How to Use sales in a Sentence

sales

adjective
  • Which doesn’t mean the end result has to be sales or market share.
    — Scott Thill, WIRED, 17 Mar. 2011
  • Meanwhile, the cost totals for each store don’t include sales tax.
    — Ajc Homepage, ajc, 24 July 2017
  • The state would also waive sales taxes on any equipment upgrades at the plant.
    — Jason Stein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Staff from an onsite sales office will be available to assist them.
    — courant.com, 22 Aug. 2017
  • Create online wish lists of favorite items, and sign up for the retailer’s email blasts to get sales alerts.
    — Debbie Carlson, chicagotribune.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • His business will have to levy sales tax on labor under the new regulations.
    — Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 29 June 2018
  • Many third-party merchants who use the service to sell their own goods on Amazon's sites still do not charge sales tax.
    — Michael D. Shear, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2018
  • And in most states Amazon does not collect sales taxes on sales of goods sold by third parties on its platform.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • My team is unique, with both our post-sales businesses and partners laddering up together.
    — Lara Caimi, Forbes, 6 May 2021
  • These days, the pre-sales market has contracted for all but a top echelon of big plays by big companies or star auteurs.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 4 Dec. 2021
  • The state doesn't charge sales tax on CrossFit businesses, but Glendale does.
    — Russ Wiles, azcentral, 13 June 2019
  • Advocates in recent years have pushed for states to eliminate sales taxes on women’s products.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Ads carry within them a mini-sales pitch that is both attractive and informative to viewers.
    — Blair Currie, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
  • To sustain the current share price, though, the brand needs to dramatically improve sales growth or else succumb to a takeover offer.
    — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Keith Cyphers — whose sales office is across the hall from the Gazette’s — recalled the Thursday shooting scene.
    — Washington Post, 29 June 2018
  • Many small businesses selling products on Amazon’s site don’t collect sales taxes outside of the states where they are based.
    — Peter Nicholas, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The international pre-sales market has declined, as the streamers have arrived.
    — Liza Foreman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Producers can plug in their budgets and assess what actors could be viable for their projects, with pre-sales estimates provided.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 May 2026
  • While Victoria’s Secret has made some moves to change its marketing, the efforts haven’t been enough to stop sales declines.
    — Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Consequently, many bankers on the front lines were inexperienced and had less incentive to uphold the bank’s values than to meet sales goals.
    — Jennifer A. Kingson and Stacy Cowley, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2017
  • This week the Supreme Court is considering a case that could end for good a precedent that allows online retailers to not charge sales tax.
    — Hallie Detrick, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Compared to a control group who did not receive mentorship, the mentored sales agents outperformed the other group by over 18% in their first six months.
    — Jackie Bischof, Quartz, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Last month, Wells Fargo agreed to pay $3 billion to settle claims related to its creation of millions of fake accounts to meet sales goals.
    — Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 10 Mar. 2020
  • The expansion bodes well for the company’s efforts to meet sales demand for the device during the holiday shopping season, one of the people said.
    — Drew Fitzgerald, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Municipalities will also levy sales tax and a business tax, which could be anywhere from 1 to 20 percent, on gross receipts.
    — Katie Zezima, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2017
  • The Supreme Court next month will hear arguments on whether states can require sales-tax collection from out-of-state retailers selling into their states.
    — Wsj Staff, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2018
  • Incentivizing cross-selling among lower-level, non-sales staff can yield meaningful financial results.
    — Marty Dauer, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Loewenstine said the bottom line is P&G investors want to see sales growth again and any other announcement by the company will be seen as a gimmick to distract them.
    — Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 18 July 2017
  • Because states can't collect sales taxes from out of state retailers, in recent years, with the rise of online shopping, South Dakota has seen its revenues plummet.
    — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Non-sales staff, who are often in the best position to land a cross-sale, are unlikely to take the time to understand what new products or services your company can promote to existing customers.
    — Marty Dauer, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

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