Philip Green Quotes

I spend my time being a retailer, not an economist.

I'm not from a retail background, but I am a shopper.

I think by my father owning a store, I was definitely aware of the commercial aspect of selling clothes. His shop was a place I enjoyed spending time in as a boy, so I learned things almost by osmosis at times, by literally just being around all the action and not really despite myself.

This is my hobby: growing stores, adding stores. It's fun.

I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own.

No one in my family had a retail or marketing background. They were professionals. They didn't understand just what I was doing by going into retailing. After I started, though, it got into my blood. I knew this was what I wanted.

I saw these new kinds of stores: the Body Shop, the Sock Shop, and I thought to myself, 'I can do that.'

Working in a store and being a shop assistant, if you don't know what to do and you like fashion, I think it's a great way of getting into the business because you do windows, cleaning, and everything. That was my school for two years, working in a shop, and that's how I met people in magazines and designers.

My father's whole life was work. He had a retail store in Ossining, New York, and I mean, he was down there at 6:15 every morning. The store didn't open until 9, but he hadda be down there. That's all he knew.

I think it'd be great to own a fun concept store with my friends and just sell books and records.

The restaurant business is something that you have to treat like a baby. You have to constantly be there. You can't trust it to anybody else, because no one's going to love it like you do.

I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.

I'm very interested in my new kitchen equipment shop. I've started it with two friends.

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.

I live in New York and I'm in New York basically all the time. I spend a lot of my time in my restaurants, and I feel like that's why they're successful.

Maybe I was born to be a merchant, maybe it was fate. I don't know about that. But I know this for sure: I loved retail from the very beginning.

I think the only thing I would've ever been any good at was probably being a pub landlord. I've thought of that a couple of times.

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

I not only knew I wanted to go into retailing, I also knew I wanted to go into business for myself.

If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes. This is a tough business.

I probably wanted to be a shopkeeper, because I like tills.

I tried to walk into Target, but I missed. I think the entrance to Target should have people splattered all around.

Our local department store had two Santas - one for regular kids and one for kids who wanted ten toys or less.

In Japan, the attention to detail in customer service is an experience that is unlike anywhere else. It's really quite special. I think everyone who's interested in fashion would do well to take a trip to learn about presentation and the way the merchandise is handed to you. These are skills that no one really thinks about.

I think of entrepreneurship as a way of creating value.