Erik Gordon
Erik Gordon
consumer shopping starts trip
The shopping trip starts at a consumer electronics retailer now, not the mall.
ask expecting gifts people relationship tastes
We have people expecting gifts from people who don't know their tastes - and don't have a comfortable enough relationship with them to just ask them.
evolved meaning ritual stuck wonderful
Gift-giving has evolved from something wonderful to ... anxiety. It's as if we're stuck with the ritual without the meaning and joy.
expected few senior
We've got a few people, probably on the senior side, who are frustrated, but we expected that to happen.
goal ruin
Our goal is not to ruin anyone's foliage. Our goal is to be responsible and civic-minded and considerate of the neighbors.
event flavor free san speaks truly unique
This is a free event for the public, something truly unique for San Francisco. It speaks well for the flavor of the city.
advantage banker closeness great investment mass nobody people retailers street taking tragedy wall wants
Retailers just have a closeness to a great mass of people that no investment banker on Wall Street will ever have, ... In a tragedy like this, nobody wants to be misunderstood as taking advantage of the situation. That would be gouging.
kids lets limits marketing point
The marketing point is that it lets kids do something that's forbidden. Kids are all about limits and what they can and can't do.