I like the normal things of life: I like the Mets, and the Celtics, and the N.Y. Rangers. I like to watch C-Span; I love Costco.
I go to Costco every weekend. It's my favorite part of the week.
When you think about it, department stores are kind of like museums.
When I was a kid, if I liked something from merchandising, I'd have to go to the toy store.
There's a restaurant in Manhattan called Balthazar, and next to it is Balthazar Bakery. It's tiny, and it's very charming to have that little retail outlet to sell the house desserts and breads.
I shopped at T.J. Maxx myself when I was a kid.
I like shopping, and I like to drive.
The one place I always get recognised for my voice - and this is the God's honest truth - is when I'm at the till in Topman paying for my clothes. Every time.
I worked at a McDonald's inside a Walmart. It wasn't even a real McDonald's.
I went window shopping today! I bought four windows.
I don't believe in flagship retail, because the definition of flagship retail is that it's a marketing expense, and it's going to lose money.
Our site should be like Paddington Station with a much better version of WH Smith's in it.
His idea of open space was a K Mart parking lot.
Referring to John Sununu, the White House Chief of Staff and his former governor in New Hampshire:
We opened a shop in Rotherham which does free demonstrations every day, six days a week and it's been very popular.
One day, I'm designing a candy product; the next day, I'm going to a candy factory. The day after that, I might be traveling to Los Angeles to look at a possible location for another store.
The Mall Of America, outside Minneapolis, is just a mall. Yeah, it's big. So, like, instead of your typical 12 Starbucks, there are 30.
I own my own company, so I've never had businessmen telling me what to do or getting worried if something doesn't sell. I've always had my own access to the public, because I started off making my clothes for a little shop and so I've always had people buying them.
Traditionally, the sample is always better than the stock you deliver to the store.
I got a signed document from Bullock's saying that they had such-and-such drawings on consignment. Of course, nobody bought any of them, but otherwise, I was a big success: I had my drawings on sale at Bullock's!
I used to hang out at Pacific Fair all the time.
I like Toronto a lot, it's a good city. The only thing that really annoys me about Toronto is that you're turning Maple Leaf Gardens into a grocery store, which is absolutely nothing short of disgusting.
The first clothing line I had was called Very Rue. Then we changed the name and moved to QVC, and the name became A Touch of Rue.