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The other mistake that has preyed on my mind has to do with the VW Jetta, which I crucified in a column a few months ago as being de-contented, dumbed-down and sadly cheapened Americanized, as part of Volkswagen of America's master plan to increase sales by lowering the brand's price point.
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Liz Claiborne's declines were offset slightly by sales of the company's Kate Spade brand, which increased comparative sales by 44% during the quarter.
Fiat saw sales fall 4%, but its Alfa Romeo brand saw sales collapse by a third.
Buyakin said he expects worldwide sales of the upstart brand to grow by 20% in 2011.
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Following a fivefold increase in sales from 2004 to 2007, the brand was purchased by LMVH in 2008 .
Its traditional Jeep brand had a strong quarter too, expanding sales by 47% to 23, 079.
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Cadillac, the luxury car brand owned by General Motors, plans to double its sales to around 300, 000 in the next three years with the help of new introductions and model revamps.
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One Kings Lane initially offered five sales "events" batches of goods grouped by theme (armchairs) or brand (Frette) a week.
On that measure, MINI was the most successful brand in the BMW group, outstripping overall BMW sales that were up by 4% compared with July 2011.
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In the fourth quarter, the company plans to increase sales of LCD TVs by expanding marketing of CINEMA 3D Smart TVs and enhancing its premium brand positioning with the new Ultra HD TV.
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It's more than halfway toward sales targets of 800, 000 for the VW brand and 1 million for the group by 2018.
The iconic British brand reported sales were up 11% in the quarter ended March 31, led by China and Hong Kong.
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That's the finding of a study released Tuesday by brand abuse tracking firm, MarkMonitor, measuring the disturbing growth of counterfeit drug sales on the Web.
Earlier this year, Cadillac executives were saying they intended to at least triple sales in China from 30, 000 in 2011 to 100, 000 by 2016, but the brand already has faltered somewhat.
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However global sales value grew by 5%, thanks in part to the roll-out of its Drambuie 15 brand across a number of domestic markets.
Not only is La-Z-Boy is gaining share overall, but its sales of stationary furniture, the larger segment of the furniture category and the one previously underdeveloped by the brand, are growing faster than recliners.
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Last month the Mercedes brand beat BMW by 3, 189 deliveries though it finished just slightly behind in total sales for 2011.
Premium brand Ballantine's recorded stable sales figures, with strong results in Eastern Europe and Latin America countered by a sharp decline in Spain "in a very difficult Scotch category".
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