Sentence examples for sales ground from inspiring English sources

The pub is also a fertile sales ground for local tradesmen, frequently picking up work through word-of-mouth recommendations.

At Wal-Mart, which has 11 stores in Argentina, sales ground to a halt during the recent political unrest.

Homebase and rival DIY retailers such as B&Q suffered during the financial crisis as house prices fell and property sales ground to a halt.

They — and squadrons of others like them — have been drifting barn to barn at the Fasig-Tipton sales grounds for three days eyeballing colts with the same intensity with which jewelers scrutinize diamonds.

But sales have ground to a halt.

Sales of ground beef with stars on their labels increased 7percentt, and sales of chicken that had a star rating rose 5percentt.

Sales of ground beef labeled with no stars dropped by 5percentt, while sales of chicken that had a zero-star rating declined 3percentt.

But let the investors among us take note; until Target's sales gain ground on Wal-Mart's, the American consumer is not yet out of a recessionary mindset.