Ron White Quotes

Women are clearly the major consumers in far more than just female categories. It doesn't matter whether it is purchases of cars, cosmetics, or even products for men, female consumption power is the leading consumption power in the world. Any company that overlooks the woman as the decision maker is making a huge mistake.

I'm always asking, 'How do you give a guy a new reason to buy a polo?'

Consumers do not buy products. They buy product benefits.

But the real focus should be on people who are buying today because the base is so big it will take a long time for any change materialize on an overall basis.

Some say the economy means that you have to persuade people to invest in clothes - to buy less things but more expensive things. I disagree - invest in jewelry, or a house, maybe, but not in fashion.

The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.

Wal-Mart doesn't really care about your faith. Wal-Mart cares if you have money to spend, and it is going to be as generic as possible in exploiting the holiday season for every buck it can make.

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers.

What the results are telling them is that the most money is spent in volume by young people. They also see young people as the consumers of tomorrow and are trying to capture their attention from their competitors.

I'm a label that wants to sell. I believe in clothes.

A lot of what Groupon is generating is demand for something people didn't know they wanted.

People say it's really the press who create those soundbites about fashion. That's what sells magazines and clothes.

People are saying fashion week is no longer just a press event, it has become a shopping event because of us.

A product is usually created to improve people's lives; otherwise, why buy it? I'm no genius, but I am an American, and gosh-darnit, I consume, so I know what I'm talking about.

I always think people vote with their wallets and their pocketbooks.

India now has serious fashion consumers who do not think twice before splurging on an expensive luxury product.

Fashion is one of the most intellectually vacuous industries. We had to manufacture desires to get people to buy our products. We were selling people countless things that they didn't need.

If I'm asking people to spend money on Huda Beauty products, I have to genuinely believe we have created the best.

Sneakers have become a significant category for us and a very tangible reminder that what our customers want and wear is changing.

I feel like when it comes to the models, certain models are now like commodities in certain ways.

Brand preferences and consumption levels in emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil tend to be more fluid. Consumer research is therefore critical to aid marketers trying to cement brand preferences early on as these economies develop.

The demographics and the psychographics show that there should be, over the longer term, a continued growth in the numbers of customers who will be shopping for luxury goods, both domestically - as well, international tourists come to the United States.

People make you feel like a bad guy for asking for seven quid for your album, like you are slapping them in the face, when they'll go and pay two grand for a scarf somebody knitted in a sweat shop and stitched a designer label on.

Victoria's Secret is a brand, not a socio-political movement. But at the same time, there is that one-dimensional look.

Quality in a service or product is not what you put into it. It is what the client or customer gets out of it.