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Johnson: Operating retail stores as loss leaders is a failing strategy
“Oh, I think anybody who sets up a retail store as a loss leader is going to fail. You know, there are much better ways to invest your money to build a brand and to build a business than use a store as a loss leader. Now, that has worked at times for flagship s…”
Johnson: Microsoft stores are significantly more successful than public perception suggests
“I think the Microsoft stores have succeeded much more than the popular opinion.”
Johnson: Delightful retail experiences are increasingly created by startups, not incumbents
“And increasingly, they're not coming from the large companies improving their business. They're coming from the startups that are really working really hard to take a set of values and to honor those and execute those every day with every customer.”