Chicken John quotes

“High-end boutiques aren't putting small staple stores out of business. What's putting small staple stores out of business is formula retail.”
-- Chicken John

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“I do not agree that NIMBYism is wrong morally. I believe that NIMBYism is wrong ethically. It's a personal choice.”
-- Chicken John

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“I respect your right to worship Satan, or to worship a tea kettle, or to be a NIMBY, or to be an asshole. There's no law against being an asshole.”
-- Chicken John

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“I think that chain stores in general are really super depressing and I think it really sucks the life out of a city such as San Francisco.”
-- Chicken John

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“If San Francisco is indeed a city of leaders, then I think we should lead, and if we don't want a chain store, then we should say so loudly.”
-- Chicken John

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“You eat the burger but you don't want the slaughterhouse next door to where you live.”
-- Chicken John

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“We all have to pick our battles. You've got to draw a line in the sand and stand firm. And it's this squishiness that's really the enemy, like, "Well, I don't know, it's kind of OK but I kind of feel guilty, and I kind of want a bran muffin, I don't know, and I'm wearing a vest; it's crocheted." Shut up. Just pick your battle and just stand there, and whatever you are going to do, own it.”
-- Chicken John

Source : "San Francisco Rejects American Apparel: Has the Fight Against Chain Stores Gone Too Far?". Interview with Josh Harkinson, www.motherjones.com. February 11, 2009.

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“No one in my family had a retail or marketing background. They were professionals. They didn't understand just what I was doing by going into retailing. After I started, though, it got into my blood. I knew this was what I wanted.”

“The future of retail is the integration of Internet and digital services with the retail network.”

“Buffer between commercial, memorial and retail space.”

“Neville [Chamberlain] has a retail mind in a wholesale business.”

“Basically we get confused a bit about what retail is. It is really just buying things, putting them on a floor and selling them.”

“I can get any retail buyer on the phone with you and get them to verify that not a single retail location in America where there's a PlayStation 3 on the shelf for sale. They've all been sold in a matter of minutes.”

Source : "CE-Oh no he didn't! Part XXIV - Jack Tretton wants to give you $1,200" by Paul Miller, www.engadget.com. February 9, 2007.

“When diplomacy ends, War begins.”

“He that is hard to please, may get nothing in the end.”

“Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor.”

“I like Bloomingdales, and I like a store called Scoop.”