In 2011, the country was responsible for 41% of the world's art sales, making it the biggest market for art for the second year running, according to market tracker Artprice.
In the third quarter of 2012, the smartphone accounted for 39.6% of phone sales around the world.
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Britain said it would not give export credits for arms sales to 63 of the world's poorest countries.
Instead of the outright ban on Zimbabwe diamond sales recommended by the World Diamond Council last year, the Kimberley Process decided in November simply to suspend sales for six months to give the government another chance to comply with its standards and to withdraw all troops from the area.
The story for the developed world is one of a slow-down in sales over the next five years, according to the report.
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But other global brewers are keen to expand in Africa too, as they seek growth markets to compensate for flat or falling beer sales in the rich world.
However, in spite of the recent downturn, the country continues to be the largest market for elevators in the world, constituting nearly half of all elevator sales globally.
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Aboulafia derides the exaggerated sales expectations that companies have for the systems, noting that his consultancy estimates the value of world unmanned aircraft output today at only 2.5 percent of the amount for manned aircraft, and forecasts it will remain below five percent in 2020.
Robert Pringle of the World Gold Council told the BBC's World Business Report that the new sales threshold would help stabilise the market for the yellow metal.
GBC's Mr Tedstrom, is there anywhere in the world that lacks a sales point for Coca-Cola?
"He has not asked for a sales plan or to open stores around the world, " says Davin.
Though the materialization of each of these risks can cause a sharp correction in the price of the metal from these historically high levels, I do find the possibility of central banks selling gold as the most devastating for the price of metal especially if sales come from the US that holds 27 percent of world gold reserves, and the Euro area that holds 35 percent.
It's a combination that will inevitably help the LED dominate the market for illuminating the world's workplaces, according to the global leader in lighting sales.
As the rest of the financial world moved on, they hunkered down, rejecting the need for a retail sales force and assiduously forgoing a public offering of their own.
The World Cup organising committee also said sales on the internet gave everyone a chance to buy tickets for the correct price.
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It is the smallest, most portable scope in the world, making it the ideal solution for hobbyists and students, as well as field sales and application engineers.
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Columbia law professor Michael Graetz proposed to replace the income tax with a VAT (a kind of national sales tax common in the rest of the world) for most households.
Automakers know that offering buyers a wide range of cars and trucks that go farther on a gallon of gas is good for sales and profits in the United States and around the world.
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And while sales of microchips in Europe during November were up by a reasonable 5.3%, and those in Asia Pacific by just under half that amount, sales in America, the world's largest market for microchips, were still virtually flat.
The shutdowns mean 40, 000 vehicles won't be produced, said a spokesman for the world's biggest auto maker by sales.
That was the lowest point for U.S. auto sales per capita since World War II.
Traditional sales methodologies are an artifact of the old-world that have languished for far too long.
They have built sales organisations around the world to make the most of the abundant resources for producing pork, poultry and grain in Brazil, complemented by ideal growing conditions and low labour costs.
The Forbes Global 2000, our annual survey of the world's largest companies based on composite rankings for sales, profits, assets and market value, had 191 new names joining the list in 2007.
Google has made its Apps business--its online calendar, e-mail, document sharing and other services--compliant for government use, a move the company hopes will help direct sales to the world's largest information technology business and improve its profile with private-sector corporate customers.
In an age when only giants are supposed to survive in the pharmaceutical world, little Takeda thrives, showing record profits and record sales for 11 consecutive years.
"Developing areas of the world, which today account for 23% of Caterpillar's sales, will regain their footing and grow at an accelerated rate--more than twice that of industrialized nations, " predicts Barton.
Thursday is this month's big day in the retail world, with lots of big chains reporting same-store sales figures for February.
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