Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect.

W. Clement Stone

One percent of all the sales that you make on their credit card are devoted back to the local community school that the customer chooses. That creates a lot of customer loyalty.

Daniel Boone

Senator Seward has advanced a plan that would cap state sales tax on gas at the first $2 of the per-gallon price. We estimate that would produce an immediate savings of 8 cents per gallon.

Duncan Davie

We didn't have a rocket start. But we see sales steadily picking up as more games become available.

Asako Miyata

Businesses are debating their online strategy. Many believe they became too focused on sales. Now they're looking at their Web sites as a way to drive in-store traffic and increase their engagement with customers.

Carrie Johnson

The decision has been made to curtail or reduce the annual contribution. The foundation has been doing an awful lot over the past 10 years and it's time to give it a rest. . . . The Denver Center needs to increase our earned income, which is ticket sales and income through donations.

Randy Weeks

Wal-Mart has been losing same-store sales momentum due to store cannibalization and it's stock has been dead money for over five years compared to Target.

Howard Davidowitz

We believe there is opportunity for a sales-trend improvement as the assortments turn around season after season.

Howard Tubin

Pharmaceuticals again led the way with strong sales growth across all the major therapeutic areas.

Richard Jay

As domestic markets are likely to remain weak through 2006, the company is targeting non-Japan Asian markets to support continued growth in log sales volumes.

Mark Bishop

They work nights and weekends because they know that every day they're missing is a missed day of sales.

Nick Reilly

While production growth has been overall in line with our expectations, higher commodity prices and sales of zinc concentrate in the fourth quarter are likely to lead to a better-than-expected result.

Vedanta Resources

ICD sales were up 30 percent, so they gained about a point of market share from Guidant.

Jeff Jonas

The PC industry is champing at the bit to provide downloaded movies that might compete with DVD sales, and Pay-TV services want to add movies to their video-on-demand services, to their new disk-drive-equipped set-top boxes, and to their emerging high-definition TV services.

Gerry Kaufhold

Our current view is that our forecast is likely to be significantly exceeded. Higher prices are reflected by higher sales volumes and reflect the general buoyancy and confidence in the market.

Liam Bailey

We're up 500 percent in bioheat sales over the last heating season, ... Bioheat is working from a pricing standpoint. It's 6 to 8 cents less per gallon than conventional heating oil.

Michael Devine

Our comparable store sales results for the quarter exceeded those of our traditional and luxury department store peers, ... This performance reflects implementation of our customer-focused strategies.

Brad Martin

AMD is a little bit ahead on dual core, so they will see better sales.

Doug Freedman

Our program with ADC combines our proven sales and account management expertise in this particular vertical. We are pleased that ADC recognizes the value of our core services and selected us through a very rigorous, competitive bid process.

Michael Silton

In 1999 Roswells percentage was 6 percent of the local options sales tax. However, its now around 9 percent or 10 percent. The county kept telling us it wasnt necessary to renegotiate until they had to update their comprehensive land use plan, which they had to do by the end of this month.

David Davidson

We've entered a lull again, with tech issues drifting lower on the back of the slowdown in mobile sales.

Richard Champion

As we understand the proposal at this time, proceeds from any individual land sales would be pooled into a national fund that would be used to continue current levels of payments to counties which contain national forest land.

Terry Seyden

What amazes me is that no matter how obscure or generic a TV show might be, there's always someone who'll buy it. As long as the studios recognize this, they can manufacture modest quantities and generate respectable sales.

Gord Lacey

(Level 3) still has a few more quarters before building sales momentum, but it's not going to go bankrupt - not right away at least. I think they're OK for a few years.

Donna Jaegers

More of the same nightmare scenario of fewer orders and fewer sales, but no different to other sectors.

Robert Sellar

If builders were thinking of empty sales offices, they clearly would not be raising prices by an average of $4,300. It's a demonstration that builders are not seeing anything out there that scares them.

Carl Brown

A revival in their investment plans backs up the case that deflation is ending. Non- manufacturers have no choice but to depend on domestic sales and until now they have been reluctant to increase investment because of concern about deflation.

Ryutaro Kono

The first half of the twentieth century was Boston's freak zenith. The city was home to 140 candy companies by 1950, with sales of $200 million per year. The beginning of the end for Boston came with the rise of the national candy conglomerates: Hershey's and Mars.

Steve Almond

The days of rosy sales tax growth have come to an end.

Richard Kessel

It means that, hopefully, there's going to be a lot of new tree sales generated in the local retail businesses, which is great for them.

Diana Cohen

I don't think any of us here believe that the weekend after Thanksgiving is the time to have a sales tax holiday.

William Murphy

We didn't have any quantitative analysis on the broad effect of digital on watches. It was more anecdotal and 'gut' sense that cell phone and other technology would begin to eat into watch sales.

Don Montuori

One of the issues the city is facing, our sales tax revenue is so low on a per-capita basis - well below any other city in Whatcom County. People go somewhere else to buy things because of limited shopping opportunities in Ferndale.

Greg Young

We are finding we are getting incremental sales and that has been a big focus of what we do in our new product development.

Roger Deromedi

Coming off good first-quarter sales, we're excited about this market.

Jay Moore

Shopping for a car should not be a stressful ordeal. If the sales people have done their job right, and know our products then there's nothing to this other than matching a customer's needs to the right product.

Don Nord

Will professional sales reps take the time to represent a guy with three calendars? Probably not. Will Barnes & Noble give him an appointment? Probably not.

Tom Burke

Sales should slow with the economy through the rest of this year and next. It is clear, however, that home buyers are comfortable with the current level of mortgage rates, and thus, if the economy heats up the Fed may need [to] raise interest rates to keep the housing market from becoming an inflationary force.

Michael Boldin

We should still have a pretty good quarter for consumer spending. January retail sales, excluding autos, were very strong.

Josh Stiles

It is not just ticket sales. It is parking nightmares, rest rooms, emergency personnel, safety and security plans and any number of jobs that create the regional tournament. Just making sure there is cold pop for 5,000 people is a huge endeavor.

Kelly Middleton

It was record assets under management, record sales, record earnings per share.

Barry Griswell

We're just being cautious. This is not a recall, but until we have more information, the responsible thing to do is to discontinue sales.

Peggy Palter

Data provided by certain Arizona wholesalers and distributors indicated that they were able to increase their gross margins to 20 or 30 cents per gallon on some sales post Katrina.

Andrea Esquer

It's not fair for them (sheriff's workers) to get more than other county employees unless it comes from the law-enforcement sales tax. When that money comes in, I don't care if you give them 100 percent.

Richard Webster

As sales and profits continue to expand despite surging basic material prices, Japanese firms are willing to boost investment to deal with growing demand.

Taro Saito

We're a lot of different in some regards, but we recognize each other's strengths and interests. He's very numbers oriented, and equipment oriented I'm more of a generalist I'm interested in marketing, advertising and sales. It was a natural breaking up of responsibilities.

Lindsay Gray

It lets you create an instant campaign at the field level, so if individual sales reps want to communicate with their customers to ask them a question or gain feedback, they can e-mail them through CRM and it will consolidate and monitor responses.

Arne Huse

Clearly, the immediate impact of the events of Sept. 11 was negative -- from disrupted sales, air travel and production, not to mention the effect on the attitudes and expectations of consumers and businesses.

Roger Ferguson

Earnings still grew, sales are growing ... and you know what? They haven't even begun to penetrate China yet.

Scott Rothbort

New home sales numbers are encouraging, especially after the soft durable goods numbers, ... Investors are very worried about real estate, and any figures that ease those concerns bode well for the market. Still, high oil prices remain a worry.

Milton Ezrati

I wake up and put my head on a pillow every night looking for opportunity in the music and movie worlds. We are interested in growing sales; these are important areas to our stores, and we are a growth company.

David Porter (us Navy)

Sales growth combined with slower store growth implies commercial takes a larger role.

Gregory Melich

We were expecting sales to remain in record territory today, not set new records, ... This really underscores the silver lining to clouds abroad.

Diane Swonk

What we see with those affluent consumers is they bring their middle-class values into the luxury market, so they're really the middle-class luxury class. They are looking for discounts and sales and they buy the majority of their luxury goods on sales or [at] discount. They have this middle-class orientation and they know how to save money.

Pam Danziger

Ned told me that I'd really like the group of people that we have here. I thought initially that it might just be part of his sales pitch. But, it's true, he wasn't lying. That clubhouse is a very close knit group of guys that are fun to be around.

Robin Yount

The potential is huge for them both in sales and production.

Tarun Das

We are on budget and the percent average of ticket sales is over our expectations.

Cesare Vaciago

We're not pleased with our sales decline, but it's important for us to improve the quality of our sales.

Paul Ballew

These were products that were going out and replacing sales of the legitimate product made by the musicians.

Brad Buckles

At this point in the buying season, parents have only spent $71.96 so far, so there is time for stores to get aggressive and drive more sales.

Britt Beemer

Offers accepted, or initiated sales (for single-family homes) were way down also, at only 811 (for January 2006). Only January 2001 had fewer, at 761. So 811 is significant and it means February closings will be way down.

Richard Calhoun

Banks rely on sales for repayment, so if presales fall through the bank has a problem. You have to ask the question: Is Tampa ready for upscale living at that price?

Owen Lafave

There are a ton of people out there who have more than three children or have to tow or haul items, ... They need an SUV. One thing we heard during the summer sales was, 'I don't care how much gas is, I've got to have it.'

Jerry Reynolds

Overall, the figures look OK, but if you dig down deeper you see that European sales performance has been very weak, and that all the growth is coming from emerging markets.

Stephen Cheetham

It's a solid quarter, with solid top-line sales growth and comparable store sales growth, combined with gross margin expansion. Their clients have money, and they like to spend it.

Scott Mlynek

We're expecting operating profits to increase by 20% [to $4.4 billion] for the quarter, aided by strong sales in the U.S. and Asia and the weaker yen.

Tsuyoshi Mochimaru

If we limited alcohol sales and advertising, I think it would have a positive effect on alcoholism. We can't change the older generation, but we can still try to reach young people.

Lauri Bekmann

If they already have a computer system running Windows 95, there's not a lot of reason for them to go out and buy Windows 98. In fact, we expect the majority of Windows 98 upgrade sales to go to PC enthusiasts.

Chris Letocq

2005 was a relatively good price year for a number of commodities, both in California and nationwide, and so some small farms moved from one sales category to the next with $1,000 or $2,000 in sales, and that may go back next year just as prices move around.

Dan Sumner

From '97 to today, we have grown 300 percent in sales and profitability.

Jim Whitesel

The company's sequential sales performance benefited from growth in digital consumer and automotive as well as stronger wireless results than we initially expected.

Carlo Bozotti

Reduction in prices of electronic parts for mobile phone handsets were also drastic which undermined our earnings despite a sales increase in terms of the number of units.

Ichiro Takahashi

It's been important for Apple to overcome objections regarding sales of its servers into the large or mid-size enterprise. Apple's been challenged by a pervasive perception that its server offering is not compatible with existing technology.

Tim Deal

It is a message. We are not interested in removing the sales tax on food.

Sen. Gregory Bell

The lowest actual sales numbers for the year are almost always in January or February. That's because these are the sales negotiated around the holidays.

Walt Molony

Sentiment seems to be more upbeat at the moment but bear in mind much of the improvement in earnings has come from restructuring, as companies take action to deal with lower sales and weaker pricing power.

Gert De Mesure

Especially the sales performance in Europe was stronger than expected. The impact of alleged product problems did not really hurt sales in Europe.

Julius Baer

We founded the company ourselves with our own money. We fueled our growth with sales, so the capital investment required to produce each new product is a strain for a small company like ours. But that's the route we took.

Theodore Welt

Our sales growth in the first quarter was driven by strong order momentum across our product lines.

Gideon Argov

Beef sales have been flat year over year, while chicken product sales are growing 8 to 10 percent a year.

Ralph Alvarez

I could look at sales six months ago and they're at one level, but this year there might be 28 homes on the market, none pending, and one closed sale in the last six months.

Brett Ellis

There are some questions whether local car sales will keep rising due to a slower-than-expected recovery in private consumption, although it is premature to take a pessimistic view.

Stephen Ahn

In September, weather really influences sales, especially early-morning temperatures, ... When Mom steps out in the morning and feels that chill, it really makes a difference.

Paul Walsh

We are seeing huge sales increases, which ultimately is good news for Wisconsin taxpayers because that means more money is available for property tax relief.

Jessica Iverson

We?re seeing that some dealers are getting their best customer responses and better sales through the internet. Dealers are spending more on internet advertising, but they?re also getting more for their money. Internet advertising is increasingly replacing traditional newspaper advertising.

Jeff Sacks

The combination of stronger-than-expected consumer interest, a more profitable sales mix and tight controls on spending drove our earnings well-above expectations.

Richard Schulze

We acknowledge the risk that incentives may move higher. This risk is particularly acute considering the potential for a softening of auto sales, and considering all the capacity coming on line between 2000 and 2003.

Rod Lache

We're capitalizing on the position of strength we've built, ... By aligning our business across our three anchors...we will be in a strong position to exploit our multiple sales channels and get even closer to the customer.

Leonard Roberts

When you're reducing waste, you're often reducing costs. You're actually becoming more profitable. And there's all sorts of sales drivers because there's a market for environmentally responsible products.

John Stayton

I was called by a sales rep, and he garbled his last name. When I called back and asked to speak with 'Steve,' the receptionist wouldn't connect me. Here he was, trying to sell me something — I wasn't even calling to recruit him.

Carl Kutsmode

We've already had mid-season sales. I'd argue that punters are doing what they do at Christmas and waiting to see who blinks first.

David Stoddart

October was the seventh month in a row of higher Ford sales to individual retail customers. This October, over 50 percent of our retail car sales were 1999 models. That is much higher than last October's mix of new models, which was 34 percent.

Bob Rewey

I think 2000 will be defined by a flattish level of sales and a better product mix, ... I think that better product mix will feed through to better earnings for most of the major players in the U.S. auto industry.

Saul Rubin

We did well in both our European and Asia/Pacific regions during the quarter, but some of this growth was offset by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. If we were still seeing the same rates we had last year, we would have seen an additional $1.7 million in sales and $0.2 million in net income.

Garry O. Ridge

Great caution should be given to the resumption of new share sales. The most important thing for the stock market now is stability.

Li Yan

But we offset the negative impact fully through the sales increase and cost-savings.

Takeshi Suzuki

Sales have not necessarily lived up to everyone's expectations since launch.

Takashi Sensui

Product development remains an initiative in our Medical Segment. During the year we plan to continue to enhance our individual/association plans as well as review our small employer group products. We plan to explore new marketing relationships with national marketing companies and promote increased brokerage sales through electronic distribution and traditional sales.

Tom Kilian

In 1998, the handheld computer market crossed the important billion-dollar sales threshold and is well on the way to reaching critical mass.

Scott Miller

I think there's a strong probability that digital sales will start to compensate for the decline of physical sales for the global recorded music industry this year.

Mark Harrington

This is the first time there's been a comprehensive plan and sales tax measure for the voters in the North Bay put on that's identical for both counties.

Lillian Hames

It is crucial that we time our new products ahead of major events. My biggest challenge is whether our sales strategy will be strong enough to compete with bigger rivals on a global scale.

Makoto Ebata

Eighty percent of the revenues the athletic program receives from ticket sales, fundraising, and merchandising can be attributed to the hockey program. It comes out to roughly $2.5 million a year.

Patrick Nero

The slowdown in housing will have an effect on other areas of the economy, such as sales of furniture, appliances and home improvement stores.

Chris Mccarty

Motorcycle sales are gaining momentum in India as individuals consider that the main mode of transport, ... Incomes are on the rise, finance is available everywhere and that helps a motorcycle purchase.

Dr. Sanjay K. Jha

In addition, vehicle demand in Indonesia has weakened recently due to the adverse impact of surging gasoline prices, which is a further reason for the downgrade in our sales plan.

Takeshi Suzuki

Right now the largest company we're working with is about $70 million in sales and 600 employees. I was contacted by LTV Steel a couple of years ago, when they were going down, and the program simply isn't large enough to be beneficial to those folks.

Nu Coach Scott Jacobson

The question is whether we're forgoing public sales by holding that many for students right now.

Patrick Martin

Will it hurt sales in Beaumont? Not at the moment, because the people moving in are still going to go to Rosa Parks. But eventually, that's going to be a problem because (home buyers) are going to ask us, 'Can you guarantee my child will go to Rosa Parks?' We can't guarantee anything, we're Realtors.

Marty Taylor

The hotel capital markets continue to be flush with cash, due in part to the record profits the U.S. industry will have earned in 2005. There will be several major trophy hotel sales that will be completed or announced in the first half of 2006 with more to come after.

Joe Toy

Bottom line, the consumer is extremely healthy and sentiment is good. I believe they will be spending heavily this year, and that December retail sales will beat expectations.

Steve Neimeth

We expect to see sales to our western customers increase. We'll be closer to the customer, which means they should get their orders quicker.

Doug Eckrote

Ten dollars is about the price of parking for the Mavericks, so we have a lot we can offer to a family of four and that's probably our target market for single ticket sales, the family of four.

Todd Speer

If you don't have the money, you have to be willing to do the work, ... Try to free yourself up to do the sales, because no one's going to carry the torch like the original founder.

Chris Reed

Canadian income trust funds made a modest comeback following the federal government's decision to enhance the dividend tax credit in response to issues regarding income trusts. The industry leading categories ? Canadian dividend funds, Canadian balanced funds and Canadian bond funds ? continued to bring strong net new sales in November.

Tom Hockin

Recent data on retail sales, dwelling approvals and credit suggests the economy entered 2006 with improved momentum in domestic demand.

Tony Pearson

High dividend stocks are quite popular among individual investors as seen in increasing sales of dividend-focus mutual funds.

Takeshi Yamaguchi

Based on the robust results, we are are confident of achieving our full-year objectives for new record sales and earnings.

Daniel Vasella

I'm ignorant, but I'm not stupid. These two [Bittner and Irving] really don't want this to end. It's not about the birds. It's about increasing DVD sales of their film.

John Cowen

Continued steady growth across the industry is exhibited in May chip sales and, as announced in our forecast last month, we expect the industry to close the second quarter with growth of 4.7 percent.

George Scalise

We will help our newest client engage customers on a more timely and relevant basis. By providing a unified sales and marketing delivery platform that continually updates, mines and assesses customer data, we will help our client interact with prospects to assist them in their purchasing process. This will ensure their communications are relevant to the customer's needs, and much more profitable.

Michael Silton

Instant lottery ticket sales last year were in the neighborhood of $385 million. This year it'll be over $400 million.

Arch Gleason

The reason this December shortfall won't be a shock to the 2006 budget is because the projected sales-tax numbers for December had been adjusted during the year to be more conservative. This was about what we expected.

Tim Burke

As we expected, the second half of 2005 is bringing stronger sales and earnings growth.

Sidney Taurel

The Arctic Monkeys have connected with the mainstream in one leap. This is an outstanding figure as January is a quiet time of the year for sales.

Gennaro Castaldo

That's been one of the most problematic parts for anyone who's in this alternative billing space. They have to get a sales force out providing the power to get retailers to adopt this as another option.

Sucharita Mulpuru

The bottom line is the consumer is showing signs of coming back. But the consumer has come back partly on the heels of massive sales.

Lawrence Goodman

Retail sales are expected to be down, but worry about Producer Price Index and Consumer Price Index releases Thursday and Friday could keep any bond market rally in check.

Chris Low

This would be significant if we were to lose even half our export sales. This would be a very debilitating development in the United States.

Philip Seng

Perhaps more important, our annual dealer sales of cars and trucks to retail customers has nearly doubled in that period, ... We have been consistently outperforming the industry in sales, and our share of the market has grown substantially.

James Holden

Otherwise, sales might be influenced.

Wang Chunli

We have now seen three months in a row where sales have dropped more than expected. At least some home buyers have adopted a wait-and-see attitude.

Robert Kleinhenz

They are focused on marketing and sales and don't have an organized, coherent attack on collections. The great majority think the money is going to come in when it comes in.

George Cloutier

In the week after the federal elections, businesses had to reckon with clear reductions in sales. The unclear political situation is a brake on consumption of the first order.

Hermann Franzen

We continued to see solid double-digit sales growth from the vast majority of our businesses in the third quarter, ... This has enabled us to offset the decline in business units affected by Asia.

Peter Larson

Illinois home sales most likely have reached their peak level in this four-year expansion, and Realtors expect 2006 to see healthy activity in the housing sector with continued favorable price appreciation.

Stan Sieron

I'd like to see higher sales on the year and get sales back up. I can't wait to get started.

Jacob Knight

People just will not learn. Little fillies can run and they go so cheaply these days at yearling sales.

Robert Smerdon

The vast majority of the digital media division's sales come from overseas operations. Domestic operations are only focusing on research and development.

Chu Woo Sik

We compliment the elected officials in W. Virginia for having the wisdom to ban enforcement cameras, but we continue to receive increasing numbers of sales from motorists there who tell us they are concerned about cameras in nearby states.

Joe Scott

Through our digital online sales, the LSO can reach a different audience. We believe there are a lot of people, especially young ones who want to get into classical music but feel intimidated in retail stores (by their lack of knowledge).

Chas Jenkins

The market's slight disappointment with the figures may reflect a perception of lower profit leverage to the higher sales growth together with another indifferent quarter in the medical division.

Simon Smith

The biggest draw, of course, is traffic. That's what they all look for. Traffic generates sales. It's got to be high-quality traffic.

Sheldon Ferkey

Our performance continues to be driven by robust sales of our innovative oncology products which have helped nearly double our revenues in a three-year time period.

Arthur D. Levinson

Our mission is to help our members and suppliers build sales and create repeat business through innovative marketing. We're providing members with extraordinary support, free, high quality marketing materials, and of course, outstanding travel deals from our preferred cruise and tour suppliers.

Mike Baldwin

We are not looking just to increase the number of models and go aggressively after unit sales, the most important thing is to pursue profit. But we are not going to complain if sales keep increasing as they have.

Fumio Urano

While demand is moderating, sales remain healthy on an historical basis.

Bill Lovejoy

We think this is a good move for Johnson and Johnson. It boosts their pharmaceutical (sales) growth also brings them expertise in research and development of drug delivery.

Girish Tyagi

The retail sales numbers are obviously important because it's our first peek at what demand is going to look like in the first quarter of this year.

Tim O'neill

Sales are strong, but not at a peak, and price increases are slowing down, especially in the markets that took off first back in 1998 and 1999.

Marshall Prentice

We saw a tremendous response from that and saw double digit sales increases.

Monte Doran

We wish to balance this loss of jobs as far as possible by offering alternative positions in our sales force or with our sales and business partner.

Gerhard Rupprecht

New homes sales sprang back to life like a zombie in a cheap horror flick. And like that zombie, housing really is dead. Don't let all that twitching fool you.

Bob Brusca

New boat sales and boating participation have been flat for the past decade.

Kelly Kaylor

Sales are starting to get back up there after the holiday period and prices show no real sign of weakness.

Howard Morley

We expect that time would become much shorter as the sales tax grows with the city. The city expects to grow quite a bit in the coming years.

Jim Little

It was good year for car sales overall, but GM, Ford suffered particularly because of the collapse of their big SUVs.

Dave Healy

They didn't want to include that provision in the original document because they were afraid it would deter sales.

Janet Abaray

Critically important entity in Putnam County. Our charge is to bring solid, reliable and successful businesses into the county, providing jobs while assisting the heavily burdened residential property owner with needed tax relief. More business means added sales tax revenue.

Kevin Bailey

The regulator is moving toward a more market-oriented mechanism for company stock sales.

Li Zhi

Sales are down by half, which is a slight improvement, but really it's still very grim.

Bharat Tandon

This welcome recovery in HCV sales indicates a far more progressive approach towards fleet management in the very important distribution sector of our economy.

Frans Cloete

It appears that same-store retail sales have continued to do reasonably well.

William Ford

It's feast or famine. Some are getting (sales growth through discounts), some are getting it at full price.

Bob Buchanan

It's a win-win situation. Customers attracted to the luxury element, also discover that Land Rovers, because of their off-road capabilities, are extremely durable. The perception of Land Rovers is changing, which is reflected in our sales.

Pat Ward

I was here working. I didn't watch it. My sales manager came in the next day and said, 'Marty, you sure know how to lose $1 million.' I said I didn't lose anything.

Marty Whitman

We are having the show over two weekends (Jan. 27-29 and Feb. 3-5) because the weekends are better attended. The guys (boat sales people) need a break, too. This way they have a chance to rest up a bit during the week.

Rob Lynch

Our main concern is to not trade in lowering property taxes for an increase in sales taxes.

Dennis Hartnett

These were pretty decent numbers overall. There was some concern over the sales numbers, but revenue also was strong for the quarter. There doesn't appear to be any letdowns here.

Dan Geiman

Once our budget is recouped from our preorders and sales that week, that's usually the time we lower prices. We need to make it back up for the office to run the rest of the year.

Amy Currier

The bigger story here is the return to historical norm of the sales number. The 7 percent internal growth number will help build a higher level of confidence that the company's investment efforts in hiring sales personnel is paying off.

Don Gher

He may or may not have viewed himself as a fine artist, but he did photos for himself as well as commercial photos. We have several samples of his Pyramid Lake photos that he did for himself. He viewed his commercial work as sales items to make money and saw his landscapes as more artistic.

Lee Brumbaugh

We continue to see strong sales momentum in the region, led by high demand for our flagship products.

Till Becker

This is such a innovative product that, when we are successful with the marketing program, this could propel the company to new heights in sales and profitability.

James Ray

As more listings of homes come on the market during this period of modestly declining sales, more home buyers will find themselves in a better position to negotiate.

Thomas Stevens

Imagine your sales department needs some help with graphic design.

Scott Pitchford

They use our customized question-and-answer services for their Web sites, so their customers can ask pre-sales questions and get information about things like support.

Robert Wrubel

Clearly, we put in place a platform for solid, sustainable growth in both sales and profits. All the pieces are in place for another excellent year in 2006.

Mackey Mcdonald

Obviously they're trying to repair that reputation. But since their reputation has been so damaged in the aftermarket, it's unlikely they are going to fill the lost orders with replacement tire sales.

Wendy Needham

This bump in sales in the market is due to PCs that were bought around the Y2K time frame. That's certainly slowing down.

Charles Smulders

Our beer sales have grown from the day we opened.

Colin Kaminski

Fundamentally, we see a positive correlation between gas prices and sales of vehicles. We're certainly seeing fuel economy becoming a more important issue with consumers as we continue to see gas prices rise.

Sage Marie

We continue to be concerned with the recent pattern of (the company's) estimate reductions, sales sluggishness in the core personal-care division, increasing margin pressures and deteriorating working capital trends.

Douglas Lane

It's been quite a sales job. Both managers are not really excited about it. I don't think the Northern League is that fired up.

Rick Muntean

They've had lighter [numbers] in the past two quarters. There might have been some inventory fluctuations that would actually help them and have a small impact on sales numbers on the positive side. Otherwise, I'm expecting numbers to be in line with consensus.

Shiv Kapoor

After you cross that 99-cent psychological line with consumers, you're going to hurt sales.

Wayne Rosso

It's tough to go direct to end-users when you are likely competing with a person who has almost everything else -- including a sales relationship with your potential customers.

Tom Barnes

A sales tool is not just another IT tool. This is the thing that touches every minute of their lives. More importantly, it's the thing that either drives or inhibits the sales or the revenue and that's critically important to these people. It's like you're ripping out their DNA and replacing it.

Steve Acterman

This should not be going on. With all the needs in our city, they are spending precious dollars on a party. This is a commercial holiday. It provides sales for vendors, but it will not provide the jobs we need.

Mtangulizi Sanyika

Production is up, sales are up, and all that can exist without job growth.

Stephen Levy

Sales and marketing is a hot area for job openings. On average, in any given company, there is around a 30 percent turnover rate for positions in this area. Top performers are always looking for new opportunities to sell more and leading companies are always hungry for new talent that will generate more revenue.

Mary Delaney

Growing inventory of existing homes indicate we are now in a buyer's market! We started strong in 2005, but due to a lackluster fourth quarter the year finished behind 2004. Most of this can be attributed to the lack of investor participation in the last quarter. Sales for 2005 were about 5 percent below that of 2004.

Denny Grimes

Before banks wanted to see three comparable sales. Now lenders are asking for a fourth and a fifth comparable.

Bob Moulton

While sales data can indicate what is selling, we can give people the why and how.

John Gillespie

The near-term is fraught with more questions than answers. Sales comparisons are likely to toughen dramatically going forward.

Todd Slater

Not a lot of people converted to Windows 95. It happened much more slowly than people expected, and it was really skewed into the business and corporate market as opposed to the home market. That reflected on the retail sales.

Louis Mazzucchelli

The new data adds $100 million to $150 million on top of that projection [that sales would double] because even though there's less efficacy, it's less toxic to heart patients.

Matthew Geller

While our comparable-store sales were negative for the quarter, we are beginning to see improving sales trends in certain areas of our business, reflecting a better balance of fashion, brands and prices. We remain focused on addressing opportunities to increase volume.

Blake Nordstrom

When I found out about it, I couldn't get it out of my head. I started writing and shooting things, and, once they were ready to make the pilots and sales tape, I was very happy to produce it.

Jaime Nelson

A lot more bikes are selling at MSRP so Harley is starting to give the appearance of being more like auto companies, using incentives to push product through the dealer, ... That could boost unit sales but at what cost?

Tim Edwards