Sentence examples for a sharp sales drop from inspiring English sources

Texas Instruments Inc. said today that its growing military electronics business helped offset a sharp sales drop at its oilfield-service unit in the second quarter, enabling it to post a profit of $12.3 million, or 35 cents a share, in the period.

The Gartner numbers were roughly similar, though Gartner recorded a sharper sales drop for Apple.

The range of the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index was even more significant, as it posted its biggest gain since the 1930s on Monday, before plunging Wednesday when retailers reported their sharpest sales drop in three years.

[Page C1.] A sharp drop in sales at General Motors helped push down auto sales nationwide in March, despite pitches from American carmakers for consumers to take advantage of the latest deal.

LONDON, Oct. 24 (AP) — GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday that it would cut jobs as part of a major cost-savings plan after a sharp drop in sales of its diabetes drug and generic competition in the United States led to a 5.8percentt drop in quarterly profits.

The recession has led to a sharp drop in sales over all for the auto industry.

That set off a sharp drop in sales in the United States.

Each company saw a sharp drop in sales, along with the auto industry as a whole.

Gap fell $2.95, to $26.61, a 10percentt decline, after it reported a sharp drop in sales.

A few worry that the new regime will lead to a sharp drop in sales, not a surge in profits.

A sharp drop in sales and profit margins might also be an early indicator of an outright recession.