Longer sales cycles were what caused the shortfall.

Peter Currie

Dealers were motivated to stock more cars before the new taxes took effect, which fueled the sales increase.

Rao Da

Larger banks can supply products and do things that I can't do. But the smaller companies won't get the same attention as someone with $100 billion. We serve that $1 to $6 million in sales company consistently.

Bruce Stevens

If Cisco can start to bring their business around and have a good report after not doing very much of anything for the last year and a half or so, I think that just brings a better feeling to a bit of an oversold market. The Pepsi report helped a little bit and McDonald's sales performance.

Robert Pavlik

The market has a high expectation for comparable sales going forward but it may be difficult for the company to keep this kind of momentum going forward.

Dean Haskell

The death tax is growing increasingly unpopular with the American people, and it's for obvious reasons. They know double taxation when they see it. They know that if they pay income tax, they pay capital gains tax, they pay sales tax, that it's absolutely, fundamentally, inherently wrong to make death another taxable event.

Tim Hutchinson

This is probably the highest. I think that in most years, spending exceeds the prior year, because our sales tax revenues keep increasing.

Michael Loomis

We don't serve drinks or ice cream in foam containers -- everything is placed into authentic glassware I basically obtained from auctions or yard sales.

Denny King

The most important mission we have is to get back to the business of doing opera. And to do opera which draws an audience that will provide the ticket sales that will keep the company going.

Sharon Heitman

Schering-Plough continued its strong 1998 performance in the third quarter, ... Led by established product lines and new product entries, higher sales were recorded by our worldwide ethical pharmaceuticals, consumer health care products and worldwide animal health businesses.

Richard Jay

It raised a major concern for us. We don't think federal judges should determine the applicability of state sales and hotel and motel taxes.

Mike Gowrylow

We can't rule out double-digit retail sales growth in the final quarter.

Daniel Chan

Higher sales means more money for the benefits designated by each state for lottery profits.

John Musgrave

There's no beating around the bush. Allowing alcohol sales has helped. It's brought new restaurants here.

Hugh Ball

We now have the ability to manufacture an incredibly diverse set of medical products, but probably more importantly we now have the sales and marketing infrastructure to go out and service the customers directly.

William Hunter

Hopefully, the Wild West era of unethical sales practices has come to a close.

Robert Swift

It's a small market for us with much less than one percent of total sales and we have no sales offices or subsidiaries, so it's difficult to get a real picture.

Charlotte Simonsen

As Omron Corp. aims to reach 750 billion yen in consolidated sales in fiscal 2007, we want to contribute 10 percent of the total.

Keiichiro Akahoshi

If you [analyze] the advertising today, you see that trust and reliability are at the forefront of most sales propositions. Everyone's thinking about so many things.

James Detorre

The upturn in MCV sales, which first became apparent around the middle of 2004, is clearly the driving force behind the market at present.

Frans Cloete

We've found that consumers are rewarding innovation with increased sales.

Dave Hilton

Most signs in the economy and market point to another strong year for sales of new cars and trucks.

Paul Taylor

While our performance was at the high end of our previous guidance, we clearly did not perform to our potential, ... Our focus is on improving our operational execution and expense management to more fully benefit from our improving sales mix. We simply have to get more money to the bottom line.

John Tyson

We remain committed to our successful strategy of growth through multiple sales channels, driven by high-margin private label and Sharper Image Design proprietary products.

Richard Thalheimer

Rochester is definitely our growth vehicle, ... It takes four Casual Male (stores) to get the sales of one Rochester.

David Levin

The sales momentum is clearly picking up, ... Calendar '06 is likely to be the best year that we've ever had for gross sales. I would estimate that we break through the $10 billion mark for the first time.

William Holland

Domestic sales of nuclear power plants have been shrinking in Japan as utility companies cut back on investments, pushing equipment manufacturers to expand overseas.

Yasuhiro Matsumoto

The increase in sales is still not proportional to the increase in inventory which, consequently, means there are still many sellers whose homes are taking longer to sell.

Chris Reese

We're doing great on growth on sales taxes so far. We expected this number to fall, but it hasn't fallen yet.

Greg Albrecht

They may not have been profitable for a big record company, but they were getting air time and music sales, ... You'll see some very known bands going to self-release of albums, many more independent companies having shelf-space at retail.

Michael Nathanson

I'm not on a sales pitch.

David Lynch

It's a time consuming job to do. You need to be able to make 50 calls an hour to sometimes get one or two appointments. We'd much rather have our sales reps focusing on the accounts they have and making sure they get taken care of.

Sheila Gartland

Led by robust analog and wireless sales, we had an outstanding quarter. Focus on execution drove our gross margins to 51 percent, up from 48 percent in the previous quarter.

Brian L. Halla

Expect more throughout the summer. The number of companies that are running out of cash or are going to be in deep financial trouble probably heightens during the summer as sales languish when consumes are away from their PCs.

Jeetil Patel

Sales may lead to advertising as much as advertising leads to sales.

Michael Schudson

We have found that these releases focus attention on short-term sales variations rather than the overall business trends that are critical to management decision and to quarterly and longer-term earnings results.

Richard Sharp

I think the average citizen is going to see no less than a $1,500 or more increase in what it's going to cost for basic living next year, ... Taking sales tax off food isn't going to take care of all of that, but I think it's a way that we can help.

Ann Robinson

With interest rates continuing to rise, all signs point to a further weakening in sales just down the road.

Patrick Newport

Wal-Mart is a litmus test for the economy with respect to consumer spending. One thing I'll be interested in hearing about is the sales outlook, and especially whether or not deflation is a concern.

Jeffrey Klinefelter

It's really indicative of the economy and the slowing down of sales of devices and technology that's not deemed to be as critical to daily life as a PC.

Kevin Burden

Our go-to-market strategy continues to be effective as March Networks delivers yet another quarter of sequential growth. March Networks is focused on delivering innovative products, great service, and outstanding sales execution. These financial results are a direct result of that unwavering focus.

Peter Strom

This acquisition will get us close to $500 million in sales next year.

John Sargent

We also see the potential for 100-200 additional F-16 sales over the next few years. The F-16 has a bright future and continues to provide great value and capability to our customers.

June Shrewsbury

The bottom line was not as strong as we'd like, but robust sales of handsets helped the company record a profit increase in the fourth quarter.

Kevin Lee

We are pleased with our strong sales performance this quarter. Our U.S.A. comparable toy store sales were up 13 percent for the third quarter and 6 percent for the first nine months.

Michael Goldstein

We look forward to working with the city. The city will benefit from jobs, about 800 permanent as well as millions of dollars in sales tax revenue annually.

John Kline

Things weren't outstanding, but it looks like we had a pretty good year. Many merchants were promoting heavily with after Christmas sales and hoping when close on calendar.

Bernard Weinstein

We've got some decent data points to work through over the rest of the week. The new home sales, initial jobless claims are particularly important and Friday we have Michigan sentiment. But it's been the case of late that if the news is good, nothing happens and if the news is bad, we sell, so we'll have to see how these reports play out.

Bryan Piskorowski

When the Atkins craze was in full bloom [about a year ago], people were asking us not to bring bread to the table noticeably more. Bread sales were down, and we were selling less pasta and a lot more steak.

Dick Evarts

It seems the only avenues being looked at are raising the sales tax or having a property tax. I again suggest emphasis be placed on development of revenue producing growth.

Larry Schmittou

It became a drug which was difficult to commercialize, ... We sat there with a drug in which we had invested a significant amount of development and where we had sales that were less than exciting.

Franz Humer

We were pleased with what happened yesterday in terms of sales and think the approach that we took in being aggressive on all levels was appropriate.

Gail Lavielle

Tucker Anthony's new recession forecast points to lower equipment orders, sales and earnings per share before a possible trough by mid-2001.

Gerald Fleming

We're not going to continue to enjoy 10 percent compound [sales] growth. It's going to be down in the 2-4 percent range.

Jim Albaugh

This is slightly baffling, given that existing home sales have been strengthening, ... It may be a reflection of caution on the part of builders, who have been reluctant to keep pace with sales because of fear the market strength will not last.

Ian Shepherdson

The Boat Show, for us, is huge. The consumer in general really, really seems to be in a good mood. From the first of the year on, we've been really busy and sales have been strong.

Luke Kujawa

We think they would've been higher without the exchange rate. We're pretty happy with our sales performance. That's where we expected them to be.

Bernard Poussot

Sales at best have been absolutely flat. My analysis is that we've become a nation of casual gardeners instead of gardening enthusiasts. People who are serious gardeners buy books.

Bruce Butterfield

If [Bush administration officials] were referring to Niger when they were referring to uranium sales from Africa to Iraq ... that information was erroneous and ... they knew about it well ahead of both the publication of the British white paper and the president's State of the Union address, ... Meet the Press.

Joseph Wilson

I'm not surprised they had good results.. The stores were packed during the holidays and even on Dec. 26 when everyone else was having sales, Coach was selling full-price and the stores were full of people.

Christine Chen

Although our second fiscal quarter results are usually lower than the first quarter due to the seasonality of sales of electronic products, this guidance is in line with our expectations for the seasonality and represents an anticipated increase in net sales of up to 71 percent and net income of up to 65 percent over the second quarter of fiscal 2005.

Phil Harding

There are probably only 5,800 condo-hotel units that are going to be built, so that has helped our sales.

Jack Christie

In the long term, Dell is going to protect Dell. If they see that's affecting sales, they're going to drop that shipping charge. I have the feeling you'll see that happening sometime during the holiday season.

Toni Duboise

They've chosen not to invest as aggressively as other companies, but also they're not seeing the same sales ramp. You know $17 million in sales this year, that's not really a huge number.

John Glass

It really starts us on a cycle of growth that runs through December. It's amazing. We have a stronger fall season than before (the sales tax holiday) was put in place.

John Heavener

Consumers continued to shop right up until the very last minute on Christmas Eve as seen by our spike in sales.

Wayne Best

As far as impact on sales of Chevy trucks, there was very little. A 10 percent increase in fuel efficiency isn't going to make people rush into these vehicles.

Jesse Toprak

Notwithstanding these factors, we believe retail sales growth in the 7% range is quite reasonable given the increased attractiveness and availability of retail projects in Fort Bend and our relative prowess in the region as a retail destination.

John Wiley

We teach firms to be able to step back, look at their company, and identify things that increase sales and improve margins.

Gary Kravitz

One of the properties on the list last year sold. And there was another sale just of land that was listed at $75 million. There have been some major sales in Malibu as well. There's high demand and very little product.

Joyce Rey

With this new book, we expect an even bigger jump in sales and revenue. We've sold eight-and-a-half-million copies already of the new book. That's an enormous number, and we expect to hit over $100 million in sales.

Ray Manchuk

Now sales will take place as the sugar market is hot and would remain so.

Vinay Kumar

With the strong labor report, strong retail sales, and the strong inflation report, market expectations of a sustainable U.S. recovery have increased.

Stephen Jen

This is not an event that is happening tomorrow. Business is usual at our stores at least until May. That's when people will begin to see special sales activities.

Wendy Dominguez

Because a click on a sales pitch feels a lot like a click for an educational opportunity.

Peggy Charren

Retail sales excluding autos and gas held up strongly, while industrial production advanced albeit at a less than expected pace. Both sets of numbers, however, are likely to weaken when the next round of monthly data comes in.

Derek Holt

Ticket sales could be better. The Loyola student body just doesn't always choose to get involved.

John Downing

We remain cautious until we see significant evidence of accelerating sales, operational and commercial execution, and improved long-term visibility on sales and earnings growth.

Jason Kantor

We didn't expect such a large amount of sales.

Pan Yu

I'm not conceding anything to anybody. We respect our competition around the world, and we're realistic about our challenges and opportunities. We know we have to earn the right to maintain our global sales leadership, and we're doing that day after day.

Richard Wagoner

Despite this mini-surge in spending, the modest gain in same-store sales did not meet early projections.

William Ford

Our demographics have been changing the last few years - with three sales in five years, that will mix you up a little bit.

Joe Leone

At best, it's going to eat into their own sales. People are going out later, and you don't tend to drink Guinness late at night. It's hard to imagine something so similar to Guinness changing that.

James O'sullivan

If you start having more than three garage sales in a year, what you're really doing is you're running a business off your residential premises.

Brian Sweet

We don't keep track of final sales, we just anticipate them.

Kathy Grannis

We will work with our distributors to design campaigns and make marketing material and collateral available and will provide accessibility to Acer's own sales team to assist in closing deals.

Rod Bassi

There is still some sales impact, particularly on the West Coast.

Bob Bertini

If it wasn't an impulse purchase and it wasn't the result of high-pressure sales tactics, I feel you should allow at least 12 months of poor performance before the fund even hits your radar screen.

Roy Weitz

March sales met expectations, and inventory is fresh and on plan. We remain comfortable with our estimated first quarter earnings per diluted share range of $.55 to $.58, a 5% decrease to flat to 2005.

John Cato

Booming demand in the southern hemisphere, in India and Africa, drove global mobile phone sales.

Neil Mawston

Travel is good, restaurant sales are brisk, and we find an acceleration of retail sales that surprises me.

John Lonski

The cheerleader calendar increased in popularity and sales each year (since 2002). We are confident this year?s version will continue that trend.

Mark Donovan

These are tremendous numbers. There is nothing solid in the latest round of existing home sales data to show that we're slowing down.

Kevin Harris

It's going to have a devastating impact on the small, boutique properties. They don't have the national sales office.

Phillip Jones

Ticket sales have been absolutely amazing.. we've sold over 1.3 million tickets more than any other commonwealth games by a long long way.

John Harnden

We're looking at what a market has to do to seek and find equilibrium. Those sales had to slow; otherwise sellers wouldn't get the message.

Rick Laws

We're estimating preliminarily that there will be an annual cost of $2 (million) to $3 million associated with administering a sales tax system.

Jeff Sinz

Define the value that your Web site can deliver to you and your customers, in the area of increased sales, decreased customer service costs, and advertising.

Michael Hugos

We are pleased to have turned the corner and be back on track with positive sales growth.

Paul Toms

Third quarter results are disappointing as sales increases in much of our portfolio were offset by declines in the Barbie brand.

Robert Eckert

Retail sales is the single best indication of overall demand in the economy.

Aaron Hill

I'm expecting something like 10,000 in sales in the first 14-day period, and that's what (Universal) is expecting. Once we put up 10,000 units on the board, we'll get on a national tour. Come January, you have the band more than 100,000 (in sales) and on its way to gold. Come June you're on tour with another up-and-comer and approaching platinum.

Ken Cooper

The Grand Prix Foundation board was unanimous in its approval to team with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. to put on the 2007 Charity Ball. We look forward to a long and prosperous alliance with those two great organizations to benefit local charities.

Rick Duree

Sales rates are going to be a little bit less important.  What's really important is how we're setting up for the next two, three, four years.

Robbie Bach

I think it reflects an aggressive positioning of the major national builders to capture market share. What they are doing is throwing a lot of product out in the market and hoping that the sales will match the starts.

Charles Heimsath

In order for consumer electronics sales to be robust over the next three to four quarters, we need to see a pick up in the economy and in the jobs market.

Todd Kuhrt

If Wrigley finds that fairly independent researchers can conclusively prove these benefits, then it can be first to market with a really beneficial gum, which will really boost sales.

Lynn Dornblaser

In the music business, we've always known that personal referrals and relationships lead to sales. The problem is there's been no way to quantifiably track that transaction.

Stephen Murray

The convention center itself is not going to be a cure-all for this city, ... But you're already seeing more retail stores coming into the city, bringing new sales taxes, and new homes being built and bringing in more tax revenues. This is all going to make a difference.

Ron Oden

I hit the half-off sales and buy my wrapping paper for next year.

Michelle Jones

The connection to motorcyclists that we're achieving with this program has been a positive for Ford. We're seeing increased exposure for our product, expanded sales leads, and an improved relationship with our customer base as a direct result of this sponsorship.

Mike Dennis

Stable demand and rising land values have placed upward pressure on pricing resulting in a 14.4 percent increase in average asking rates in only six months. With robust sales activity and mom-and-pop operators seeking expansion opportunities, we believe there is room for additional increases in newly constructed retail centers.

Brian Gordon

We began to work out sales strategies and promotional activities for the consumption peak four months ago.

Nobutaka Shiroki

We also made a decision that we were going to become less reliant on daily rental business -- sales to the Avis, Hertz, Budgets of the world.

Marc Comeau

After several record-breaking years for home sales, builders are anticipating a return of the market to a healthy and steady pace.

David Pressly

In fixed-income sales and trading, we did not repeat third quarter's record but $1.6 billion in revenues. But it was a record fourth-quarter total, about 70% above our average fourth-quarter results over the past two years.

David Sidwell

They're causing problems with the sales of real estate and causing property value drops.

Ben Webster

We're hoping to get in the region of 10,000 people a day and judging by ticket sales we're well on the way to that.

John Phelps

Sales of gas-inefficient large SUVs are in a state of near-collapse this month, ... It seems likely that the shift in the sales mix away from large SUVs will persist and continue to damage Detroit's profit margins in the process.

David Healy

The tone of the conference call was quite cautious. Coupled with a revised outlook on sales and marketing expenditures, it suggests that a re-acceleration of revenue growth will only come at the cost of earnings.

Holly Becker

This promotion is a reflection of the outstanding job Gregg has done managing an international sales force of almost one hundred people. He has played the lead role in opening Business Wire offices in London, Paris, Frankfurt and Tokyo and extending the Business Wire brand internationally.

Cathy Baron Tamraz

A Best Picture nomination and win will mean several hundred thousand additional DVD sales and higher TV and foreign rights.

Tom Ortenberg

Our Five Star dealers did an outstanding job of communicating the consumer benefits of our Chrysler, Jeep and Doge CPOV program and that was the reason for our record sales in 2005. We are pleased to end December and the year on such a high note and look to continue that performance into 2006.

Ray Fisher

They have under-achieved on sales but over-achieved on gross margin gains.

Tony Shiret

We are in a situation where sales of replacement tires have declined for several reasons, ... Obviously concerns surrounding the recall of certain Firestone tires is a contributor to this decline.

John Lampe

We are not going to be an independent product company; we are not going to develop our own end-product sales channel. We don't develop IP or apply for patents.

Dave Purvis

Clearly some operational issues need to be addressed. These are just lost sales and frustrated customers that may never come back.

Robert Johnston

Whether you were a greeter at Wal-Mart or a sales manager or bookkeeper in another industry, these are skills that can transfer easily to the hospitality industry.

Cathy Keefe

I think the main impact of the election has been a degree of uncertainty. Once we know who the president will be it will be very much like Y2K -- it will come and go. You have to focus on sales and earnings, and those have been pretty robust.

Phil Dow

But despite all the deterrents, consumers are still buying. Wal-Mart's sales were up for the month. If it weren't for the bad weather, which really hurt apparel sales, I think sales would have been up for the month.

Laurence Leeds

This change in the accounting classification of the foreign currency hedging activities will have no impact on the company's net sales, cash flows, cash position, debt covenant compliance or dividends.

Richard Shields

It's not as much about sales as it is about how you feel doing it. If I start hating doing this and it makes me miserable, I won't do it anymore. This is not our last record. The way I'm feeling about everything, I could go back and do another album.

Johnny Rzeznik

We feel we are going to have a tremendous amount of onsite sales.

Robert Bonev

Our December department store sales were disappointing, which we think is attributable at least in part to heightened consumer concerns over a slowing economy.

James Zimmerman

The fourth quarter was particularly back-end loaded and a significant amount of business closed in the last week on terms less favorable than expected, ... The resulting sales shortfall and compressed margins became apparent after the end of the quarter.

Mark Sanders

Sales of existing products are slow in some segments, such as the cookies and cakes, and Weston does need to be innovative to keep sales momentum going.

Patrick Schumann

There's no skirting the issue, ... International sales are a major revenue source for technology companies. When international markers brighten, so will results for many of these 'trendsetter' businesses.

Paul Weaver

The majority of the losses are coming from Internet sales, bootlegging and out-of-state sales. The reservations are not located near population centers. They are generally located in rural areas. So we don't think the majority of loss is coming from reservations.

Mark Emery

Trucks make up more than 60 percent of our sales.

Brenda Rios

This year our goal is to raise our competitiveness, to raise the quality of our operations rather than our overall scale and sales volume.

Li Dongsheng

We do see an unfavorable impact in the first 12 months in the range of high-single to low double-digit same-store sales.

Cathy Wright

Retail sales growth is mainly driven by higher volumes, and the pricing power of retailers remains quite limited because of competition.

Kent Yau

It would take a sharp slowdown in both house sales and retail sales for the RBNZ to show some mercy.

Shamubeel Eaqub

They were able to clear a lot of their assortments out without having to resort to big sales.

Mark Rein

The momentum is building for IP line sales. For example, the rate of growth in the fourth quarter 2005 was about 50% higher than the past several quarters. This new level of growth is sustainable because manufacturers have enhanced the feature richness of their IP products, and users are more familiar and comfortable with voice over IP.

Steve Raab

As with the rest of the sector, sales growth will not meet the numbers we originally expected, but it will still be healthy.

Steve Riggio

The LCD glass business, again, had a record quarter. We had sales increase by almost 60 percent for the year in LCD and our volume increased at a number even higher.

Dan Collins

Wal-Mart's cautious comments are warranted. Even though its problems are not company-specific, it does bode badly for the profits and sales across the retail chain in the back half of the year.

Bill Dreher

We're just going to be raising our sales tax out in communities until we can't afford to live here ourselves. The tools are already in place for this county to do the things they're asking to do in this bill.

Rep. David Ure

Sales growth potential is there. There are all these diseases like bird flu around.

Franki Chung

This year we expect a 60 to 70 percent increase for the LCD market in Europe. We will more than double (sales) and increase the (market) share to over 20 percent.

Fujio Nishida

Real-time collaboration is the hot button of the future. It's being built into sales force automation tools, (customer relationship management and) accounting.

Robert Mahowald

It's a new reality in real estate sales.

Barb Jandric

Shoppers would prefer not to pay taxes and it might affect some purchases, ... The number one reason people shop online is convenience and the ability to comparison shop easily. An added 5 percent sales tax on the bottom line doesn't dramatically alter the convenience aspect of buying online.

Carrie Johnson

We plan on doubling sales next year.

Jim Smythe

We don't want the public to have the impression that there are any fire sales here.

Ron Rice

I think they're going to be struggling. Even with 15.9 (million vehicle sales) GM can only make a little money. Ford can't make that and Chrysler probably can't.

Ronald Tadross

There's been a huge difference in sales between this year and last year.

Wang Dan

The consumer was in fairly good shape before Hurricane Katrina. Sales were strong virtually across the board.

Dean Maki

After a year of turbulence following the reorganization of the sales force, it now appears that the group is fully engaged and focused as leadership and accounts have been settled.

Mark Marcon

New home sales activity continued to point to strong consumer demand as our new orders increased 24 percent year-over-year. As the industry continues to benefit from favorable market conditions, we continue to strengthen our position in strategic markets through organic and acquisitive growth.

Stuart Miller

Overall February sales results were disappointing.

Sabrina Simmons

We're doing OK. Are we going gangbusters? No. As we get into the week after Christmas, you're going to have another push upward of sales.

Donald Gher

Home sales will remain strong because all the fundamentals remain rock solid. Long-term rates are falling, inflation is falling and employment remains strong.

Bob Walters

The continued decrease in prices and increase in capacity of the hard disk storage space as well as RAM coupled with our increase of sales allow us to negotiate better pricing for more powerful machines which are pass on to our clients.

Lim Boon Chuan

It depends on how sales go.

Victor Vanov

As I have been walking door to door, at least 80 percent of the people would rather see a sales tax because everybody pays it.

Daniel M. Kozub

If you add up all the product categories, total sales are expected to be $ 3.45 billion to $3.55 billion, up approximately 18% to 22%.

John Heinmiller

The Street was hoping for positive comps in Japan, and also some investors were expecting same-store sales growth in the U.S. to be 10 percent or higher.

Stacey Widlitz

People are still concerned with Christmas sales. We get mixed reports. We're not going to have all the final data on retail sales, but we'll have an indication of who did well.

Bernie Myszkowski

The housing market continues to moderate - and even January's fantastic weather was not able to increase new-home sales.

Phillip Neuhart

Pamela's extensive management and sales experience, combined with her proven leadership ability, makes her a perfect candidate for this position. We are extremely pleased that Pamela has agreed to this leadership role in Monmouth.

John Winston

The aim is that it will lead to premium pricing and more sales.

David Steel

What will happen, daily, is that the general manager or the director of sales or the representative that deals with that account - the embassy here - will get the call: 'Have you had any cancellations?' .

Bjorn Hanson

I call 2005 the year of large transactions and portfolio sales.

Hessam Nadji

In an environment where mine supply is broadly static, central bank sales effectively constrained and scrap supply declining, strong physical demand is genuinely important.

John Reade

I'm pleased with another quarter of strong growth in which our core business revenues increased by 26 percent over last year's second quarter, led by 36 percent growth in analog sales.

Brian L. Halla

McDonald's has done a terrific job of turning around. We're starting to see the beginnings of a sales resurgence in Europe, and that's exactly what we've been looking for.

Janna Sampson

It appears that significant discounting is still needed to boost sales volumes.

Howard Archer

This is in response to a very challenging environment. I would expect broader cuts to be announced within the sales force, marketing, general and (administration) as well as R&D over the longer run.

Jami Rubin

We never in any of our promotional materials promised any sales. We promised a venue, a 10-acre field, where both emerging and established artists could show their works for 60 days and be exposed to a market they normally wouldn't get exposure from.

Manuel Bornia

In order to support the aggressive sales growth target, the company is going to increase its number of dealers to 200 from 150 last year.

Cheng Meiwei

And when I have sales I promote them at 50 percent off that price.

Kristine Fauerbach

The pace of home sales is going to go down, and it's not going to be as good as it was. But it's also not going to be as bad as you fear.

Michael Bazdarich

There are more than 300 million people in the US, so we still have a lot of potential sales out there.

Russell Perreault

For fiscal year 2006 we expect further sales growth and another improvement of our operating profit.

Manfred Wennemer

There is no guarantee that any particular sales method will produce more savings over another.

Susan Hall

Retailers are looking at targeting a specific group of customers to improve their bottom lines and improve sales.

Todd Hultquist

We are running some programs with Palm and some with WinCE. Execs like Palm, and the sales force likes CE. It all depends on what you use it for.

Robert Emanuel

As soon as the weather became brisker apparel sales went up. Jewelry is also popular because a lot of men purchase jewelry as a last minute gift. Expect a lot of traffic in that area.

Debbie Martinez

I don't know a lot about them. I know they're a good team. But I think we match up OK. They have quick guards and press you. They beat Lisle and Lisle beat us twice. They beat Wheaton St. Francis (de Sales) by 13 and we beat St. Francis by 18.

Jeff Froelich

If you take out the fleet aberration, the sales were closer to what everyone expected.

Pete Hastings

Over twenty years, we expect to generate about $80 million or more in sales tax revenue.

Bob Kovitz

You'd almost double the sales of the U.S., potentially.

John Calcagnini

The record industry is changing, and sooner or later we had to face the reality that there's not a lot of room at major labels for any kind of creative music -- not just jazz -- that doesn't generate large sales.

Branford Marsalis

We are delighted to announce that worldwide sales for the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling have now exceeded 300 million copies.

Christopher Little

Because of the shift of increased spending by consumers, it's just such a critical industry right now. Christmas is proof of that. Sales of clothing and jewelry fell year over year, but consumer electronics picked up.

Kurt Scherf

Some sales movement has started. We have been able to restore chicken in the army canteens.

Bharat Tandon

A lot of companies will -- may -- reduce production or decrease production thinking sales will go down. I personally think that if anything Brett Favre has a couple years to go.

Brian Huff

This has been the best year for boat sales since I've been in it for 15 years, ... We are 102 units ahead of last year's pace here, to date, from January through August.

John Randall