Millard Drexler Quotes

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• Ann Taylor - great name, great real estate, shitty business. Gap -great name, great real estate, declining business. J.Crew - Hellooo? Great name, better fashion…
• A merchant is someone who figures out how to select, how to smell, how to identify, how to feel, how to time, how to buy,…
• What matters is hard work, and emotional intelligence,
• You can't run a business without taking risks.
• I consider a merchant someone who has a certain intuition and instinct, and - very important - knows how to run a business, knows the…
• I like to prove things wrong.
• I love to work. I have a passion for what I do.
• I spot detail quickly.
• I'm always looking over my shoulder, needing to stay ahead of the game.
• I'm an agent of change all day long, and I want to meet other people like that.
• People like consistency. Whether it's a store or a restaurant, they want to come in and see what you are famous for.
• People put 'study abroad' on their resume. I actually like when they don't study abroad because that means they aren't entitled.
• The first thing you see when you walk into a store is color.
• Creativity runs on automatic, no matter what's happening in other parts of my life. I can't help myself. It's been in me, and it evolves…
• I don't buy art. I'd rather buy a beautiful location or a beautiful site than buy art. A beautiful home is like owning a beautiful…
• I'm looking for best practices constantly. Apple has beautiful design, beautiful product, incredibly functional. But mostly it's about picking product, getting behind it, marketing it…
• If you don't get trained for your SATs in America today, you are at a disadvantage. Training is expensive and a lot of kids don't…

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