After just six years of selling FAA-certified aircraft, the Duluth, Minn. privately held company in 2005 surpassed Cessna in sales of piston aircraft, as measured by dollar volume.

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Since Cleis Press started selling digital books in 2008, its sales have grown 30%, and the publisher attributes 40% of its dollar volume to e-books.

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Kendall-Jackson has had 18% annual unit-volume growth in the 1990s and a dollar market share in the highly fragmented chardonnay segment (60% of its sales) that dwarfs its nearest competitors.

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