John Barbour
John Barbour
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The Internet business lost last year because of the number of companies that just couldn't keep up with demand, ... ...We got really slammed, and you know, we did, fact of life. But there are very few people out there who aren't saying 'You know something? Those people did the right thing for the long term.' It may have cost them money. It may have been painful. It may have been written all up in the press. But you know something, everyone who had a satisfied experience said we dealt with things correctly.
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I'm going to do what retired people do - not worry about business. Maybe some traveling and some golf as well. Mostly I'm just looking forward to waking up in the morning and deciding what I want to do.
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Ah! Freedom is a noble thing! Freedom makes man to have liking: freedom all solace to man gives: he lives at ease that freely lives!
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As (electronic components) drop in price and as consumers are willing to spend a little more money, that opens a lot more technology to children. That encourages the toy industry to take more risk at high-priced toys.
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To me, if you've got to work a lot of long hours, and if you want to go running, you want to listen to music while you work, you want somewhere safe to put your stuff, ... I think that's really important.
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We had people lining up outside the store since 4 a.m.,
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We're in a position right now where we are stuck in between Toys 'R' Us and its expertise and all its assets, and being No. 1 in many countries around the world, ... And on the other side we have Amazon, No. 1 on the Web, and we have access to their customers. And we are just scratching the surface on the stuff that we can do. There's no one in a position like we are at the moment.