Merchandising – Quotes

The most puzzling thing

The most puzzling thing about TV is the steady advance of the sponsor across the line that has always separated news from promotion, entertainment from merchandising. The advertiser has assumed the role of originator, and the performer has gradually been eased into the role of peddler. E. B. White

Santa Claus is a

Santa Claus is a god. He’s no less a god than Ahura Mazda, or Odin, or Zeus. Think of the white beard, the chariot pulled through the air by a breed of animal which doesn’t ordinarily fly, the prayers (requests for gifts) which are annually mailed to him and which so baffle the Post Office, … Read more

I always wanted to

I always wanted to be a fashion designer and I learned costume illustration in high school. That was an incredible high school. It was more like a college. I’m moving more in that direction, just kind of merchandising my name. Diana Ross

As soon as you

As soon as you go into merchandising, everyone nods sagely and says, ‘Ah, now we know why you are doing it. Dave Sim

I was always into

I was always into fashion because my mom has always been interested in fashion. She majored in fashion merchandising in college, and it’s always been something we have in common. Dakota Fanning

Relentless improvement of the

Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising. Christopher Lasch

I have always been

I have always been interested in fashion as an informing design discipline: proportion structure, detail, materiality, texture, color and quality. With a heightened interest in, and an awareness of the built environment, the ‘store’ has become a critical, perceptual and psychological component of merchandising as well as imaging. Architecture and fashion are partners. Charles Gwathmey

Madonna remains the most

Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that artistic self-development is her primary motivating principle? She is too busy with Kabbalah, fashion merchandising, adoption melodramas, the gym, and ill-starred horseback riding to study art. Camille Paglia

I think Amazon is

I think Amazon is the preeminent pioneer in building a new way of doing commerce: personalized, database-driven commerce, where the big value is not in the purchase fulfillment, but in knowing as much about a customer base of ten or twenty million people as a corner store used to know about a customer base of … Read more

It is an anomaly

It is an anomaly that information, the one thing most necessary to our survival as choosers of our own way, should be a commodity subject to the same merchandising rules as chewing gum.
A. J. Liebling