You've got to be a believer in what you do. Philip Green More Quotes by Philip Green More Quotes From Philip Green It's all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family. Philip Green balance family life You've got to love what you do to really make things happen. Philip Green business action happiness 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. Philip Green business home commitment Whenever I have faced a setback I have dusted myself down and got on with the rest of my life because I believed in myself. Philip Green setback down-and self-esteem People are always going to go shopping. A lot of our effort is just: 'How do we make the retail experience a great one? Philip Green shopping effort people I am brave, but I take a view. It is an educated view. I am careful. I am not reckless. Philip Green intelligent views bravery I'm in the retail business, not the circus business. Philip Green retail-business circus retail I think we'll say flat is the new growth in the short term. Philip Green growth term thinking 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. Philip Green stores chains found New West End Company ensures that there is a body that can put significant investment into the West End, targeted directly to the needs of the area and particularly the customers. Great progress is being made to improve Oxford Street and make it a great destination. Philip Green progress oxford needs I think I pick more winners than losers. Philip Green winner loser thinking Good, bad or indifferent, if you are not investing in new technology, you are going to be left behind. Philip Green bad good you technology I am a positive thinker. You have to have this positive energy to get somewhere. Philip Green i-am you energy positive I sometimes think less is more. If you cut yourself in too many places, it is hard to execute. Philip Green yourself think you sometimes You are forced to have the best data capture, the best information, when you have goods in hundreds of factories around the world, and the question is: 'Where is everything?' And how do you bring it all together? Philip Green best you together world They already know all about brands... but what 16- and 17-year-olds won't necessarily have is experience of the world of work. The more that businesses get involved with schools, the better, because businesses sometimes complain that students don't have what they require to succeed in work. Philip Green experience work sometimes world It's not my style to blame anybody else. Philip Green else anybody blame style I have a very clear conscience. Philip Green very conscience clear If I say I'm going to do something, I do it. Philip Green going say something You're going to find England, unfortunately, is a place where you get a lot of jealous, envious, you know, negative people. That's how it is. Philip Green place you jealous people
