Store Layout Quotes

I don't have a problem to say I am a good merchandiser, because I love objects.

The same time I'm designing my collection, I'm also designing my store. It has to have brand awareness, an identity. I'm also designing the racks and the hangers, and juggling a lot of things.

I tried to walk into Target, but I missed. I think the entrance to Target should have people splattered all around.

If anybody ever needs to find me, I'm in the Glendale Whole Foods. I think it's the greatest Whole Foods on the planet. There are a bunch around the country, but this one seems like it has everything. Plus, everyone is super cool, the flow is fantastic, and it's in my hood.

I prefer department stores. In boutiques, they come up and ask you if you need help. I can't get lost in the experience.

In response to the making of DSMNY, a change in the Chelsea store became necessary. My flagship stores always have to lead the way.

Ever notice that Soup for One is eight aisles away from Party Mix?

One day I went to the manager and I asked him whether his model was working and he said, "Well, haven't you seen how many customers we have in this store?" And yes indeed I had. I mean it was definitely attracting a lot of customers, even attracting tourist buses that would land up at this store and people would go through the store and marvel at all the options, even sometimes take photographs of the various aisles.

The first thing you see when you walk into a store is color.

I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think you're a natch at this.

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 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.

If I go to Lowe's, people will follow me up and down the aisle with kitchen plans and samples.