Quotes from the Global Luxury/Retail Summits

PIPPA WICKS, A RETAIL TURNAROUND SPECIALIST AT ALIXPARTNERS, on the economic recovery:

"I think if anything it's going to be a W-shaped recovery and we might be about to go down the other side of the W any moment."

JEWELRY DESIGNER ROBERTO COIN:

"The crisis is like an unknown illness and no expert in the world is able to find a good cure or shall we say the correct remedy in a short time."

TAITTINGER CEO PIERRE-EMMANUEL TAITTINGER:

"I am a happiness producer. Figures do not interest me."

"If I wanted to sell the business, I know I could find 50 buyers as I get calls almost every month of people asking if I want to sell."

LAMBORGHINI (VOWG.DE) CEO STEPHAN WINKELMANN:

"You buy it because it's a dream."