| He had postponed his sales trip by one day to spend time with his sons and planned, after a day's work, to catch the red-eye home that night. |
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| The Californian state assembly has voted to ban soda sales to elementary school students and restrict sales of the drinks at junior high schools. |
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| About half of Block's 50 or so field sales reps have at least 10 years of service but are not ready to retire, according to a source. |
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| Previous successful machinists and craftsmen close down their shops, some taking sales jobs at the new malls and restaurants. |
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| A tax court fined the paper 57 million tenges for not paying sales tax for two years. |
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| This enables sales reps to demo products in cafes or busy execs to catch up with email during lulls in conference room meetings, for example. |
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| Fairgoers interested in purchasing one of the lacebarks can visit the Preservation Tree sales booth on East Park Plaza. |
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| These best sellers turn over fast, so anticipate sales and plan your reorders. |
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| As people turn away from red meat in their droves, chicken sales have soared. |
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| Because she works a busy sales and marketing job, shaving off a few dollars here and there is not a priority. |
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| It will also get rid of on-the-road sales staff and go for a telesales operation, cutting costs. |
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| I see far too many sales teams focus all their attention toward hosting fancy webinars or creating snazzy web-based marketing channels. |
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| The airport sandpit is still closed and millions of dollars of potential revenue has been lost from lack of sales of filling sand. |
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| Final totals for the premier yearling market in France extended beyond the hopes of the sales company. |
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| The senior vice president saw the program as a powerful way to reengage the older members of the sales staff. |
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| In each case, Lexus owners themselves testified to the all-round excellence of Lexus product, performance and after sales service. |
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| In the meantime, greater control over the regions has meant the company is seeing a lift in sales in the Northeast and more traction in the West. |
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| As the rugs, baskets, ceramics, katsinas, etc., etc., etc. quickly sell, Opice must get the sales information into his database. |
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| Would you buy a BMW from a sales person who didn't know the first thing about the car? |
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| In York Cattle Market the following week there would be one of the biggest auction sales of fat pigs since before the war. |
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| If sales growth is lower than inventory growth, inventories are liquidated to once again restore proportionality. |
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| Nonetheless they need a reasonable sales volume to justify the costs of tooling up for a new bullet, especially for a new bullet diameter. |
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| It has already launched body sprays and body washes and has licensed sales of razors and shaving cream. |
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| Contributing to the two-month rally in gold prices was a decline in sales of borrowed gold by producers, analysts said. |
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| Its sales were relatively flat in 2001, due in part to lower gasoline prices affecting its stores with fuel pumps. |
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| More revenue had to be raised from customs as receipts from land sales tapered off. |
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| Wilbur-Ellis helps retail customers by making on-farm visits and providing agronomy support to the dealer's sales representatives, Ullom says. |
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| Gone are the days of single sales alone getting bands to the much coveted number one position. |
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| Shift the burden more to the wealthy by reducing property and sales taxes and imposing state income tax. |
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| Economic statistics also show that the ban has not had the disastrous impact on pub sales feared by many scaremongers. |
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| Once the type of sales function has been determined, the call will be queued to the appropriate skillsets. |
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| If the club fails to pay back the debt, the bondholders would be given the proceeds from the ticket sales to recompense them. |
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| While overall juice sales have been struggling, interest in refrigerated tea continues to grow. |
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| Outside in my alfresco office, the chap in the crisp white shirt launched into his sales pitch. |
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| The group sold more than 100,000 model train sets in the run-up to the festive period, outperforming sales of its Scalextric slot racing cars. |
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| Fogarty shoots off into a rapid-fire imaginary conversation between an agency executive and a newspaper ad sales person. |
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| The car sales staff can chat away all they like to the man about brake, horsepower and top speeds but it's really the woman who calls the shots. |
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| The market has rebounded strongly this year, with new home sales up substantially. |
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| Here in Australia, retail sales are already flat, apparently because consumers are avoiding using their cars and staying at home. |
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| Chip sales are taxed at 17 per cent in China, but local manufacturers can claim up to 14 per cent of the levy back. |
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| The company says Super Bowl ads helped quadruple its sales the day after the game. |
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| I mean, I don't think that you could say that you got half a million dollars' worth of sales from it. |
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| I'm here, reluctantly, to find out what's behind the phenomenal rise in the sales of male make-up. |
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| Increasing quantities of domestic investment has rushed into the field, especially during the last few years, as car sales have skyrocketed. |
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| How easy was it for writers to take advantage of the financial benefits that the sales of printed books seemed to offer to them? |
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| But the statute provides that sales in bulk shall be presumed to be fraudulent and void as against creditors of the transferrer. |
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| Second, it increases our sales and marketing resources to ob-gyn physicians. |
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| He notes that the company uses basic sales and marketing methods such as focus groups and telemarketing. |
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| If that number's shrinking, how can you predict a larger sales number when we saturate most of the market already? |
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| In July, the company said its interim profit had almost halved, after recording a steep drop in sales at its core UK business. |
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| Mr Thomas said the steady increase in sales was being driven now by family buyers, rather than hardened technophiles. |
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| Although the computer was used to raise invoices it did not print a sales day book. |
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| This matches the needs from many regional companies who are indeed delivering the bulk of their sales across the Balkan markets. |
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| The veteran sales reps were regularly asked to give talks to groups of new management trainees and to speak at conferences of district managers. |
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| In just over a decade, sales of Chilean wine have increased from a measly 14,000 cases a year in 1990 to 820,000 cases a year last year. |
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| But believe it or not, many of those dropped leads can be turned into profitable business with a little extra sales effort. |
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| The Australasian market saw sales fall by 7 percent over the review period. |
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| This service makes it super simple to provide online training, do software demos, and even make complete sales presentations. |
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| Shops with specialist Army departments have reported an increase in sales of kit to soldiers. |
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| In any case, of course, all education costs come from the same taxpayer whether collected through income taxes, sales taxes or property levies. |
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| The second niggling point is the large proportion of sales made through tied agents. |
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| Her first job was as a sales assistant, but she soon rose through the ranks to become a buyer for a major department store. |
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| Retail giants reported lackluster sales in November despite markdowns on apparel, toys and electronics. |
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| The total sales of the qualities were still only one fifth that of the populars. |
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| The trust relies on donations and sponsorship, has an affinity card and often host jumbles sales and fairs to raise funds. |
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| There are those who go to the sales wanting to buy something and there are others, like myself, who are forced into going. |
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| That retail sales are faltering in the midst of a major mortgage refi boom is an especially noteworthy development. |
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| Dollar sales of refrigerated lemonade increased by 11.6 percent and other fruit juice rose an impressive 27.4 percent. |
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| The holidays are over, but the post-holiday sales are spurring plenty of shopping activity. |
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| Once I passed my A levels I left Glasgow, where I grew up, came to England and worked in hotel sales and computing. |
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| There are moments of humor, such as a scene where a sales representative makes a call on Blake, who is nodding out in a spaghetti-strap dress. |
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| The sales of combine and silage harvesters dropped slightly, due in large measure to the difficult working conditions of the previous year. |
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| Last week, a Nottingham firm which manufactures cricket shirts reported rocketing sales of the Pakistan cricket shirt. |
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| Worldwide semiconductor sales increased 1.4 percent this year, rebounding from a one-third decline last year. |
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| Many are extending their show specials, relying heavily on telephones and stepping up the one-on-one visits of their sales representatives. |
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| When IPA sales representatives first solicited their business, Doug Hassell and Kim Hudlow knew nothing about John Burgess or his company. |
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| The company sells mainly to the trade, but is now hoping to add more retail sales to the mix. |
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| The proliferation of low-carb diets, however, hasn't seemed to affect spirits sales at all. |
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| Car manufacturers dispute the actual number of sales made under the 2,000 scrappage incentive. |
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| Brad tells a similar story about the contract sales manager at the lumberyard he got most of his wood from. |
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| The company has been in a prolonged slump, with flat sales in the United States and a stock price to match. |
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| She worked her way up in the family company from tea-girl, to sales desk, to sales director, and then to managing director. |
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| Business contracts can be followed up quickly, and sales reps have instant access to the exact data that they need. |
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| There is the famous instance of Chivas Regal Scotch whisky losing sales when it cut prices, thereby reducing its status as a prestigious gift. |
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| The ultimate measure of a brand's worth is its ability to sustain sales from loyal customers. |
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| To get a decent sense of the trend, calculate at least two years' worth of quarterly inventory sales numbers. |
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| The company's putting on a nice public face, but the degree of insider sales by senior officers does not make one feel warm and fuzzy inside. |
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| The techies may well actively resist bad technology with good sales that the executives force down their throats. |
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| Purchasing activities fell into private hands and land sales continued to erode Iroquois territories. |
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| Increased competition from generic drug makers have hit sales of their patented products. |
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| Desktops did well with sales growing from 416,000 to 687,000 units with the impact of the Mac mini. |
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| So what does 2000 offer the mid-market fashion retail sector after another bleak Christmas marked by early sales notices? |
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| He is demoted from head of ad sales for a major magazine when the company he works for is acquired in a corporate takeover. |
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| This does not suggest financial shenanigans, just sales reps keen to hit their targets. |
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| Petrol sales have not collapsed because motor transport in this country is a necessity. |
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| The company had also diversified sales to different geographical markets, he said. |
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| Each person had to make as many sales as they could within a one hour period. |
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| If it is priced wisely, Octavia sales next year should increase even further. |
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| She liked the odd bits and ends she could find in markets or garage sales because it was more unique than store-bought jewelry. |
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| Despite increases in Canada's planted corn area, US corn sales rose sharply to meet feed grain demand. |
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| In Europe where the car market was already saturated with global players, the company concentrated on car sales rather than production. |
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| Some 80 per cent of car producers in China admitted they will not meet their sales targets for this year, mainland media reported last week. |
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| The retailer will have Wi-Fi enabled sales clerks who can check inventory while standing right by the customer. |
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| Marks and Spencer reported its first increase in quarterly clothing sales for nearly three years with sales in Irish shops still on the rise. |
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| This is why rulers institute withholding taxes, social security taxes, gasoline taxes, payroll taxes, sales taxes, value added taxes, etc. |
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| A leading company is to create 100 new jobs in Southend as part of an ambitious expansion to develop sales in the US market. |
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| But the speed with which these sales opportunities are scaled up will be vital. |
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| At the company's Norfolk, Va., location, the sales force held an open house with a homecoming theme and tailgate party. |
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| Maybe this unexpected surge in sales might even make him reconsider his position. |
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| We are naked, as it were, under the glinting gaze of waitrons and sales staffs across America. |
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| I'm telling you this because I am struggling to understand why my new sales team seem so scared of me. |
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| After moving to Skipton, the former barrow boy realised there was sales potential in the then unknown continental duvet. |
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| I now work three days of the week from home, but I still bring in the biggest wodge of sales for the company. |
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| Nearby a store dummy was wearing the camiknickers, so I asked a sales assistant to hold up the black teddy, to compare the items. |
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| Elan acquired five US businesses and spent time on bringing those companies and their separate sales forces under the one brand. |
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| The global economic slowdown seems unlikely to impact on some lifestyles as sales of thoroughbred horses continue to gallop ahead. |
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| But the price for having those clever little electronic maps built into your dash is still far too high for true volume sales to take off. |
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| That approach will be helpful to maintain sales balance, customer base and market share and performance. |
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| They advise against the sales of items that could be faulty and pose a danger risk like the brakes failing on a pushchair. |
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| Yet at the same time, Big Pharma is salivating at the prospect of increased sales to millions of newly insured seniors. |
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| With little ado, and no sales patter, I was allowed to take the Chevy for a test drive. |
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| Mr Thomas said the sales rep suffered a broken jawbone, leaving him with a permanent metal plate to repair the damage. |
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| Rising sales will help to offset the squeeze on profit margins as productivity slows and costs pick up. |
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| Unsolicited junk mail and intrusive sales calls are plagues on modern society. |
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| Dixons said its retail division had strong sales in mobile phones, digital cameras, camcorders, and PC peripherals. |
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| Christmas, Mothers' Day and Easter are the bumper sales events throughout the year. |
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| Mr O'Brien expects to see January's sales double those of the same month last year. |
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| She picked up platinum awards representing sales of more than a million for each of her four Harry Potter books. |
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| This is an extremely positive action on the part of the sales company and our consignors in an effort to accommodate buyers. |
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| Predictably, there are now encouraging signs that the epidemic is on the wane as sales slowly begin to pick up again. |
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| They were mainly telesales people and call centre supervisors who moved into business development and sales management roles. |
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| Sure, dot-com advertising is down, the number of newbies hitting the Internet has reached a plateau, and personal computer sales have fallen. |
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| According to Jose J. Valavi of Valavi and Company engaged in wholesale of greeting cards, sales in this season have been the same as last year. |
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| Shoppers are already stocking up on comfort food with sales of ready meals, desserts, soup, tea and coffee as well as hot water bottles soaring. |
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| Perkel ended up calling the sales department instead, where a representative informed him that the license was not, in fact, a binding agreement. |
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| Profits, he said, had been ploughed back into the business, re-equipping the warehouse and expanding the sales team. |
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| But the album is so perfectly calibrated to ensure big sales that it's difficult not to straight out detest the record. |
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| Radio airplay, TV appearances, write-ups in newspapers and magazines, and sales of CDs and tapes become vital at this stage. |
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| The 15 cent levy will apply at the point of sale in supermarkets, shops, service stations and all sales outlets. |
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| Our sales reps are constantly out there training and supporting retailers, doing store openings and just knocking themselves out to help dealers. |
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| Hollywood, for whom foreign ticket sales are greater than those at home, is ever mindful of how its movies play abroad. |
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| Her CD sales were respectable, but never amounted to the blockbuster numbers her label and industry types projected. |
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| Rocks joined Alfred twenty years ago as a sales representative who traveled to music stores throughout North America. |
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| The 1906 Burke Act exacerbated land loss on the reservation by removing the twenty-five-year restriction on sales of Indian allotments. |
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| A company can call her in for a morning to measure up its sales staff, or a group of colleagues can book her for a couple of hours. |
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| After one mind-numbingly boring semester of studying electronic engineering, I landed a job as junior sales assistant in a retail franchise. |
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| After all, during the Gulf War, sales of large gas-consuming vehicles literally tanked. |
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| Start with golf courses, move on to schools and office parks, and watch sales zoom with water prices. |
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| In the past, manufacturers responded to cyclical downturns in sales by making temporary lay-offs, usually concentrated among blue-collar workers. |
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| And consider this, videogame sales for 1998 were nearly triple the total box office receipts for Hollywood films. |
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| Texas will collect sales tax revenue on shipments now as well as a shipper's permit fee from wineries. |
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| Consumer spending may not look too resilient, given the flat performance of retail sales in October. |
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| If you only plan to repeat a few episodes of a series, it is common business sense to rebroadcast the episodes with the most sales potential. |
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| For Avon, multilevel selling has helped reenergize a flagging U.S. sales force. |
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| By meeting targets, Intel would have its first quarterly sales gain from year-ago levels after four straight declines. |
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| Then, late last year, sales were nearly flat and actually declined in some categories. |
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| Legal counsel should review all advertising materials, warranties, guarantees, and sales agreements. |
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| It's the group's 10th studio album, following on from a gaggle of top 10 hits, 20 million record sales and five number one albums. |
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| Today the clean, cool lines of its refrigerators and washing machines help boost its sales around the world. |
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| Using the techniques I learned in hosiery, we were able to quadruple our supermarket sales in two years. |
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| Currently, industry sales reps can give doctors copies of studies on unapproved uses if the reports appear in peer-reviewed medical journals. |
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| GlaxoSmithKline, with its vast network of sales representatives around the world, markets and sells for other drug companies. |
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| That's especially helpful when I'm taking over an account from another sales rep. |
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| Nevertheless, it does mean we're in for a tedious few months as the singles sales chart is finally killed off. |
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| Ann worked as a field sales co-ordinator, organising a sales force operating throughout the country. |
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| Baseball fans who oppose the current system hate it when teams have to hold fire sales or trade away players who are soon to be free agents. |
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| Qualcomm's accounts payable team recently had its accounts payable reviewed for potential duplicate payments and sales tax overpayments. |
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| Future revenue would be harvested from a single-rate flat tax on wages or, better still, a stiff sales tax on consumption. |
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| The truth is that we have cash in the bank, that first 8.0 sales are looking fantastic, and we are backed by our investors. |
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| This was the pharmaceutical industry, after all, where swarms of sales reps compete for doctors' attention. |
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| He was losing money almost every month because the reps weren't making enough new sales to replace the corporate contracts that had ended. |
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| But sales have been flat for the embattled company, whose CEO was recently ousted. |
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| Restaurant operators can increase tea sales by offering more choices and upsell with specialty teas containing herbs, fruit peels and flowers. |
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| However, there were no longer any sales of tea, whiskey, pepper, frying pans or thread. |
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| The second is that it may not be economic, as it would simply result in six days' worth of sales being spread over seven days. |
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| That hadn't happened when sales reps were assigned target clients alphabetically. |
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| As a result, the owner quickly repositioned the department near the normal walking pattern, and sales increased dramatically. |
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| People have often repented of the sales they have made, but that had no place in court, he said. |
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| He said his shops record up to five weeks' worth of sales during the Galway Races. |
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| Calcot, Bakersfield, Calif., has annual sales of 1.4 million bales of cotton. |
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| The upshot is that if private sales are ever required to be conducted through a licensed dealer, existing guns will become non-transferable. |
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| At the same time, front-end sales reps may have trouble meeting their forecast if their back-end colleagues gin up the wrong products. |
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| Throughout this year retail sales have shown a rise, albeit a declining one, on levels of a year ago. |
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| Since then, the business has generated sufficient sales and garnered enough grants for basic research to stay afloat without going into debt. |
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| I bought a suit today, after two weeks of deliberations, window shopping, and awkward small talk with sales assistants. |
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| This was due mainly to weaker sales of games consoles, audio products and extended warranties. |
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| Many contractors we work with believe that their marketing and sales efforts are the weakest link in their organizations. |
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| Lee was sacked after his cold-calling sales pitches fell flat on their face. |
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| Another excellent technique is listening to senior sales staff speak to prospects and clients. |
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| He has a sophisticated program on the screen with the company logo and you see a list of all the shops' sales figures done in a table. |
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| The council had decided to temporarily shelve the proposal to standardise the sales illustrations of life insurers. |
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| They work in all areas from software development and technical support to sales and consulting. |
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| The software enables record labels to track usage for target marketing and sales efforts. |
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| They are usually sold in street markets, car boot sales and are also hawked around pubs. |
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| In some cases, webmasters concentrate on designing the web pages and entrust the writing of sales copy to professional copywriters. |
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| Or, if you're auditing a company with two sales each year, it's unlikely that a sale will be recorded incorrectly. |
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| Why, Michelin wanted to know, are sales of radial tires surging in China even though they cost three times more than standard tires? |
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| Such series have proved popular with viewers, attracting audiences of up to three million per programme and many sales to overseas networks. |
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| The monthly gain was the biggest in almost two years and received its biggest lift from a 10 percent sales jump. |
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| However, with sales beginning to tail off and that once-fresh styling beginning to age, it was time to bring it into corporate line. |
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| It has been a big year with record profits, record sales and while a win in the ratings and a lift in profit margins. |
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| The fall of the dollar has further weakened the company because the value of its US sales were reduced when converted back to euro. |
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| It seems that this year's photography sales have started pushing prices into areas once traditionally associated with paintings or sculpture. |
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| Leopard and tiger prints, feathers, suede and cowhide with fringe, and a jump in fur sales are all recent trends. |
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| Perhaps this lack of properly butchered and well-hung meat has a lot to do with falling meat sales across the country. |
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| The sales tax on clothing should drop into the ragbag of history, a move that Mayor Giuliani proposed and Albany rejected. |
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| While Nan Fung achieved solid sales by cutting prices, market sources said other developers were unlikely to follow suit. |
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| Ford lost the sales lead in the lucrative low-price field in the late 1920s to Chevrolet. |
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| But when prices fall, sales generally increase, offsetting some of the decrease in revenue. |
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| The fear is that corporate profits have been boosted by cost cutting, not increased sales and prices from a revival of the economy. |
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| Larger music companies say they'll reduce prices on the coolest CDs in an effort to boost sales and reduce piracy. |
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| Profits in Spain and Poland were reduced by price cuts, and sales also slipped in Belgium and Ukraine. |
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| Over a period of time, the increase in sales starts to slow down and this is known as the maturity stage. |
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| All divisions reported increased sales and either reduced losses or improved earnings. |
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| Unlike the scenes in the movie Pretty Woman I have never run in to rude or snooty sales clerks. |
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| Invoice financing is similar to factoring, where banks lend against sales and money owed by debtors. |
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| Fundraising events included a giant sale at Marshfield, lunches, jumble sales and coffee mornings. |
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| She regularly holds sales and other fundraising events and has raised thousands of pounds. |
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| The company said it was on target for sales in excess of 100 million this year. |
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| Many are the companies which have relied heavily on sales into the home market, only to see trends, fashions or buying patterns change. |
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| Using a sales letter as part of a mail shot is a cost effective approach for creating sales. |
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| As a result, there is now a combined sales force of more than 2,000 representatives selling Altace to an expanded market. |
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| Matuschek and Company is a Budapest leather goods store owned by Hugo Matuschek and employed a number of sales clerks. |
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| This technique would provide a low-cost solution in a matter of hours and as a bonus the ticket sales would allow us to recoup some lost revenue. |
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| Learn where she finds the best bargains, and take notes on how she handles persuasive sales clerks. |
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| She was in sales and one employer refused to reimburse her for business expenses. |
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| Against this, realisations in the domestic market hover between Rs 2500-3000 per tonne, inclusive of excise, sales tax and freight. |
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| Once you've chosen a fabric you like that feels comfortable and meets your standards for appearance, get the sales clerk to show you two yards. |
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| The final payment and timing depends on asset sales and other realisations. |
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| If you decide to buy, let the sales clerk know who helped you on the range, or better yet, have that person escort you to the register. |
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| All proceeds will go to the Trust, with ticket sales said to be going extremely well. |
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| I pop in and see what I want, but for about 10 minutes I can't find a sales clerk anywhere near the sporting goods area. |
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| Many retailers have only maintained sales levels by significantly reducing gross margins. |
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| The companies hope to help organisations tie their sales force automation software to back-end applications and databases. |
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| There are alternatives to gold sales which would provide more debt relief in a shorter period of time. |
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| In the real world, consumers would simply ask a sales clerk or customer service representative for help. |
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| The manufacturing business contributed 50.4 per cent to group sales, compensating for flat sales in its trading business. |
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| The secure business communications firm Vordel has a new global sales director. |
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| Does your sales manager train your staff to engage with prospective members? |
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| Hundreds of people who called in the hope of getting tickets for the big occasion have been automatically redirected to Ascot where ticket sales are being handled. |
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| Once the PS3 is announced, Sony may also feel the PS2 will need refreshment in order to counter a potential tail-off in sales as consumers prepare to wait for the new machine. |
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| From inexpensive models like the scion to the upscale Lexus, sales were strong across the board. |
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| The sales forces of medtech companies are hungry for additional products. |
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| The traditional tax system of Castile, with its reliance upon sales taxes and a direct tax on the tithe proved ill suited for the natural resource based economy of New Spain. |
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| Unable to compete with the industry Goliaths in the areas of promotion, advertising, sales force, and recoverable losses, he had to rely on sharp-wittedness and timing. |
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| Between 1998 and 2000, she took jobs as a waitress and hotel maid in Florida, a nursing-home aide and a house cleaner in Maine, and a retail sales clerk in Minnesota. |
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| The business plan is to use all that calumny and controversy to make money off news-stand sales but it doesn't seem to be working and ad revenues are small. |
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| One of the British novels with the highest sales hopes before Christmas is lustrum by Robert Harris. |
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| In the earnings report, it lowered expectations for sales growth and profits margins in the coming year. |
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| Finally, while sales taxes are regressive, you can make a pretty good case that taxes on e-commerce are progressive. |
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| We are now right in the middle of the sheep sales and Saturday sees the annual Blakey event, where there are over 2,600 breeding sheep and store lambs. |
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| They've grown addicted to the cash flow from sales fueled by financing and hefty rebates, and they've trained customers to expect a steady diet of the givebacks. |
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| He was the smooth-talking rainmaker who held myriad meetings with the top city officials and assembled a relentless sales force to snare millions in sponsorship dollars. |
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| It helped boost sales of cheese spreads by more than 600 percent. |
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| Our search revealed a wide range of training opportunities available for just about every retail management challenge, from agronomy and soils to sales and finance. |
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| November was likely the greenest month for car sales in modern American history. |
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| The peasantry prospered by clearing land until the mid-ninth century, when it began to lose ground to its aristocratic neighbours, as land sales show. |
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| Switching up sexual orientation is a cunning way of compensating for flagging sales and aging characters. |
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| The company has also hired Gregory Till as director of sales for the Hadley Group, which wholesales open-and limited-edition art prints and giftware. |
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| For a start, anyone casually dressed won't be given the time of day, and sales assistants occasionally refuse to let scruffy customers try on the clothes. |
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| There are long, lingering closing down sales at the two rental shops nearest to my flat, and the local Blockbuster is emptier every time I go there. |
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| Keep an eye out for sales on threads and other notions while you're there. |
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| Around the holidays, butter sales tend to spike when many people pick up a few extra pounds of butter for their annual run of cookies, pies and other sweet treats. |
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| There are targets set around sales and those targets have to be met. |
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| There is always a danger, of course, that these events could be taken over by the sort of traders who sell their wares at car-boot sales and regular street markets. |
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| The sales rep said he gave Harris screws to take back to the FDA district office in Ontario, California. |
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| He's spent more than a decade collecting them at garage sales and markets. |
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| In the past few weeks, I have walked out of two different businesses without making my purchases after the sales clerks served people who pushed ahead of me in the queue. |
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| In the first six months of this year, we saw a 48 percent growth in sales of imported and craft beers. |
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| A company president would be way out of line in calling a sales rep with low figures by that name. |
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| The reason that aggregate profit does not decline is that, in the aggregate, total sales revenues and total productive expenditures, or costs, remain the same. |
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| Although sales fell a reported six percent during the most recent fiscal year, sources remain confident in the sustainability of the Kinkade brand. |
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| Other consumer product sales may be sagging, but lingerie is booming. |
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| Since then, Lowe's has mined data to track sales and target customers. |
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| The sales force went through major change in 1992 when regional business managers were appointed with budgetary responsibility for their territory. |
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| With refinancing activity booming, the optimistic sales forecasts make more sense. |
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| Yet something about Gilt that has made it the queen bee of sales sites, the zeitgeist face of the phenomenon. |
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| Still, tequila sales are increasing, both in margaritas and shots. |
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| Every platform vendor hopes someone will produce a killer app for its product, driving up sales of the platform technology as more and more people want it for themselves. |
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| An executive dashboard, for example, enables a CEO to see bank balances, a ranking of the top 10 sales reps, the top five customers, accounts receivable, and accounts payable. |
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| Yet, this year, even with God and Country counting on us, Black Friday sales were reportedly sluggish. |
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| But strong performances from consumer electronics, white goods, mobile phones, leisure and photography products ensured underlying sales continued to grow. |
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| Keith Urban today joined an elite group of Australian artists to be awarded a platinum album in the US, when Golden Road was certified for sales of one million copies. |
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| But after a tepid response in the market during its first sales year, its creators decided to reposition their product as a milk beverage rather than a soda. |
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| Add a sales season in Singapore and I get nearly as vicious as the grandmother you only let out for the Christmas shopping so as to hone her killer instinct. |
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| There are kiosks to display carrier plans and coverage, and knowledgeable sales reps who will, Rosenthal promises, even help you set up your phone afterward. |
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| Our tea sales have continued to grow, even our loose leaf tea. |
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| However, thanks to dubious sales techniques, it is widely mis-sold. |
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| In addition to getting a re-sale certificate, the buyer also should get a sales tax clearance, to avoid being stuck with the seller's sales tax delinquencies. |
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| The same doctor said that the sales reps who work for the biggest pharmaceutical companies predictably tend to have few compunctions about giving their products the hard sell. |
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| The company was among the top ten Buick dealerships in the country in 2001 and has been number one in Buick retail sales in Ohio for the last seven years. |
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| And there certainly are nice people in sales professions, even those rare birds who will sacrifice their commissions to make sure you get what you truly need or want. |
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| We may have progressed to a stage where turnover and new car sales make the U.S. car fleet more efficient. |
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| During the season when the advertising was on air, sales rose 12 percent. |
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| Learn why a growing number of Canadian employers are introducing employment agreements for their employees-from senior executives to sales representatives. |
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| Indeed, retail sales rebounded with surprising strength in October. |
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| Weigand got really mad when he found out that Dell numbered Handgun Control as a member of its sales affiliate program, by which companies gain fees for referrals. |
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| She called the local sales rep for Purina, who offered to pay for all the doxie's food for the coming six months. |
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| This will largely be driven by healthy sales of consumer desktop and portables, while Japan will thrive on consumer PCs along with continuing recovery in business PC sales. |
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| Several books are published, the film goes into limited re-release, and a new videotape of the film hits the top-ten bestseller lists with sales of half a million copies. |
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