Sentence examples for lousy sales from inspiring English sources

In the recent recession, solid Black Fridays have been followed by lousy sales once the special offers went away.

Less than eight weeks later, though, Mrs. Guo packed up their sign and moved on, complaining of lousy sales.

Many things have filled the vacuum, of course: more lousy sales figures (down another 2percentnt month on month), some notable defections and a string of job interviews which for a magic moment early last week seemed to have peaked with CEO Sly Bailey's appointment to sit on the BBC charter renewal committee.

How Kmart Blew It 01.18.02 Credit downgrades, liquidity crises, lousy sales growth.

This section is, again, a qualitative look at the strengths and weaknesses of the company: It's where the sales manager gets to make excuses for a lousy sales year, where the R&D department talks about new advances and the impact it will have, and so on; it gives you a closer look at the big picture.

DANIEL ROTH Murmur in Minneapolis JUST AS FORBES was going to press with a story warning investors about the hazards of companies that report sexy earnings performance but lousy sales growth (Mar. 9, 1998), one of our suspects, Medtronic, provided an object example.

Next to lackluster sales, lousy inventory controls are a small-business killer.

As much through preaching as through actions, Mr Levitt addressed real weaknesses in the American financial markets: deceptive sales practices, lousy accounting standards and high costs.

After a lousy year in 2001, sales seem to have stabilized and even grew a bit last year.

But if we critics want to influence the sales of lousy deals that sell out in days or sometimes hours, we're going to have to rely less on arguments that concern whether a dish was overcooked or undercooked, and more on the language of economics, statistics, marketing, psychology and transparency.

It's certainly not because I have made, or will ever make, a lousy nickel off its sale.