Definition of sales
: of, relating to, or used in selling
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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.
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An ongoing court case in which an organization representing retail food stores sued to keep sales information secret precludes the agency from providing statistics, a USDA spokeswoman said.
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There are five states that do not charge sales tax.
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Online sales taxes Hoosiers could be paying more taxes once a law requiring online retailers to charge sales tax goes into effect July 1 — if the state is able to enforce its new law.
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Online sales taxes Hoosiers could be paying more taxes once a law requiring online retailers to charge sales tax goes into effect July 1 — if the state is able to enforce its new law.
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That is different from a telephone company employee who may be looking to meet sales goals by creating false accounts or adding services to existing accounts without the subscriber's knowledge or consent.
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An early warning appeared in the spring of 2002, when practically all the employees of a Colorado branch jointly gamed the program in an effort to meet sales goals, including by issuing debit cards that customers didn’t ask for.
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Additionally, the business group wants to extend the state income tax to apply to retirement income, expand sales taxes to some consumer services, and eliminate some tax exemptions for people who make more than $50,000.
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First Known Use of sales
1840
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