However, Avon is still a respectable business with billions in sales and room for growth in many countries.
Meanwhile Walravens cites that Netsuite is hiring new sales reps aggressively, and in some cases splitting existing sales territories to create room for hires.
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An office that is home to high-pressure telephone sales - a "boiler room" - also makes it into the new edition.
As the Aprimo CMO, I have shared five multi-faceted, strategic initiatives all the way from the board room to our sales and finance sister organizations, and while revenue targets are a critical part of these proposals, other metrics are equally important, too.
UAG's net profit is only 2% of sales which leaves little room for disappointments.
Using a high-definition videoconferencing system called "telepresence, " Chambers has gone from spending 60% of his time on the road to now carrying out half his sales calls from a second-floor conference room at headquarters.
But if you've used a state-only dodge--say, evaded sales taxes on that De Kooning in your living room--you may be in luck.
The VP of Sales left me alone in that dimly lit conference room, and I fought to stay awake for the next two hours as Ron walked me through the deck in a monotone.
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Going forward, online shopping is expected to grow at 48% per year to reach 1.5 trillion yuan by 2013, still accounting for just 7% of total retail sales meaning despite those numbers there will still be room for greater market share for online retailers, Bain researchers said in their 19 page report released Tuesday.
When they express that immense knowledge and understanding in meetings or sales presentations it is often mesmerizing to those in the room.
The other officials in the room leaned in as Ursetta leaped into a sales pitch that would turn an ordinary day into a highlight of her career.
"Our collaboration with Toshiba results in new products for consumers that provide optimized, high-quality playback of streaming entertainment in the living room, " said Simon Adams, SVP, Sales and Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Rovi Corporation.
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In the stylish Airbus executive dining room, champagne corks are still popping over its recent sales successes.
With 60% of sales coming from within North America, there appears to be ample room to grow globally.
The elephant in the room is whether or not the iPad Mini will cannibalize iPad sales or not.
Michael Dell, who founded Dell out of his college dorm room in 1984, retook the CEO job in 2007 after sales faltered.
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Barths, Sabine Masseglia, Director of Sales, Marketing, and Communications, has a couple that has taken room 22, an ocean-view pool suite, every year at the same time since 1991.
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Now you grab the keyboard and with a few clicks have a sales brochure sent to your home -- or maybe even book a room at the spa, plus an airline reservation.
"The sales associate then perused my butt in the dim lighting of the change room and deemed them 'not sheer, ' " the woman, Christina Phillips of Toronto, told The New York Post.
Michael Dell, who founded Dell out of his college dorm room in 1984, retook the CEO job in 2007 after sales faltered as rivals including Hewlett-Packard figured out sooner that computer users wanted stylized notebooks instead of the lost-cost, utilarian machines Dell was churning out.
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Of course, China sales don't amount to much today - but that simply means more room to grow.
Media, sales, and distribution inquiries can be made by appointment during CES at LVH Meeting Room MP25639.
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Apparel sales are doing better these days, but that doesn't mean there's room for everyone.
Top Salesman: When I told the sales team that I was now the top salesman, I got laughed out of the room.
"They'd take food, go into the living room and all over the sofas, " says Mr. Conway, a retired sales executive.
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Edward Lampert took Sears ( SHLD) into the dressing room more than a year ago, hoping to change its long-term trend of declining sales with a new vision for the venerable retailer.
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