same degree. A retailer who seeks to…

— Greg Thain

There are lots of retailers that are now scrambling to emulate the Amazon model, so Amazon does not have a monopoly on same-day distribution…

— Brad Stone

My instinct is to assume that we consumers are an inconsistent bunch. We like competition if it delivers low prices, but grumble if it…

— Evan Davis

Retail is now totally propelled by consumers and their needs. People can buy what they want in any way that they want it. That…

— Kirsten Green

Retailers come and go.

— Doug McMillon

“Relative to manufacturers, retailers have huge fixed costs and miniscule margins: this makes their profits more susceptible to small changes in volume and pricing,…

— Greg Thain