British - Businessman | March 17, 1949 -
I actually think the whole concept of retirement is a bit stupid, so yes, I do want to do something else. There is this strange thing that just because chronologically on a Friday night you have reached a certain age... with all that experience, how can it be that on a Monday morning, you are useless?
Stuart Rose
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I believe in a uniform for work, but why, because we're men, do we have to be ghettoised into grey suits?
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When I got married in my twenties, I had a happy marriage and happy kids but at some point in time I let it go off the rails; I let it go off the rails.
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Customers want good value, but they care more than ever how food and clothing products are made.
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I want to please every woman, every time.
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We've got a bit of growth a bit earlier than expected.
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I don't believe in retirement.
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There is a responsibility on all companies to look at the quantum of pay and the relationship between the top and the bottom.
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I am the largest market shareholder of clothing in the U.K. and I am not a destination shop for food. If the clothing market is affected - and it has been - and I hold my market share mathematically, then fine, I am doing no worse than the market is doing, which is exactly the case, but I'm losing revenue.
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Listen, it's not nice to have your mum kill herself, that is difficult. But at the end of the day, it happened a long time ago. My mother was, I hope, not the reason that I have been successful. It's not as simplistic as 'My mum killed herself; I've got to prove myself.' I was very lucky that my parents took an interest in me.
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I think fashion is the best value way, the most affordable way in the 21st century, that men and women can express their personality.
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When my mother died, my father was in a crisis, my sister was in a crisis, everyone was in a crisis. I went round the night my mother was lying in the kitchen, and I organised everything, from the undertaker to the funeral... I looked after everybody, I sorted it all out and I've done so ever since.
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