Sales will never let marketing take credit for sales, but they will give them credit when leads become sales.
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Thornton said three of China's most closely watched yardsticks are rife with potential problems exports, real estate sales and credit.
We are optimistic on our estimate largely because of the shift away from paper based transactions which will drive sales on credit cards and debit cards.
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"Growth in household loans slowed notably from the previous quarter, while sales on credit saw a big fall amid sluggish consumption, " the bank said in a statement.
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Altogether, the price controls would affect about 60 of the largest banks, including Bank of America, issuing debit cards that account for more sales than credit cards.
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There has yet to be information on the actual proceeds from the sales to Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs, as those details are being withheld until the NY Fed has completely wound down the portfolio.
Citing a dramatic drop in home sales after the credit expired, economists say it did little more than pull inevitable summer home sales forward and delay a recovery.
Stonehenge Capital of Baton Rouge, for example, arranges credit sales in six states other than Louisiana.
The improved economic conditions resulted to increased sales and prompt credit card payments by the consumers.
The pressure to adapt squeezed the builders' cash, leading several top companies to reduce construction and sales efforts while credit evaporated.
Some planners will credit sales commissions they get against their fee.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the National People's Congress the top annual meetings of China's legislature the developers said that the market continues to face pressure from declining sales and tightened credit.
"Sluggish sales and tight credit controls have forced small enterprises to reduce new construction since the start of the second half of 2012, " Tan Huajie, Vanke's board secretary, said at a news conference Wednesday, adding that he expects there may be insufficient new housing supply in the coming year.
Instead it put the rise down to strong sales through partnerships, such as its credit life protection products sales through Lloyds TSB.
But the conversation never gets that deep, and so the national sales tax gets undeserved credit.
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's X-Charge, a sales agent for his credit-card processor, saying MasterCard had identified "some sort of breach or compromise" within his system.
My buddy who owns a string of McDonald's restaurants notes that credit card sales account for 16% of store volume, an unusually high ratio.
Citi analyst Deborah Weinswig estimates that only 15% of Wal-Mart sales are paid via credit card leaving an ample pool of potential Blue Bird users.
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The acceleration of retail sales, especially in credit-sensitive sectors, runs counter to what monetary policy makers said in their decision to cut rates last month.
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Last year 67% of the company's sales involved customers using credit.
More than two out of three sales in Europe are credit-financed.
With the doldrums in new U.S. home sales and widespread mortgage credit concerns, investors gave the home-building sector more than its fair share of shiners this week, .
Given that nearly 50% of luxury purchases made by Chinese take place outside of the mainland, the most effective way to monitor high-end retail sales is to track credit card transactions.
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Exports have held up well, fixed-asset investment and retail sales have been strong and credit growth has accelerated.
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American standards are tougher, though it appears as if some companies also took credit for the sales up front.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes weekly jobless claims, preliminary productivity and costs, chain store sales data, and consumer credit.
It does mean all bookings, almost 90% over the Web, are firm credit-card sales, the flight costs determined by yield-management software familiar to any airline customer.
Target posted third quarter earnings before the bell on Wednesday beating top and bottom line expectations as sales were solid and the credit card unit improved its performance.
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