Last week the Nielsen Company and Billboard released their annual year-end report on music sales.
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After sales of LCD TV sets grew last year, sales are expected to slow 13% this year, according to a report by research firm DisplaySearch.
When an organised retailer opens nearby, small retailers typically lose about 23% of their sales in the first year, the report finds.
The company said it now expects to report Q4 and full year comp store sales down 1%-2%.
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Sanrio is expected to report record sales for the fiscal year to March.
However, it appears attitudes are changing as Crystal Holidays, the largest British Tour Operator, report sales about the same as last year.
Earlier this year, GM said in its annual report that "growing Cadillac sales in China is a priority".
After its fiscal year ended in July 31, 2012, Pall released a fourth quarter and full year fiscal report in September, which revealed increases in such areas as sales and earnings per share.
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While also affected by the South African supply disruptions, this turnabout was in large part due to a swing to net investment from disinvestment a year ago, lower Russian stockpile sales and stronger demand, according to the Johnson Matthey report.
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Global sales of mobile phones fell in 2012 compared with the previous year, according to a report from research company Gartner.
While I expect a stepped up promotional program for the current important Christmas selling season, I continue to believe that the company will report in the fourth quarter drop in sales of about 20% from the previous year.
The trend continued this year as sales increased by 33%, and 80% of retailers offered online promotions, according to an IBM Benchmark report.
Contrast this to the peak year of 1998, when 372, 843 homes were manufactured. (We then had an industry share of 8%.) Sales would have been terrible last year under any circumstances, but the financing problems I commented upon in the 2009 report continue to exacerbate the distress.
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