Stanley Marcus spent most of his life not only creating a retailing enterprise renowned throughout the world as the epitome of quality, but also raising the level of taste of all who desire the better things in life. In doing so, he played a key role in making Dallas itself a success.
His common sense, down-to-earth viewpoints have appeared in "The Dallas Morning News" for a decade. His feet-on-the-ground, insider's views on the city of Dallas are gathered in this collection which comments on the international world as well. His opinions cover topics from airlines to business, from...

More gems of wisdom and wit from Stanley Marcus, acknowledged harbinger of taste whose very name is a symbol of quality. Marcus lets his mind roam through subjects as diverse as dieting, gardening, nonconformists, phobias, sports, toys, and weather.

Stanley Marcus declared Helen Corbitt "the Balenciaga of Food." Earl Wilson described her simply as "the best cook in Texas." Lyndon B. Johnson loved her stroganoff and wished she would accompany him--and Lady Bird--to the White House to run the dining room.
Helen Corbitt is to American cuisine what Julia Child is to French. Corbitt's genius was in presentations of new and unusual flavor combinations, colors, and even serving temperatures. She insisted on the finest, freshest ingredients, served with impeccable style. As Director of Food Services for Neiman Marcus, she traveled widely,...

Who better to know what is the best than the man who made Neiman Marcus synonymous with excellence for more than fifty years? The sequel to "Minding the ""Store," Quest for the Best outlines Marcus s philosophy of what constitutes the best in goods and services and how to receive it. Marcus describes how increased labor costs and the disappearance of family-owned businesses into the pockets of corporate giants have led to an institutionalized indifference to quality. I have observed, he writes, that when you talk with an independent fine-quality maker, he speaks with pride about his product;...

There is never a good sale for Neiman Marcus unless it s a good buy for the customer. That was one of the first declarations of business philosophy I heard my father, Herbert Marcus, make soon after I came to work at Neiman Marcus in 1926. Thus began the 1974 edition of "Minding the Store." Reprinted in hardcover in 1997 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Neiman Marcus, it is now available for the first time in paperback.
Mr. Marcus spent most of his life not only in helping to create a retailing enterprise renowned throughout the world as the epitome of quality, but also in setting...

"They came, they saw, they liked it," Stanley Marcus recalls of 1936 - the year "the rest of America discovered Texas." That year, in the midst of the nation's depression, the Lone Star State extravagantly celebrated the centennial of its independence from Mexico with fervor, fanfare, and hoop-la. Spawned by pride, patriotism, and a large measure of economic self-interest, the 1936 centennial observances marked a high tide of ethnocentrism in Texas and etched a new image of the state.
In 1923 the Advertising Clubs of Texas launched the centennial movement to advertise the state...