Some franchises require someone to be good at sales while others might fit less-brazen personalities.
There is an inverse correlation between the number of words you say and your success at sales or persuasion.
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This Spring the International Journal of Research in Marketing surveyed several academic papers looking at sales productivity and how to enhance it.
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If we look at sales immediately after launch, almost 20 million SIII units were sold in only 100 days of its launch.
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Sageworks doesn't track 12-month trailing quarterly data, which is why we didn't look at sales and income growth rates thus far in 2008.
That will give Amazon a crack at sales at rival sites, not to mention steady info on what is bought and how buyers like what they get.
At sales of collections from grandees like Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Amelia, the bourgeoisie bought the oil paintings, bronze sculptures and decorative masterpieces that transformed them into faux aristocrats.
Flash to video: for years, Gates and his team have put together joke videos, most of which are shown only at sales meetings or occasionally at the company's annual financial analyst meeting.
First half sales at Global Experian were up 10%, while sales at Experian North America were up 3%.
Products are sold in its stores, online through its e-commerce Web site or at organized sales events at college campuses.
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Look at the sales charts at asymco.com to see how iOS products are growing, and what percentage of the total market they occupy.
Sales at the Sears stores were up, mostly because of good clothing sales, while online sales at both Sears and Kmart were up 20%.
The clothing chain saw a 2.7% drop in Autumn and pre-Christmas sales at its High Street stores, although this was offset by a big jump in sales at its online business.
Sales at both automakers dropped more than 20% from their September 2004 levels, while the three Japanese carmakers increased their sales at double-digit rates.
In the last few years, Internet sales have grown at a much faster rate than sales at brick-and-mortar retailers.
On a comparative basis for stores open at least a year, the company said that sales at Anthropologie fell 7%, sales its teen retailer Urban Outfitters were flat and they increased 14% at Free People stores.
According to a study conducted by the research company Experian Automotive, a one-dollar variation in gasoline prices can be expected to account for just a 0.7 difference in small car sales at the one end of the new-vehicle spectrum and a 0.5 percent difference in full-size pickup truck sales at the other.
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"I want a business that is more focused on sales and one that is better at converting sales into profit, " he said.
Period. (he was rather angry at a sales engineer who was dismissive of smaller customers at the time) Remember, a lot of big customers start small.
The SAAR is an estimate for what sales would be for an entire year if they continued at the sales pace for a given month, taking seasonal variation into account.
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In the medium-term if global growth stalls and oil prices decline due to reduced industrial demand, this will likely help truck sales at the expense of car sales.
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He notes that RIMM is a material customer for Celestica, at about 21% of sales, while the company accounts for 15% of sales at Jabil and more than 10% for Flex.
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Today, IMS Health released its annual look at the sales of prescription drugs in America.
Many pharmaceutical companies are struggling as expiring patents allow cheap generic drugs to gnaw away at their sales.
State efforts at online sales tax collection have made it much, much easier to run my small business.
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There have been rumors of renewed aggression at Infy sales team in Bangalore and rumblings of disgruntled, unmotivated employees.
At heart sales relies on empathy or the ability to resonate with others.
The computer models also guide Ford in keeping incentives at a level at which sales won't outstrip factory capacity.
But just how effective are these promotions at boosting sales and creating loyalty?
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