Stuart Rose Professions : BusinessmanBorn : March 17, 1949 Browse All Authors Top 35 quotes by Stuart Rose If you wait for customers to tell you that you need to do something, you're too late. Good business leaders should be half a step ahead of what customers want, i.e. they don't actually quite know they want it. That's what innovation's about. With Plan A, we didn't wait for the consumers to tell us. Stuart Rose innovationleaderwaiting If you are not online, people look at you askance. I think in three to four years' time people will look equally askance at you if you haven't got the ability for consumers to buy what they want, where they want and how they want. Stuart Rose peopleyearsthinking There is a responsibility on all companies to look at the quantum of pay and the relationship between the top and the bottom. Stuart Rose responsibilitypaylooks 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. Stuart Rose happy-kidlet-it-gokids We've got a bit of growth a bit earlier than expected. Stuart Rose bitsexpectedgrowth 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 fridaymondayretirement I don't believe in retirement. Stuart Rose dont-believeretirementbelieve I am absolutely a free marketeer and I believe the creation of wealth is a good thing and anyone who doesn't really needs to have their head examined - otherwise where are we going to get the schools, the roads, the universities, the third runway, dare I say it? Stuart Rose believeschoolneeds We live in a world where there are a hell of a lot of new inputs that need to be factored in to your business. It used to be just about your employees and your customers. Now there are all the issues about global warming, about sustainability, about ethics and now about gender and the distribution of wealth. Stuart Rose issuesworldneeds I've been an employee all my life. Would I wish, if I could rewind it, to have gone down a different route? Possibly, but I've had a great time. Anyway I'm not ruling it out; I could still buy a business. Stuart Rose differentgonewish I believe in a uniform for work, but why, because we're men, do we have to be ghettoised into grey suits? Stuart Rose uniformsmenbelieve I've traded with European Union all my life, if I was to say' European Union's all bloody wonderful, they're all lovely, they all love us, there's no bureaucracy, there's no gerrymandering... that would be complete rubbish. European Union has a strange DNA and European Union works. Stuart Rose company-news Voters respond to a sunny optimistic future. Stuart Rose company-news We'll win by a substantial margin, britain's stronger, Britain's more secure, Britain will be more prosperous if we stay in Europe. Stuart Rose world I don't think they've got a very strong case ... tell us how 'out' will look. Stuart Rose world Similar Authors Bob Iger businessman Bob Wright businessman Bruce Karatz businessman Bruce Kovner businessman Brian Roberts businessman Brandon Wade businessmanAll Authors
