Kip Tindell
12 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 23, 2024 by Kip Tindell · across every show →
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Dec 23, 2024
Dec 23, 2024
Dec 23, 2024 positive
Dec 23, 2024
Dec 23, 2024 negative
Tindell: Furniture Stores Are Boring and Lack Foot Traffic
“The problem with furniture stores is they're boring. There's no traffic, and you can hear the drone of the air conditioner. You know, there's no people. There's no air of excitement. So that, that steered us away from furniture and the housewares.”
Dec 23, 2024 neutral
Dec 23, 2024 neutral
Dec 23, 2024
Dec 23, 2024 neutral
Tindell: Current Container Store Management Rejects Founders' Advice
“Frankly, not everybody's interested in what the old founders have to say about how something should be run today, but you're still, it's still your kid, you know, it's, if your child goes through a time where it's not doing well, that's painful, and if they're…”
Dec 23, 2024 positive
Sep 10, 2026
Tindell capped The Container Store's annual growth at 20% for 40 years
“I always pegged our growth at 20% a year, which in those days, 20% growth was astronomically fast. Now, it's not anymore, you know, with technology companies and that type of thing, but it, boy, retail back then, 20%, and I just stopped it at 20%, because goin…”
Sep 10, 2026 positive
Tindell: Entrepreneurs should work with their spouses and friends
“Sharon and I built this business together, and I love, I think you should work with the people you love. People say, oh, you shouldn't work with your spouse. You shouldn't work with your friends. Yes, you should. That's who, that's exactly who you should work.…”