Game sales escalate steadily year after year; 2007 saw software sales alone jump 28% to $9.5 billion, according to NPD Group.
As new hardware hits the market, sales escalate for a few years, typically peaking after three or four years, then begin to fall off as people anticipate another new machine.
The reasons were clear: cocaine from South America, where drug cartels fought openly, had displaced Southeast Asian heroin as the major drug threat to the United States, and violence associated with drug sales escalated rapidly.
Miami Beach has an altered landscape of half-full hotels, slowing sales and escalating rents that have forced out restaurants and boutiques.
The "super brand" has been around for over 30 years and its sales are escalating dramatically and span around 40 countries.
The New York Times reports that the problem of illegal or unfair ticket sales largely escalated when online ticketing increased in popularity.
Warman implies a connection between these boosted sales and the escalating riots in London, though he doesn't say whether he thinks these items are being purchased by home and shop owners keen on protecting their property, or by the would-be looters and firebugs.
While alternative and renewable energy sources will take a larger share of the energy pie, the use of fossil fuels, including oil and coal, will still grow, as escalating sales of air-conditioners, dishwashers and everything else electric will push up total demand.
Chemicals maker DuPont reported flat second-quarter earnings, with rising sales undercut by escalating energy and research costs.
At year 5, when I hired an in-house chemist team and our first experienced executive, Juice Beauty's products and clinical results soared followed by greatly escalating sales.
White Diamonds (which Arden describes as "radiant, extraordinarily rare and overwhelmingly beautiful") is the bestselling celebrity perfume ever, and sales look set to escalate in coming months in tribute to the star.
