Expect weaker Chinese New Year sales, too, they said.
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The reward for his (and his company's) labors: A new five-year sales contract with the same (previously) disgruntled customer.
The Government of the Republic of Botswana, with which Anglo has a new 10-year sales agreement, owns the rest.
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In a terrible year for new jet sales, the entry-level Mustang has been an outlier.
It was not a good start for this year, after 2010 was the worst year for new home sales in almost half a century.
But the new figures indicate that the weakness in sales persisted into the new year, and is likely to produce lower final numbers for the full first quarter.
Total sales in 2013 are expected to hit 16 million, not far off from an annual average of 17 million new vehicle sales in the year before the global financial crisis.
Last month, Pernod also said sales in China during Lunar New Year, which began in mid-February this year, were flat, with whiskey sales falling in particular.
Last year, sales of new cars in China jumped by 56% to a record total of 1.13m units.
During the post-New Year week rebound in video game sales, aging consoles from Wii to Sony PSP posted double digit sales increases as kids with money in their pockets rushed to game stores.
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It had a phenomenal year for sales and market share last year and needs exciting new products to pump that momentum.
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Still, the upbeat domestic sales figures for the first month of the new business year are likely to fan optimism that Japanese car makers will continue to regain sales momentum after the disruptions caused by last year's Asian natural disasters, which also included flooding in Thailand.
The new game saw year-over-year sales on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 up 7 percent.
Foreigners, mostly Chinese, Indonesian, Malaysian and Indian, made up 36% of all new-home sales so far this year.
Department stores and supermarkets reported that sales over the lunar new year holiday were 10-20% higher than in 2008.
Discounts are fast becoming available on just-arrived 2012 cars and trucks as automakers want to jump-start sales for the new model year.
The company warned shortly after the New Year that a bad season of holiday sales will lead to lower than expected adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization.
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The department store has struggled with mounting losses and sharp sales declines since early last year after shoppers were turned off by a new strategy that eliminated most sales in favor of lower prices every day.
Excluding fuel, like-for-like sales in the first half half of the year, which strip out the impact of sales from new stores, rose by 2.2%.
That's why it's urgent for dealerships like Cerrone's Crest Nissan , which sells about 1, 000 new cars a year, to replace the gross profits they used to get on new-car sales.
The problems will only get worse, if, as is likely, new-car sales in America drop this year.
Chipotle confirmed that it expects to open 155 to 165 new stores this year, as same-store sales rise by single to mid digits.
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Over the past year we have seen new and existing home sales on the rise in conjunction with prices, which is an encouraging sign.
Ocado saw its shares jump 24.5% in the first hour of trading, after it reported a strong rise in sales over the Christmas and New Year period, on top of news about a possible technology-licensing agreement with Morrisons.
In tabulating year-to-date new-car sales he assumed that states having greater than average new-car sales growth rate reflect a more robust economy than those having below average growth, and would in turn be more likely to vote for the incumbent, and vice-versa.
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He's been struggling to stay afloat, with new-car sales down 50% from a year ago.
Alan Dickinson, a 50-year-old technology sales executive in New York, is looking to buy his second property in the city.
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Nokia, once itself the leading mobile phone manufacturer, reported on Thursday a return to profit in the final quarter of last year, with strong sales of its new Lumia smartphone, its first major product launch since the company teamed up with Microsoft.
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