• summit-ceo-quotes01.jpg Tory Burch

    Tory Burch
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    “We do want to see healthy growth, but it has to be the right growth. We’re constantly looking through that lens.”
    — Tory Burch, Tory Burch LLC

  • Maria Grazia Chiuri, Valentino summit-ceo-quotes02

    Maria Grazia Chiuri
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    “There are no rules.
    If there were rules, anybody could do our job.” — Maria Grazia Chiuri, Valentino

  • summit-ceo-quotes03, Kevin Mansell,

    Kevin Mansell
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    “Kohl’s spends billions of dollars to give great value to customers. We’re still going to spend billions of dollars, but we’re going to do it differently.” — Kevin Mansell, Kohl’s Corp.

  • summit-ceo-quotes04, Pierre Denis

    Pierre Denis
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    “If you look at the luxury industry [in China], it used to be completely male-dominated, and now almost half the luxury industry products [sold] are women’s products.” — Pierre Denis, Jimmy Choo

  • summit-ceo-quotes05, Neil Blumenthal

    Neil Blumenthal

    “The secret sauce is a convergence between e-commerce and brick-and-mortar.”
    — Neil Blumenthal, Warby Parker

  • summit-ceo-quotes06, David Neville maRCUS wAINWRIGHT

    David Neville, Marcus Wainwright
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    “The business today is fantastic and incredibly exciting.”
    — David Neville, Rag & Bone / Our job as designers is to think about what is next — not next year, in the next decade.”
    — Marcus Wainwright, Rag & Bone

  • John C. Jay

    John C. Jay
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    “We are probably living in the most creative era in history.” — John C. Jay, Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.

  • Brian Cornell

    Brian Cornell
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    “When I think about the future of retail, the only thing that is really clear to me is that in the U.S., people love to shop.” — Brian Cornell, Target Corp.

  • Jeff Yurcisin

    Jeff Yurcisin
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    Amazon executive Jeff Yurcisin alluded to the possibility of a private label apparel program for the e-commerce giant.

  • Rachel Shechtman

    Rachel Shechtman
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    “The old paradigm is about a place that sells things. The new paradigm is an experience that sells things.” — Rachel Shechtman, Story

  • Marvin Ellison

    Marvin Ellison
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    “Growing up in a small, two-stoplight town in western Tennessee, with seven brothers and sisters, I had come to understand, appreciate and embrace midtier customers.” — Marvin Ellison, J.C. Penney Co. Inc.

  • Roger Farah

    Roger Farah
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    “The reality is we have tremendous plans for the future that are better achieved in the privacy of a private company.”
    — Roger Farah, Tory Burch LLC

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