The boost in nutritional sales was needed with sales in its other businesses flat or falling.
This year has again seen a strong start with sales up 16.7% through February.
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Ford Motor had its best February in six years, with sales up 9% to 195, 822.
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The latter, Dedio says, impressed him with sales of chips to larger networking-equipment manufacturers.
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Jaguar was the only carmaker to see serious gains, with sales up by 21%.
Consumer appliances such as electric shavers and coffee makers did better, with sales up 9 percent.
It's true that many small brick-and-mortar retailers in states with sales taxes support the Enzi bill.
Three years ago, the industry was booming with sales of nearly 17 million units.
With sales to overseas buyers surging, U.S. developers are increasingly designing for a global audience.
And so it goes with sales as well, especially when targeting the mythical Chinese consumer.
The fiscal fourth quarter, ended July 31, was particularly strong, with sales rising 27%.
The most recent game, GT5, was a huge hit with sales of over 7.5 million copies.
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For 2012, Kraft expects revenue growth of 5%, with sales rising at least 9%.
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The biggest surge came from mobile consumers, with sales reaching 16.3 percent, led by the iPad.
Earnings growth accelerated in the past two quarters, with sales accelerating four quarters in a row.
General Motors had a slow May, with sales falling 1.2% to 221, 192 on weaker fleet deliveries.
America was the lone bright spot, with sales up 3.6% and operating income increasing 2%.
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Providing new vehicles, especially more compact and fuel efficient passenger cars, has helped with sales too.
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ThinkGeek.com will begin collecting interest at the same time with sales launching on August 31, 2012.
And Ford is certainly not disappointing with sales up 6% in the U.S. through August.
Even states without income taxes are getting into the act, with sales- and use-tax audits (see box, p. 84).
Prudential primarily relies on retail banking network for distribution activity with sales made via insurance agents.
For Ford, it has been a disastrous start to the year with sales plummeting 23.4% through February.
Enterprise 2.0 has endured something of a rocky ride with sales stalled for many vendors through 2010.
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The 46 states with sales tax are already beginning to require out-of-state retailers to collect sales tax.
With sales way up, the company expanded into fertilizers, plastic sheets, food processing and solar water heaters.
Marketing has unified their lead management processes and also increased automated collaboration with sales and field services.
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However, JC Penney has been making news lately, with sales declining 23% for the same period.
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New cooperation with sales: In most companies, especially B2B, marketing and sales share the customer management process.
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