Anita Roddick Quotes

For businesses to be successful, they need to constantly ask the question: 'How can we provide value to our customers?' At the end of the day, that is what matters.

I was in oil when oil was $8 a barrel and in construction when interest rates were 20 percent. I was looking for something everyone used and where you could build a customer base - and if it was successful, you could take it nationwide and even worldwide.

For decades, I've spoken of McDonald's as one of the premier examples of how to build a company, scale it, and ultimately sell it.

If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never exist for the future.

It was our belief we should have a customer base and that the catwalk was actually supporting and increasing the business.

The period from 2002 to 2007 was probably our best period. We created a strategy to build global scale, footprints in each of the geographies and dramatically built our international business.

I'm confident UTC could outperform in all of our markets, starting with our commercial businesses. The largest opportunities for our commercial businesses are in emerging markets, and we're very well positioned there.

I see opportunities in all my businesses. And the reason is simple. We thrive on countries that are urbanizing.

There are a lot of people who get support from a thriving business.

We significantly increased our global presence in 2014. During the year, we expanded the number of languages in which we serve customers to a total of 20.

Great companies are built on great products.

When you improve your product so it does the customer's job better, then you gain market share.

Most entrepreneurs don't need as many customers as they think. A lot of people think 10 is too few for a sample. But if all 10 refused a product, why is that not enough? If you want 100, 1,000 or a million customers, you first have to get 10.

We are really very lucky to have so many fantastic brands. But to grow them we should not be too much in a hurry. They are growing fast, but they have to grow accordingly to the market and to the capacity we have to deliver good products.

In 2013, we opened our first international office in London and established a European hub in Berlin.

One of Aspen's primary strategic intents is to further globalize its business, increase its representation across a number of additional territories, and provide support to its growing global presence with a differentiated pipeline.

It's easier to build a business around a first-class product, even if it's a more expensive product to produce.

If Vancouver did not succeed as Starbucks from '87 on, our entire international business, which is now thousands of stores and a significant amount of growth and profit, may not have existed.

Acquiring Sunseeker deepens Wanda's international influence and represents an important step forward for the development of the business.

The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

Great products sell themselves.

Chick-fil-A is what it is today because of its people, purpose and product.

I enjoy building something good and having a successful product and making money.

A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.

Our development strategy is based on a deep understanding of our customers. They want high-quality products and good service.