Lapo Elkann Quotes

If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.

We have a very good history of manufacturing in this country but I worry that these skills are being lost. We walk around saying, 'We haven't got any manufacturing any more' but Made In Britain really means something, particularly in other parts of the world. We need to support British manufacturing.

When a population saves a lot, the funds are invested outside the country as well as inside. If the Japanese invest in the United States, it pushes their exchange rate down and makes their manufacturing more competitive.

You'd never look at a Rembrandt and say, 'That's just wood and canvas and paint - how much?!' It's all about how many people want it. It works on a pair of jeans as well - they're just material and stitching, and as soon as you walk out of the shop, they're worth nothing.

Manufacturers account for nearly 60 percent of all industrial research and development.

Many young people don't know what Versace represent. I want to show what makes Versace an iconic brand.

I'm told leather drives men up the wall. I like wearing it because it because it feels nice.

Do we want in this nation to lose the backbone of manufacturing in this country? Do we want to be a nation that doesn't want to manufacture anything?

I don't think manufacturing should be looked at independently. It is part of the economy. So, when the economy does well, and when there is investment, the sector does well.

I don't think I have to combat Airbnb. It is like comparing Tiffany to a shop that sells things for one dollar.

China also has moved away from its original status of purely producing basic, what you call, consumer commodities and Chinese companies are moving beyond China to various parts of the world.

Agriculture was the first manufacturing industry in America and represents the best of all of us.

It's hard not to love everything Prada does.

The manufacturing base of the country is the hope of the country.

The insecurity of property in Ireland, whether real or supposed … prevents the English or Scotch capitalist from transmitting materials to be manufactured in Ireland.

I'm into Gucci a lot, like vintage '70s everything. I'm into Versace.

It's not unusual for a luxury company to be born from a single product and then diversify. Louis Vuitton began with luggage, and Gucci with leather goods.

When I became the CEO of Burberry in July 2006, luxury was one of the fastest-growing sectors in the world.

India's educated youth is skill-deficient, risk averse in attitude, and largely unemployable in the cutting-edge manufacturing sector.

Guess 'Make in India' means I have to support India, whether private or public.

I'd always just look at Chanel and Kate Spade and think how incredible these brands were.

The most important thing for Africa is that whoever wants to invest in our countries should start in manufacturing.

America cannot become just a service and financial services economy, and to prevent that, there is no substitute for having people with successful, real-world manufacturing experience in Congress.

No country is ever successful in the long term... without a really strong and vibrant manufacturing base.

For a country like India, which, unlike China, has domestic market for which manufacturing happens, manufacturing also happens for export.