The success of these behemoths last month, along with very pessimistic expectations going into Tuesday's sales reporting, sent GM shares up 2.5%, despite the overall drop in sales.
But as an experienced sales person, Bellows realized that his email was a treasure trove of accurate information that could be tweaked to improve the sales reporting process.
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The DMA plans to take its message--that sales tax reporting and collection is still too complicated for out-of-state firms--to Capitol Hill.
The Toyota brand is also enjoying rising U.S. sales, reporting 1.399 units through August, a 30% increase from the same eight months of 2011.
FedEx and Caterpillar, bellwethers for global economic strength, both warned of significantly slowing global sales, Caterpillar reporting its Asia-Pacific sales plunged 26%, and North American sales fell 12% from December through February.
Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch calculate that in the first week of this earnings season the number of American companies reporting better-than-expected sales outstripped the number reporting better-than-expected profits.
According to the survey, 29% of the small businesses reported a lack of sales as their main business concern, and a growing number are reporting falling sales.
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In March, 90% of companies reporting sales results topped expectations, where as the number was closer to 19% (excluding Costco, which reported in line with expectations).
With some butchers reporting sales of beef-on-the-bone up to 30 times normal levels in the past week, customers may well have run out of room in the deep freeze.
Ticket sales in 28 out of 41 lottery-holding states increased in 2011, with 17 of those states reporting record sales numbers.
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After a decade of keeping sales figures a secret, superstore giant Wal-Mart has decided to lift a ban on the reporting of product sales, meaning that at long last the NPD will have access to video game sales numbers from the retailer.
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Typically enough, Italy lags behind many other European countries in reporting retail sales months.
This reflects 44% of the British retailers reporting declining sales in the first half of November.
The company was reporting slower sales in locations in malls outside the urban centers.
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The IRS suspects that taxpayers reporting securities sales have a habit of overstating their purchase costs.
Corporate other taxpayers (like trusts, estates or partnerships) may have other deadlines such as payroll reporting and sales tax.
Already companies such as Intevac are reporting that sales of large capital equipment to support the HDD industry are increasing.
Caution: Taxpayers often disagree with brokers on reporting wash sales, and this can be a challenge to report on Form 8949.
Even Apple changed its method of reporting iPhone sales recently, leaving many analysts scratching their heads about how to make financial projections.
Retinal imaging company Optos is eyeing a big rise in turnover for the year after reporting strong sales in the last quarter.
Luxury cars are reporting brisk sales in this part of the world where rising wealth is creating an expanding pool of buyers.
Redfin chief executive Glenn Kelman says his agents are reporting flash sales, month-to-month price markups, and instant home flips in recent months.
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But the federation's reading on expected business conditions remained deep in recession territory, and business owners reporting declining sales far outnumbered those saying sales increased.
With Apple reporting surging sales of both its computers and music players, that would mean the company is about to go from one strength to another.
Automakers General Motors and Ford Motor were down in line with the broader market after reporting September sales were up 20% and 9%, respectively.
Hot Topic, in the midst of restructuring its merchandise strategy to appeal to a younger and more pop-culture-oriented market, also missed expectations, reporting a sales increase of 0.4%, under the 1.7% estimate.
Vedran Bogdanovic, a veterinarian and dairy farm manager of close to 400 cows in Kapelna, Croatia, says Farmeron helped him meet laws for animal tracking and sales and also for reporting animal deaths to insurance companies.
The stocks of many of the companies reporting the best sales and earnings gains actually ran into the most selling and profit-taking.
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The state's drab department stores may be reporting poor retail sales, but snazzier, private shops in big cities are doing a rollicking trade.
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