Andrew Neil Quotes

Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy.

Competition is good because we need to educate customers, and Ozon.ru itself will not be able to do it.

For Maersk Line, it is never great to compete with somebody who, by definition, can't go bankrupt.

There's no evidence that large, diversified food companies win over time.

Any business owner can tell you that if their company isn't performing profitably and up to standards, one of two things will happen: either you make changes to improve its efficiency, or a competitor will drive you out of business. Market forces have a way of cutting to the chase rather quickly.

When you compete with Wal-Mart, even if you think you've found a niche don't ever become complacent.

The music and airlines businesses are tough, but I've been successful in them.

They will come to learn in the end, at their own expense, that it is better to endure competition for rich customers than to be invested with monopoly over impoverished customers.

Competition is always there.

The biggest challenge to thriving in the marketplace is identifying the strategic moves that will keep us ahead of the competition.

There's competition everywhere.

The biggest cost of my business is competition - promoters bidding against each other to get a tour.

When we look at investing, we always think about 'how defensible is this, how likely is it that somebody is going to copy this.' E-commerce tends to be something easy to copy because it's execution.

I believe that we have not yet played out full competitiveness in the notchback segment.

I think right now the jury is out on where and how much profit is available in the consumer electronics industry, because if you look at the current consumer electronics players, the biggest ones on the planet struggle to make profit consistently.

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.

Advertising is the principal reason why the business man has come to inherit the earth.

Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.

If all you needed to do is to figure out what company is better than others, everyone would make a lot of money. But that is not the case. They keep raising the prices to the point when the odds change.

In a period of economic downturn, the overwhelming instinct is to pare back, cut costs, and lay off. If you do that, do so with your strategy in mind. The worst mistake is to cut across the board. Instead, reconnect and recommit to a clear strategy that will distinguish yourself from others.

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.

First, we have to lower our costs to levels that are more competitive. This will prevent the lower-cost airlines from pushing us out of the markets we want to serve. We've made great progress on this front, but we need to keep pushing.

I think in just about any business the low cost competitor is always going to have an advantage.

I don't fret much about the natural life spans of shoe companies. If stores don't do the right things, they cease to exist, and that doesn't trouble me at all.

In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.