When I entered the market, I was REJECTED because the ELITE say that you have to sell things at a certain price point. My position was that the consumer is SMARTER than that. Who CARES if it's $200, not $2,000?

As PART of my efforts to FIGHT identity THEFT, I worked with my colleagues on the Financial SERVICES Committee to strengthen consumer protection with a REASONABLE notification requirement.

I am concerned about any attrition in customer traffic at Starbucks, but I don't want to use the economy, commodity prices or consumer CONFIDENCE as an excuse. We must maintain a VALUE proposition to our CUSTOMERS as well as differentiate the Starbucks EXPERIENCE. That is the key.

For Sony, owning a STUDIO is a gamble and probably a pretty GOOD one, now that in the broadband era having content is a great advantage when you sell devices that in a ubiquitous world of distribution can ACTUALLY show PROGRAMS, movies, content directly to the consumer. So that you actually create, in a digital world, real SYNERGY.

I actually think that the economy has GOT some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer CONFIDENCE and it's got banks throwing - I MEAN central bankers throwing MONEY at it AROUND the world.

I THINK it's about being really smart about hitting the RIGHT consumer PRODUCT SPACES at the right TIME.

Well I think any designer that can UNDERSTAND what people NEED to be wearing RIGHT now is the biggest and best step that you can take. Instead of PUTTING your ego first, you put the buyer first. And I think that that's a REALLY important thing just to know what the consumer is wanting to wear.

People's attitudes have been changing over the PAST 15 YEARS, but CHINA is still the WORLD's biggest consumer of dogs.