Since most Indians buy vehicles with borrowed money, high interest rates have been a major factor hurting sales.
The picture does not get any clearer when you factor in sales data.
The other major factor pushing the sales of digital set-top boxes is good old government regulation.
GM's Mr. Reuss also sees fuel prices playing a factor in a sales shift to smaller vehicles.
Notebook computers are the fastest-growing form factor in computer sales--versus desktop computers and servers--and are also AMD's weakest category.
Apportionment means you take the net profit and apply a percentage factor derived from sales, property owned and payroll.
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While sales are not a factor in the judges' decision, authors typically experience a dramatic increase in sales after receiving the prize.
Another factor that will affect billionaire sales: governmental policies geared targeting the ultra wealthy.
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As for the Americas, the company said that a major factor was the drop in sales for the Logitech Revue device for Google TV.
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The emphasis on HDTV as being a key factor driving broad-based console sales kind of misses the point.
And as for intangibles, a sales executive has to factor in office politics, competition, suddenly transferred prospects, budget battles, bankruptcies, and countless other acts of God and still make his number.
We believe that while toptable.com did contribute to a bulk of the increase in expenses, more particularly the indirect expenses, an important factor was a disproportionate increase in sales and marketing expenses.
If you hold a taxable stock portfolio, the critical factor is the timing of your stock sales.
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The Company firmly believes that its Web site is a key factor behind its industry leading comparable store sales gains.
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The firm said the single most important factor cutting like-for-like sales had been a decision not to chase unprofitable sales in sectors such as computing, which are highly competitive.
It seemed to me that there were just as many earnings beats as earnings misses, so a favorable holiday sales outlook is not a factor in the positive technical divergences.
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You are likely to find a buyer more quickly and at a better price if you factor in local market conditions and recent sales before setting an asking price, burnish your home's Internet profile and plan ahead for a home appraisal.
You might get a lift in sales, but you have to factor in all the damage you have done to your customer base.
When a Monkey Island: Special Edition remake was released in 2009, the nostalgia factor was enough for it to briefly top the sales chart.
Other industry studies have broadly agreed with the thesis that new products do more to drive sales and gain incremental share than any other factor, by far.
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As readers have pointed out here on Forbes, even though the company has been criticized for its patent actions, the lack of an iPhone 5 wow factor, and its new mapping service, pre-sales of the iPhone 5 quickly went over the 2 million mark.
The expected decrease in revenue includes not only the seasonal factor, but also some revenue decreases due to tablet end sales.
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In the case of sales and marketing, however, there is another important factor in achieving alignment.
Siri drove iPhone 4S sales even when consumers were expected and wanted a new form factor.
He also points to the increasing trend of free shipping and returns from online retailers as a factor in the rise in his--and all online--sales.
One big factor, according to the GAO report, is aggressive industry marketing, including sales pitches delivered through "educational" 401(k) materials and misinformation delivered by call-center representatives.
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