David Green Quotes

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.

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.

Honestly, being a store manager was the best job I ever had.

I'm in the retail business, not the circus business.

I don't like department stores. I had a chain of department stores back in 1994 which was Lewis's and Owen Owen, only for a short time, and I found department stores personally difficult.

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've always wanted to buy a bookstore. You know, sell some of those muffins and a little coffee. I don't care if we make any money. I don't want to lose a lot of money, but we could visit with people and get books.

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

I tell everybody there are only three things that we do. We build sales at the store level, we build profits at the store level, and we build more stores. The first two things go in tandem, of course. It's pretty tough to build profits without sales.

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

The people that are running the bulk of the comic shops in North America aren't business people and they don't understand sales. They don't understand good product.

I worked in Dad's stores, moving boxes - I remember quite well one stockroom that was upstairs - sweeping floors, laying tile. I also had paper routes.

I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.

People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.

We can serve our customers well only if our buying jobs are right. You cannot sell if you haven't ordered wanted goods into your store.

I always wanted to have my own boutiques. I'm so passionate about clothing and always have been so business-minded.

I actually did use to sell shoes.

My mom is an art teacher and my dad owns a women's shoe store, so they're not actors by any means. Well, I guess to sell women's shoes, you have to be an actor.

I didn't want to be a retailer. I hated to wait on people.

My first job was at Baskin-Robbins. I made store manager at 16.

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

A bar is a factory, a marketing organization, and a service organization all in one.

I did retail. I worked at TJ Maxx before. I did fast food at Shake Shack.

When you're finished, bars are not inherently profitable. You got to work at them to make them profitable.

I may be the only shark who hasn't been on QVC, but I have learned a lot from those folks about what it takes to get a product on store shelves.