It happened in hardware sales first: having first overtaken Apple nearly two years ago, Samsung shipped more than twice as many handsets as its US rival in the most recent quarter, according to IDC.

这种情况首先发生在硬件销售方面：根据IDC的数据，在差不多两年前超过苹果之后，三星最近一季度手机出货量超过其美国竞争对手的两倍。

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American housing sales,though, have improved in recent months, helped by lower prices and a tax credit for first-time buyers.

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American ticket sales the first weekend it was released made "New Moon" the third best-selling movie on record.

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"I mean I knew cupcakes were hot, but I didn't expect quite the sales for that first year.

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Sales first got under way in Australia, where about 200 people stretched around the block outside Apple's flagship store in Sydney.

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But one wonders whether it would have been more valuable to test the strategy of cutting out promotions and sales first, rather than eliminating them before backtracking later?

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When iPhone 4S was introduced, the sales on the very first day were much better than expected, the sales for the first weekend broke records, and the sales accelerated throughout the quarter.

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