Howard Davidowitz Sell Quotations

There's a tremendous profit margin on the tchotchkes they're selling and I understand the appeal of that. But the most valuable thing that Tiffany has is their brand name. You can't be everything to everybody.

You see the guy out on the street selling coffee, donuts, fruit - his business is destroyed. There are a lot of small businesses that will close or that won't be able to pay their bills next year because of the strike.

Wal-Mart isn't about to become a fashion powerhouse. How can you sell fashion with nine aisles of dog food, detergent and chicken?

There is a high likelihood of lower prices, ... The department store segment is a supplier's worst nightmare. Department stores demand more allowances from vendors, they want to be able to return inventory if it doesn't sell well. A Federated-May merger could be an even worse scenario for the suppliers.

As a negotiating strategy, I would assume Saks is trying to package the whole thing -- to sell the good with the bad.

He's a brilliant financial engineer. His record is always the same: cut costs, sell assets. That's terrific, only that's no way to run a retail business.

He's a brilliant financial engineer, ... His record is always the same: cut costs, sell assets. That's terrific, only that's no way to run a retail business.

The company has remodeled its stores several times and is also trying to sell its credit business . But when the smoke clears, it's anyone's guess as to how many more years Sears can go on like this.

What is behind everything that Luxottica has done worldwide is, they get so powerful they can fry the suppliers' brains out. If you're an independent seller of eyewear, you have a problem. You have to live on service and relationships and fashion and all of that, but it's very difficult to compete with somebody who is buying the same product for less.