Words matter. These are the best Tadashi Yanai Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
If you always think about your dreams or goals, work steadfastly towards them and continue to challenge yourself, you will definitely be able to realise those dreams or goals.
The air of the English is down-to-earth. They care about details; there’s a tradition, but there’s also a counter-culture: the younger generation versus the older generation and so on. But then that’s well blended into a happy balance and crystallised into common sense.
Wal-Mart is an amazing success story. What I particularly admire very much about the late Sam Walton was his policy of valuing his employees. Giving value to employees is very rare in the retail industry. I also admire the strategies Walton used to build up his discount store concept.
I learned that people don’t buy anything from unknown stores.
Our international success started out first because we became the No. 1 casual wear brand in our home market of Japan. Then, we set up stores in the world’s major fashion centers of New York, Paris and London.
I’m afraid Japanese people tend to collective hysteria.
More than trends, consumers need functionality. Everything needs an element of fashion, but that’s more like a spice.
In general, the apparel industry isn’t about continual process improvement or making the perfect piece of denim; it’s about chasing trends.
We are a country of artisans and a country of manufacturing. I think Japanese textile technology is the best in the world.
I hate politics. What they say and what they do is completely different.
Politicians make decisions in favor of their interest groups or their supporters back in their hometowns.
Japan’s biggest problems are conservatism and cowardice.
I think like a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Failure is a great teacher. At the same time, you must remember, success will never last… Whether it’s tech or fashion, it must be for the customer.
At first, Uniqlo was a casual chain on the back streets of Hiroshima. Then… we became a national brand in Japan. So, the next step is to become a global brand.
America, for me, is the country where, if you have something great to offer, you’ll be valued highly.
The world’s major metropolitan cities are more or less the same.
It is clothes. It is parts. Therefore, you combine the parts differently to create your own unique expression.
I think I may not be able to retire.
As a businessperson, I don’t have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a taxpayer, we have the right to be critical of the government and demand change.
At Uniqlo, we’re thinking ahead. We’re thinking about how to create new, innovative products… and sell that to everyone.
The Asian brand, which I admire for having become a global success, is Samsung. In comparison, we’re just starting, but I believe that we at Uniqlo will be the next Asian brand to do well globally.
The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.
Japan has only 100m people. Asia has 4bn. At least one-third, maybe nearly half, will become middle class, and this is a big opportunity for Japanese businessmen.
Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.
Americans believe cotton is best, but we’ve invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.