Charles Duhigg Quotes

My mother actually does most of my shopping for me. I love fashion, but I don't really love shopping.

I end up not buying a lot of things, because I find them ridiculous.

I am the world's laziest shopper, but very rarely have I had to take anything back.

If I could get a deal on whatever my impulse was, whenever my impulse struck, and it was nearby, I would use that all the time. It would reshape the way that I shop.

The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her.

I strongly believe in 'if it catches my eye, it's something I'd buy.'

I think many men are either time poor or have little interest in going to stores. I love stores.

I particularly like Strellson because I love one-stop shopping. I don't like going store to store. I want to go to one store: look, see, buy, go. But shopping takes time. If I have three or four hours, I play golf.

I don't shop by brand loyalty at all. I'm just drawn to what I like when I shop.

I don't understand shopping, it doesn't make any sense to me. As guys, we decide we want something and then we go out and buy it. Women go to the store having no idea what they're going to buy, or what they're even doing, it's like a whole different sport. It's like going to a football game to maybe watch a game. I don't get it.

Chinese people, young people, they don't go shopping a lot in department stores. All department store guys hate me. They say business is bad because of Jack.

Like Disneyland, luxury retailers have long had to figure out how to overcome customers' natural inertia. Unlike less pricey stores, they tend not to attract idle browsers who make impulse purchases.

I would not say I'm an aggressive shopper. I want to be; I aspire to be an aggressive shopper. I am a meek, meek shopper.

If you are not online, people look at you askance. I think in three to four years' time people will look equally askance at you if you haven't got the ability for consumers to buy what they want, where they want and how they want.

Recession-resistant development produces things people need. Unsustainable growth churns out tinsel products that consumers have to be seduced into buying - until times get tough, when they quickly give them up.

I am not a person who tries on in the stores. It drives me crazy. So I buy and take back if I don't like something. I really don't enjoy being in the dressing room. I rather just try it on in my house.

As my wife will attest, I do not shop casually.

I love shopping. I don't go on crazy 'I'm going shopping' sprees; I shop as I go along.

I'm not a big shopper.

If all purchases are spontaneous and simply driven by what is seen and loved, there is a high risk of ending up with 10 cocktail dresses and no outfits for work.

The habits of the American consumer are changing; that's a reality.

English women would rather go out and buy a washing machine than shop for clothes.

If you think you know the consumer better than anyone, then you're in real trouble. So we take a close watch. You spend time in stores.

In 1990, if I wanted a pair of Calvin Klein jeans I had seen in a magazine, I'd head to the mall, sift through piles of inventory to find my size, try them on, ask the opinion of the often inexperienced sales associate, wait in line to check out, pay, and head home. The process was linear and ripe for improvement.

Most people buy shoes and clothing, but I buy a lot of DVDs.