Jerry Speyer Quotes

People are always going to go shopping. A lot of our effort is just: 'How do we make the retail experience a great one?'

Sephora's business is really smart and clever - I'm all for anything that gets people up and out and into the social experience of shopping.

Curbside is primed to fundamentally change the way people shop - by creating a seamless way for consumers to access products from local merchants - by successfully developing complex location and inventory technology.

I wanted to create a new way of looking at retail.

I loved the fact that if you put goods on the floor, you could watch them sell.

I'd like to put together a think tank of people - economists, futurists, city planners, a few department-store people - to discuss reinventing the department store.

I've always been inspired by retail entertainment, whether Ralph Lauren or the Disney Store or Niketown.

Doing a mall is not only construction of the physical place: what is important is the merchandising mix. We strive to serve the convenience of the public. We want shopping at our malls to be a unique and an enjoyable experience.

Did I shop Kmart for clothing? No, I didn't. But I loved that I could be totally involved in the hangtags, the buttons, the commercials and with the designers. Something in my head said 'Yes.' I was adventurous.

Walmart is an amazing story of entrepreneurship and, as one of the world's most powerful brands, touches millions of lives every day.

At HSN, the experience we create are a significant point of differentiation.

What we learned was that the collective glamour of a specialty store could sell a lot of merchandise.

Ironically, I think some of the inspiration around Stitch Fix is really what was great about stores in the heyday of stores.

Like all things, cities must change - even a city as enamoured of the past and memory as D.C.

It was always a plan that we were going to have a retail side with what were doing musically, like an Apple store or Nike Town. I wanted something where you can come get everything - 'Marathon' or 'All Money' or 'Crenshaw' - and make it like an experience. Especially with what Crenshaw and Slauson meant to my story.

We've had to be innovative, in terms of reaching the customer, and that's all been about making it an experiential shopping environment.

You can't deny the experience of a store. It's fantastic if you're a global brand and you've got the power or the funds to support that bricks-and-mortar space, but we certainly weren't and aren't.

Shopping in the future can become an experience where conventional retailers can complement the success of online retailing. Government needs to work in partnership with the sector to help make this a reality.

What's crucial in a High Street store is a compelling reason for people to shop there. Shops must offer excellent customer service - and 'theatre' is a must.

I'd still say that visiting the stores and listening to our folks was one of the most valuable uses of my time as an executive. But really, our best ideas usually do come from the folks in the stores. Period.

The only way I could get my old CD into stores is if I took one in and leave it. "Sir, you forgot this." "No, I did not. That is for sale. Please alphabetize it."

I love going to the river not only to enjoy nature, but to think about the Los Angeles River's place in our city's history and to envision its great place in our future.

L.A. prides itself on newness or being the last frontier or just not liking old things and tearing them down to build new things.

The online shopping paradigm is finally changing. Indeed, I think we’ve seen more innovation in the last 10 months than in the last 10 years. We’ve seen an explosion of interesting technologies and opportunities that seek to change online shopping.

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