Sentence examples for intimate sales from inspiring English sources

Online sales are still a small percentage of overall bra and intimate sales, NPD estimates.

More generally, to develop intimate sales and service relationships with big clients Canon is going to have to become less of a Japanese company.

Last year, bras made up 45.8 percent of intimates sales, which also include panties and shapewear, according to NPD figures.

Intimate apparel unit sales fell 2.7percentt in the third quarter, while sportswear sales, which include jeans, dropped 19percentt.

Sluggish sales of intimate apparel and Calvin Klein jeans may force Warnaco to reduce its full-year profit forecast, which had been $41.6 million to $47.6 million, excluding certain items.

Annual sales for intimate apparel in the United States were down in 2000, but only by 0.2percentt across the industry, according to NPD, a market research firm in Port Washington, N.Y.

At one Warnaco competitor, the Sara Lee Corporation, which makes the Wonderbra, sales for intimates and underwear rose 6.2percentt in the nine months ended March 31 , 2001

Retailers attribute the uptick in thong sales to new "intimate fabrics" that make them more comfortable.

The reasoning was simple: Half of Target's sales in the intimate apparel category happen in that period.

And Intimate Brands, which reported a 9percentt sales increase, was bolstered by lingerie sales at its Victoria's Secret Stores.

The company, which makes Speedo swimsuits and Calvin Klein jeans, said it would sell its Honduran production plant and outsource its North American intimate apparel production after the sale.