sales

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"Right now, sales aren't great, but that's not to do with swine fever, it's because of other factors," he says, pointing to the high cost of living.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Realistic images can reduce a retailer’s return rates, and if an item is what a shopper wants, it can boost sales, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Mint, said he’d caution against drawing any long-term trend from central-bank sales because each one has different reasons to sell.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

The company doesn’t break out sales data on the product, but revenue in Apple’s wearables category fell 7% in the fiscal year ended September 2024—the year the Vision Pro went on sale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

In 1966, he left a steady sales job in Massachusetts and moved everyone to Birmingham, Alabama, because someone had told him, “Alabama is a sleeping giant.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French