Sentence examples for disastrous sales from inspiring English sources

There were also disastrous sales of Impressionist and Modernist paintings, many of which were auctioned by Galerie Fischer of Lucerne (Switz).

The second half flashes back 40 years to Simon's one disastrous sales trip, his sole attempt to connect with the world outside Clyde Fans.

The last time the retailer made more than £1bn was in 1998, but the business then went into freefall amid boardroom rows and disastrous sales.

Extreme Buyers Who's buying these cars when the auto industry has suffered disastrous sales in the last few years?

The luxury carmaker's Chief Executive, Dieter Zetsche, said on Friday that he expected his company to perform better next year as it left behind disastrous sales figures in 2009.

The disapproving environment meant disastrous sales.

"Hindsight is a wonderful thing" has become the favourite cri de coeur of Cable and Fallon whenever they are asked difficult questions about this disastrous sale.

After its disastrous sale of Impressionist and modern art last week that totaled $7 million, just one-seventh of its low estimate, the struggling third-place auction house rallied, selling all but 6 of the 46 works on offer.

Chainrai secured those loans with a debenture over Fratton Park and all Portsmouth's assets, a position which, two administrations and a disastrous sale of the club later, still maintains.

The Glasgow football institution collapsed into administration in February owing a possible £100m, nine months after a disastrous sale of the club for £1 by its former owner Sir David Murray to the now-disgraced Craig Whyte.

The obsession with money led to that disastrous sale of fancy clothing and to the act of sewing her entire inheritance of fifty-six thousand dollars, just before her commitment, into her skirts.