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Obviously it puts our sales people in a position to discuss things we would rather not to discuss.

Obviously (the same-stores sales) were much better than the trend in the previous part of the year.

Obviously, the period from Thanksgiving to Christmas is a very busy period for us. We generally do in the corporate sales aspect of out business 25 percent of our business in November or December.

Obviously, our ability to predict future sales and earnings has not been borne out by experience so far this year, ... We need to adopt a wait-and-see approach to the rest of the year. The holiday season is always very important to us but it is really the key to a successful year this time out.

Obviously, everyone knows we have had a dry summer, and as a consequence we had significantly improved water sales this summer,

Right now, it will stay pretty much the same. We are currently undergoing the due diligence process to complete the sales transaction, but we took over operations in February.

Right now it looks pretty benign, with people selling a little after the retail sales numbers. Long-term I'm bullish, but I'm getting concerned in the short-term as to what is going to sustain the psychology if the economy doesn't start to show more of a pick-up.

Right now, home sales are a little lower than projected, but they can be sustained around current levels.

Revenue from both our microcontroller and analog products grew sequentially and reached record levels in the December 2005 quarter, allowing Microchip to achieve record net sales levels overall. Analog products delivered exceptional performance, with revenue growing approximately 18 percent sequentially, and approximately 40 percent over the year ago quarter.

Retail sales will have taken a hit Thursday afternoon and then on Friday, when lots of people can't get around and the last thing on their minds would be going shopping.

Retail sales were soft, energy prices were high and the disasters affected people in the Southeast.

Retail sales were pretty good, considering at the start of the season we were looking at $3 gasoline and were still recovering from the hurricanes. Consumers got out early and responded to early-bird specials, but there wasn't much new. There was no hot toy or hot apparel look.

Retail sales picked up more than expected in March, which along with the current strength in the housing market, boosts hopes that the consumer is still alive, if not exactly kicking.

Retail sales of Martha Stewart products won't suffer in a terminal way because right now Kmart needs Martha more than Martha needs Kmart. Her products are selling well because people really like them.

Retail sales numbers were stronger than expected, and that shows that consumer are still spending, and I think that is weighing on the market today and it should. But it's not weighing on the Nasdaq, where you're seeing those really good earnings reports. People really regard tech as the place to make money.

Retail sales look to start off the year with a bang.

Retail sales is the single best indication of overall demand in the economy. It's one of the things the Fed is keying on because (of) when they started raising interest rates.

Retail sales is the single best indication of overall demand in the economy,

Retail sales in the metropolitan area are rising faster than the rest of the state.

Retail sales have slowed over the last six months in response to the slower pace of job creation, higher rates, and increased volatility in the stock market. Indeed, in the past two years there has been tight relationship between the Nasdaq and retail spending, suggesting further spending weakness in coming months.

Retail sales have shown tentative signs of a modest recovery from weak levels, but in our view a continuing threat remains the weakness of the labor market ... which may slow the pace of consumer spending.

Retail sales growth is mainly driven by higher volumes, and the pricing power of retailers remains quite limited because of competition.

Right now it is a market of indecision. There's no clear theme to build on. If retail sales come in very strong, it is going to tip that delicate scale into the direction of a strong economy, a hot economy and higher rates.

People waiting for rates to fall have been squeezed out of the market. We're not going to see housing sales plummet, but we will see sales moderate.

Pharmaceuticals again led the way with strong sales growth across all the major therapeutic areas,

Peugeot, which used to be lukewarm in China, is gearing up now. Peugeot may record faster sales growth as its unique exterior designs are becoming more acceptable to Chinese consumers along with rising car penetration rate.

Peugeot had a bad year but their sales volumes improved. GM and Ford are operating at about their break-even market share.

Poker is popular right now because of the television exposure and the World Series of Poker is the best brand out there. The sales of the World Series of Poker exceeded our expectations.

Polydor used to release me at different times around the world. You get your royalty statement: sales here, here, but never over there!

Polo continued to exhibit tremendous momentum. The strength in the business was broad, with wholesale and retail both outperforming our sales and margin expectations.

Portable, easy-to-eat foods are changing the way Americans eat. Pizza has long been a mealtime favorite, and its popularity continues to grow across all categories, when sold by the slice, for take-out or delivery, even frozen pizza sales are up.

Ongoing challenges are likely to continue to put near-term pressure on the shares, but our confidence in the outlook for the mobile infrastructure business leads us to rate the shares an 'outperform,' ... However, with 3G sales likely not to add materially to revenues until 2002, we are lowering our expectations in the infrastructure business.

Only if we have very short memories can we say there's a downturn in sales, or at least that sales are significantly low. This is actually as close to a normal market that we've had in seven to eight years.

Nissan is obviously hurting because they haven't had anything new in a while. Until they do I expect Nissan sales to continue to be soft.

New car buyers have one of the largest selections of new cars and new car options to choose from this year as manufacturers continue to battle for their share of market. And we should see steady sales in the Gulf States area, as local residents continue to replace the vehicles that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

New boat sales and boating participation have been flat for the past decade.

New vehicle sales declined modestly, reflecting the performance of the broader new car marketplace following the end of the employee discount programs. Other sales and revenues benefited from increases in extended service plan revenues and service department sales.

News that the German government has deserted plans to invest proceeds from gold sales into a special fund assigned for research and education has given a boost to a weak gold market.

Newsstand sales for our flagship magazine rose in the first half of the year despite a very difficult market that resulted in many of our competitors reporting year-over-year declines.

NDS was a large company and our company is small and local. Their sales will run about $120 million a year total; our sales were probably between $3 (million) and $5 million per year.

On the positive side, one survey suggests that more consumers this year are delaying their shopping until later in the season. If that's true, sales will get another boost in December.

One of the issues the city is facing, our sales tax revenue is so low on a per-capita basis - well below any other city in Whatcom County. People go somewhere else to buy things because of limited shopping opportunities in Ferndale.

I was surprised that the sales numbers went up, even with the good weather. It doesn't change our view that the general trend in housing activity is downward.

I was surprised. I knew they would be down, but I didn't think by this much. Especially since there was a lot of sales activity in February.

I wouldn't call it a hard landing. I think it will be tough to make money, but to me a hard landing is when not everyone is losing money, closing plants and jobs are being lost. This is a record year. I would really hate to think they need a new level of record sales to stay profitable because I don't think that's sustainable.

I would caution those who have large estimates for retail sales of this product, particularly in the fourth quarter. The product will launch in late June, so there will be insufficient time for re-sellers to re-order it.

If we don't have sales tax coming in from tourism-related (station) owners, it's going to hurt property taxpayers.

If we find that instead of a legitimate sales seminar and a free meal, seniors are being exposed to pitches for unsuitable products, with high-pressure sales tactics and wild claims about projected returns, and no disclosure of the actual risks of the investment, we'll move in hard and fast.

If we hadn't heard from Greenspan last week that the Fed is still worried about an uneven recovery, we might be more upset about these numbers. But Greenspan is concerned that these retail sales numbers could falter later on so these numbers probably won't have that great an impact.

If we're so convinced times will get tougher, why is mall traffic up? Why are car sales still strong? Why are home sales still chugging along?

If they don't get their sales up, it's not going to be enough. There is going to be ongoing restructuring.

If they already have a computer system running Windows 95, there's not a lot of reason for them to go out and buy Windows 98. In fact, we expect the majority of Windows 98 upgrade sales to go to PC enthusiasts.

If we can get that partnership between a scientist at (the University of Miami) and somebody out of Boston, then we've started a linkage. We've made a lot of sales calls here, but this is really a research-collaboration trip.

If things weren't bad enough already, the World Cup is likely to add to the trading woes. Plasma screens are being rolled out across the estate, but this process will not be complete ahead of June. A further deterioration in like-for-like sales should therefore be anticipated.

I have had the opportunity to work with her for over ten years, and find her a creative and inspiring sales partner and product marketer who really strives to understand her readers.

I have concerns because annuities (where margins are high) are a smaller proportion of sales.

I have frozen the state sales tax on gasoline,

I don't have the money to repair my trucks, paint them or even hire sales people to grow my business. I can't be competitive.

I'd like to see higher sales on the year and get sales back up. I can't wait to get started.

I did think it a little ironic that we can have two task force meetings and a public hearing and have a half-cent sales tax within six months but we still don't have a clear direction on a nonsmoking ordinance,

I'd be surprised if we get tacit admission from the company, but the takeover probably distracted Oracle's front-line sales reps and customers,

I am excited about being able to make this announcement, and to know this is a new sell-out record. This is further evidence of the importance of this show in the agricultural industry, world-wide. This is especially exciting news, since the show grounds were just expanded for the 2004 show. We are ahead of sales projections.

I am extremely pleased with Nokia's performance both during the fourth quarter and for the full year 2005. Nokia's sales grew 16 percent in 2005, the highest sales growth we have seen since 2000, while our EPS grew 20 percent.

I became a sales manager at Digital Equipment, promoted from within the sales team. My peers were less than excited that I had gotten the job, especially one of my male peers who said he just wasn't going to work for a woman.

I am skeptical that Gateway's going to be able to successfully boost its professional and direct sales moving forward, with or without Inouye at the helm.

I am still completely hands on in every aspect of my business - finally having a production manager, but the buck still stops with me on every decision big or small. I have neither a design team, a management team, a sales team or any other team for that matter!

Ian is recognized as a leader in bringing together IT, finance and operations professionals to address critical Performance Management challenges including governance, process improvement and information technology. His proven sales leadership skills will help us achieve our revenue goals as we invest in the expansion of our research and services teams.

Casio would be able to take its current mobile phone models to America, so I wouldn't expect margins to drop off. And this could provide a significant boost to sales volumes.

Cash flow is resilient, and has been some years. There's scope for operators to reduce shareholder returns if they need to, although we don't think they will do that. It's not like 2001 when credit measures were so tight it could only mean distressed asset sales and rights issues. It's not like that now.

Certainly it was good news on fourth-quarter sales, but it looks like they bought these sales with huge advertising and promotional spend.

Carly was trying to drive revenue growth, and she was bleeding the printer business by using the higher profits in that business to fund unprofitable growth everywhere else. (Hurd) has dialed back the sales growth objectives and focused those units on operating more efficiently.

CDW is undertaking an extensive sales force realignment to position its account managers along geographic territories. While we agree with the logic behind this initiative, transitioning accounts in a relationship-intensive business is likely to be disruptive to sales momentum.

CD burning is a problem that is really undermining sales.

Cement sales resumed to customers on Sunday, February 26 after the problem was identified and resolved.

Cell phone unit sales increased by 31% from the first quarter of 2005 and ran substantially ahead of expectations. Unit sales are now expected to reach one billion this year.

But we remain cautious because the car industry should weigh on spending while sales of household goods, which have shown steady growth, should see a correction in coming months,

But we offset the negative impact fully through the sales increase and cost-savings.

But this forces reps to drive back and forth to the regional office to get the products they need, pulling them out of the field and hurting sales productivity.

but the sales pace may outstrip our production for the foreseeable future.

But there was good news coming out of last year. Retail sales of Mattel products at our top U.S accounts were up 12 percent, and yearend retail inventories were down 30 percent, positioning us well for 1999.

But the retail prices are following the prices the stations pay for gas right up, ... Gas stations and gas station owners have not made money from gas sales alone all summer.

But the real concern is not whether first quarter earnings were stronger than the fourth quarter, but whether orders and sales continue to pick up.

Business died for a few days, you've got a ton of inventory, so what do you do? You turn lemons into lemonade and make the week after Christmas more important with super sales and promotions.

Business continues to be extremely robust, which makes us bullish on the second quarter and the rest of the year, ... We think margins will continue to expand, and sales pipelines look good again this quarter.

Budget and Ryder TRS are two of the most distinguished and trusted brand names in the vehicle rental industry, ... Ryder TRS fits well with Budget Group's portfolio of car, truck, van and recreational vehicle rental and sales holdings.

Business is excellent and we want to grow the company to take advantage of the sales opportunities that are coming our way,

Business intelligence continues its proliferation across the enterprise and we have witnessed the evolution as BI has made its way out of the back office and onto the shop floor, the home office, and the sales field. For the past 30 years we have provided customers with cutting-edge technology and innovative strategies to support organizational success. The advent of portable business intelligence builds on our pioneering spirit and commitment to customer requirements.

Building the infrastructure with no revenue coming in has been difficult for companies. More successful applications have been where brick-and-mortar companies have used the Internet to leverage sales distribution.

Builders are finding that they have to work harder. They have to use different sales tactics to gain market share from competitors.

But despite all the deterrents, consumers are still buying. Wal-Mart's sales were up for the month. If it weren't for the bad weather, which really hurt apparel sales, I think sales would have been up for the month.

Based upon the information known to use today, we believe that sales in the upcoming quarter will be between $3.35 and $3.45 billion. We anticipate continued stability in our components sales throughout the world will result in worldwide component sales between $2.6 and $2.65 billion. We expect traditional seasonal growth in our Enterprise Computing Solutions business, resulting in worldwide computer products sales between $750 and $800 million.

Based on the robust results, we are are confident of achieving our full-year objectives for new record sales and earnings.

Based on retail sell-through, we expect to see an improvement in international sales during the second half of the year,

Basically, those who want a custom-made bike deal with him (Adams) and the sales aspects go through our retail side. There are less than 10 businesses in the United States that have this combination.

BC is a very diversified economy, with strength in the high-tech industries, expanding natural gas and base metal sectors and booming non-residential construction. However, slowing exports in the province's key forest products sector will likely hold back gains in employment and vehicle sales in 2006.

B.C. is a very diversified economy, with strength in the high-tech industries, expanding natural gas and base metal sectors and booming non-residential construction. However, slowing exports in the province's key forest products sector will likely hold back gains in employment and vehicle sales in 2006.

Basically, our internal forecasts were overly aggressive, ... When you fall short of your internal forecast, two things happen: costs go up as a percentage of sales and margins go down.

Because of the shift of increased spending by consumers, it's just such a critical industry right now. Christmas is proof of that. Sales of clothing and jewelry fell year over year, but consumer electronics picked up.

Because we have offered mini-plans in the past, we've received a number of inquiries as to whether we would this year. Based on the demand we've experienced and how well season ticket sales have gone so far, it's not practical to offer them this year.

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