Phoebe Philo Quotes

I saw there was an open market because everything was pushed towards young boys, but we had nothing for young girls. That was a role that could be filled, and finding Bayley helped.

The fashion industry has done itself in by neglecting the 60- to 80-year-old market. They have the time and the economic resources. They want to go shopping.

No one cares how valuable your product is if its addressable market is small. The key isn't so much the number of users as it is the dollar size of the market.

I'm for women choosing whatever they want to do but they have to really know what they are doing.

India is a large market where our focus will be to grow faster than the market and add few percentage points to our market share every year.

I do believe that most startups who develop applications and digital products design 'towards the middle.' By this, I mean they design their products to reach the broadest consumer base possible, which is a sound strategy in some respects.

Our guests, in fact, who buy online with Ulta Beauty and in our store is our best guest. But what she is buying online is quite incremental. She is not just replenishing like-items: she is buying new and exciting things all the time.

We are market based and have to differentiate our product in many ways; pricing isn't the only one.

A woman should be allowed to be whoever and whatever she wants to be and she should be respected for that.

There's a market for fiction based on financial services. People wanted me to write stories based on this sector. There's a gap in the market, and I'm trying to fill it.

There is a misconception that young Muslim women are oppressed. That simply isn't the case. I choose to dress modestly and choose to cover my hair with a hijab; not all Muslim women make that choice, and that's okay. We are all different!

Never expect that your startup can cover every aspect of the market. The key is knowing what segment will respond to your unique offering. Who your product appeals to is just as important as the product itself.

Not all startups are alike. One of the key ways they differ is in the relationship between a startup's new product and its market.

Every woman in this world is allowed to define themselves how they want.

It is with passion and dedication that I will be attentive to the needs of women and fight relentlessly for their rights

Shopping is actually very similar to farming a field. You can't keep buying the same thing, you have to have a bit of variety. Otherwise you get bored and stop enjoying yourself.

A woman can do anything. She can be traditionally feminine and that's all right; she can work, she can stay at home; she can be aggressive; she can be passive; she can be any way she wants with a man. But whenever there are the kinds of choices there are today, unless you have some solid base, life can be frightening.

When nobody wants something, that creates an opportunity.

Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams.

Filling a need that others aren't addressing has always been a focus of the companies that I have been involved with.

My view is that everything begins with the customer. If you know the customer, then you can match the merchandise and then you can market it. The marketing is kind of the icing. The foundation is the cake. That's the merchandise. Then the question is, "Do the customers want cake, or do they want cupcakes or donuts. What is it?"

We should let women make their own decisions.

Think about the market, think about the design, and think about who is going to design for that market. Hit the mark.

When you are starting a new business you don't want to go after giant markets. You want to go after small markets and take over those markets quickly.

We're looking for something where we can make something happen: an industry where the competition is asleep, hasn't taken advantage. It's going to be hard to find another Blockbuster, but that doesn't mean you can't have three good companies growing. The point is, we're going to be busy.