Quotes about retailer (16 Quotes)





    Every retailer, when they price their goods, looks at their total cost overall. When they have costs go up, they'll price their products accordingly.

    I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work.


    I am delighted to be joining Stage Stores at such an exciting time of growth and opportunity. I look forward to working with Jim and the other members of the Stage management team as we strengthen our position as the leading small town retailer of nationally branded family apparel.

    Our agency is the largest agriculture water retailer in San Diego County. We have about 23,000 or 24,000 acres of agricultural land, so while we have enough storage to serve our domestic customers for 10 days, we don't have enough storage to accommodate our agricultural customers during the shutdown.


    Our belief is that a lot of companies are short-sighted. They're told to do something by a retailer, and they run out and do it. While they're complying with the mandate, it's the channel master (the Wal-Marts and Home Depots) that gets all the value out of it. The company is happy that its customer is happy however, if they were to integrate data and e-business initiatives, they would gain five times the effectiveness in terms of supply chain functionality and usability.

    The packaged food manufacturers' ability to raise and maintain prices to offset rising commodity costs will be a key test of the shifting of power to the retailer. Moreover, escalating costs have negatively impacted the small and midsize food companies more than their larger counterparts due to the smaller companies' higher proportion of fixed-costs and limited economies of scale.



    Manufacturers should not count on automatic loyalty among first-time buyers, even if their parents are current customers. Not only is it an uphill battle to get their attention, but traditional endorsements from family members don't appear to play a large factor, especially from a retailer view.

    Our goal is to convert the traditional retail online photo site into a cross media environment for the ordering of photos and music. We will take the traditional photo site, which has the capabilities to process photos and other related photo merchandise, and combine it with the ability to order music and other content, such as videos and games, for on-demand production on a CD or DVD within an hour - all new revenue streams for the retailer.





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