Sentence examples for ago sales from inspiring English sources

A few years ago sales like these were likely to have gone unnoticed.

Ten years ago sales of the London title were over 90,000.

Where large S.U.V.'s like the Chevrolet Tahoe and Ford Expedition ruled the road a few years ago, sales of those vehicles and others like them are plummeting under pressure from high fuel costs.

But what really excites him as an investor has to do with how, when the recession hit a few years ago, sales of office computers, printers and other forgettable gear fell off a cliff.

The chief executive, Jeffrey P. Bezos, faced difficult year-ago sales comparisons, when Amazon.com sold 1.4 million copies of the fifth installment of the "Harry Potter" children's book series.

UBS analyst Neil Currie recalls management's caution regarding second-quarter headwinds from foreign exchange rates and strong year-ago sales resulting from the 2008 stimulus.

For the quarter, Dell says that earnings came in at 18 cents a share, with sales of $8.7 billion, a 28% increase from the year-ago sales figure.

Flash-memory sales were up 188% from year-ago sales of $218 million and up 11% from $566 million in the fourth quarter.

Privately held Limelight also said Tuesday that third-quarter revenue grew to $17 million, almost triple its year-ago sales for the period, and is up about 20% from the previous quarter this year.

The relatively easy comparisons to year-ago sales levels, when consumers were still cutting household budgets to the bone, may enable chain stores to show growth despite the weather factor.

The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said it now expected its topline figure to be approximately $8.2 billion, down 23.4% from year-ago sales of $10.7 billion, and below analyst estimates for sales of $8.7 billion.