#sales

With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales, the picture should look rosy. But one look at the trade deficit changes all of that. ↗

— Jo Ann Emerson

#deficit #domestic #economy #increasing #look

There is no filmmaking legislation because distributors are not interested in sharing their money with the film industry - for instance, by giving a percentage of ticket sales back to filmmakers. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#because #distributors #film #film industry #filmmakers

The people that are running the bulk of the comic shops in North America aren't business people and they don't understand sales. They don't understand good product. ↗

— Rob Walton

#bulk #business #business people #comic #good

My book sales make 'real writers' possible. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#make #possible #real #sales #writers

We can put our head in the sand and continue to lose jobs overseas and to other states, or we can say, 'You know what? We are not going to lose another job from California, and we're going to be the very best place to start and grow a business.' So I'll be the chief sales officer for California businesses. ↗

— Meg Whitman

#best #business #businesses #california #chief

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#deal #great #great deal #knows #much

Times change. The farmer's daughter now tells jokes about the traveling salesman. ↗

— Carey Williams

#change #daughter #farmer #jokes #now

When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of NBC. At the early focus groups, people were saying, 'Who are these people? Why should we watch them? ↗

— Dick Wolf

#air #department #early #focus #focus groups

A housing renaissance has begun. This may be hard to believe after the dizzying, six-year-long crash in home sales, construction and house prices. But housing turned the corner last year, and it will take off in 2013. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#begun #believe #construction #corner #crash

Distressed properties are often vacant and in disrepair, and thus sold at significant discounts. As the share of distressed sales grows, home prices fall. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#fall #grows #home #often #prices