Schering also got caught boosting sales of hepatitis drug Peg-Intron with dodgy marketing schemes.
Retailers reported an even balance between food and non-food, with the start of the tourist season also boosting sales.
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Hanson has made improving margins and inventory levels, as well as boosting sales.
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But just how effective are these promotions at boosting sales and creating loyalty?
Prospects for boosting sales to the continent are not exhilarating: recent indicators of manufacturing activity point to a slowdown there.
Sageworks CEO Brian Hamilton has said that while the recovery in the U.S. economy has been uneven, some industries are boosting sales.
He also pointed to the fact that some established High Street names, such as Comet, are no longer trading, boosting sales at rival retailers.
The timing of Easter, which fell in March this year compared with April last year, flattered the figures by boosting sales of food and and homewares.
Today, brands can put some personality behind their names at the click of a button, leading to stronger relationships with their customers and ultimately boosting sales.
That said, there is more than just prestige that comes with being at the top of the list: The lists generate attention for books, thus boosting sales further.
Music companies see music as a market and want to be able to charge more for popular songs, but Forrester research analyst James McQuivey says Apple's core goal to sell iPods keeps it focused on boosting sales via cheaply priced music.
In order to get investors interested, SpringLeaf needed to get its hands on a large-molecule drug that had already been through the regulatory gamut so that its novel delivery system would greatly improve that mature drug by giving patients greater convenience and control and thus boosting sales of the combination.
Bristol had apparently encouraged wholesalers to buy way more of its products than they needed, boosting 2001 sales.
Rising prices could play an important role boosting home sales if they encourage more sellers to test the market.
Another reason for boosting gum sales is that chocolate isn't as profitable.
Shimao Group is building five-star hotels that will bear the names of big chains and is boosting China sales through overseas sales partners.
But Hershey executives say their "hand-to-mouth" products are boosting company sales because people eat their candy more often, not necessarily more each time.
In addition to boosting his sales and service staff, Vasudevan recently introduced a new set of capabilities that offer customers more reasons to buy from Nimble.
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At the moment Chrysler doesn't need more production capacity, but it would come in handy if the company meets its goal of boosting worldwide sales by a million vehicles.
At the moment Chrysler doesn't need more production capacity, but it would come in handy if the company meets its goal of boosting worldwide sales by one million vehicles.
And such fleet modernization programs, which provide a generous credit to consumers who turn in old, less fuel-efficient cars and purchase cleaner cars, have been successful in boosting auto sales in a number of European countries.
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That includes a quick way for consumers to buy a song they hear, potentially boosting download sales from iTunes, as well as a revenue share of new audio ads Apple is planning to add to the free service, according to sources.
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It shrugged off slower sales in Europe, and particularly in its home country of Spain, by expanding into markets in Asia and boosting its online sales presence.
The analyst now estimates sales of 13 million iPads in the quarter, down from 16 million, while boosting his projection on iPhone sales to 29 million, from 27 million.
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One way to mitigate the impact of possible slowdown in discrete GPU sales is boosting mobile revenues.
They also aggressively vied with each other for market share, boosting their ranks of sales representatives and heavily promoting themselves through social media and email offers and discounts.
In the land of lifetime employment (at least for many workers in big companies), Mr Ghosn shocked Japan by announcing the closure of five factories employing over 16, 000 people in Japan alone, cutting capacity by 30% to bring it more into line with sales and boosting utilisation rates to around the 75-80% rates at which car makers begin to make money.
U.S. dealers are growing concerned about tight supplies of Toyota's popular Prius as a sharp rise in gasoline prices is boosting the hybrid's sales.
Healthy yen earnings could, if not gobbled up by higher yen prices for imported goods in Japan, and under the right conditions, fund new investments in sales- and growth-boosting activities such as research and development.
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