The next day the saleswoman does all 6 of her calls, but gets no sales orders.
For example, a keyhole real-time dashboard might inform a product manager that sales orders were 40 percent below normal in the morning.
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On Tuesday, DR Horton reported earnings, beating top and bottom line estimates and seeing a jump in their order backlog, their net sales orders, and homes closed.
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More sales will require orders and deliveries, and Americans do not typically like to wait.
U.S. stocks closed at a record highs Tuesday after reports on auto sales and factory orders provided the latest evidence that the U.S. economy is strengthening.
Among reports of recent weeks that came in better than forecasts were consumer sentiment, retail sales, home sales, construction spending, auto sales, factory orders, the ISM Mfg Index, the ISM Non-Mfg (service sector) Index, and so on.
However, in all sectors concerns over the levels of orders and sales and competition remained high.
September new home sales and durable goods orders data will be published on Wednesday.
Forty-seven companies reported orders and sales were roughly the same as the previous quarter, 39 said sales increased and eight reported sales were down compared to the previous quarter.
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The Fed has apparently ignored recent jumps in the ISM Mfg Index, ISM Non-Mfg Index (service sector), retail sales, durable goods orders, and the like, which indicated even the point in the recovery may be near where the employment situation improves.
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But Eric Garland, Big Champagne's chief executive, says illegal file-sharing is likely to overtake legal downloads in the coming weeks, given that many of those 1.2 million legitimate sales were pre-orders taken during the 10 days between when the band announced the album and its actual release last Thursday.
Japan was the weakest region with sales falling 8% and orders falling even worse.
However, while the group said rising domestic and export orders had boosted sales it warned that recent market turmoil could hit growth in future.
In one merger we recently observed, certain sales support personnel who filled orders and took inventory turned out to be just as important as the star salespeople.
The company on Friday released an analysis of its orders from a sales fair for its fourth quarter of this year that was held three weeks ago.
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By the middle of the last decade, overseas contract orders exceeded domestic sales, and the company's position as a major player in the international telecoms market was cemented.
After all, the more sales you make, the more orders you place with your supplier's factory.
In China, an increasingly important market for Nike, sales rose by 12% and orders grew by 19%.
Stocks are mixed midday on drop in pending home sales and unexpectedly positive durable goods orders for December.
In the U.S., recent reports showing sagging retail sales and a slump in business orders for big-ticket items have raised concerns about a slowdown.
That makes retail sales, home sales, auto sales, consumer sentiment, factory orders and the like much more indicative of the economic recovery than the employment reports.
U.S. economic data due for release Wednesday includes the weekly MBA mortgage applications survey, durable goods orders, new residential sales, and the weekly DOE energy stocks report.
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This week we have a full slate of economic reports starting on Monday with the Durable Goods Orders, Pending Home Sales, and the Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey.
That gives the sales force less incentive to push dubious orders out the door to make quarterly earnings estimates.
Sales picked up when they started winning orders from state governments and hospitals.
The circuit-breaker restrictions apply to that stock on the next day of trading as well, and short sales would stand in line behind sell orders from other traders.
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The company said orders for its healthcare equipment were also weak, particularly in North America, where sales fell by more 10 percent on hospital budget cuts and new orders declined.
Its sales people could look at six weeks of orders, and suggest purchases from that list.
Green mistakenly figured that by carrying extra inventory he could ship pieces as fast as catalog orders, representing 80% of sales, came in.
"Once you start deploying DSL, there are surges and hiccups you need to get over, " concedes Floyd, still smarting after missing sales projections in January, when two big orders failed to close.
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