This may not be what RBS management wants to hear, but a lengthy, staged sale is vital to get a good outcome for taxpayers.
Some Web retailers are using the discounts to pare inventories, and others, especially those owned by traditional retailers, are staging sales in lockstep with their shopping mall counterparts.
As well as the fairs, Christie's and Sotheby's staged big sales of contemporary art.
One buyer, David Johnson, recalls hearing a cellphone exchange that he now suspects was staged; his sales agent fought with a colleague over whose customer would get the lot where they stood.
On a conference call with analysts, Carlyle executives said the firm had staged stock sales for a number of its portfolio companies, including an initial public offering of the vehicle parts maker Allison Transmission and a secondary offering of shares in the Dunkin Brands Groupp.
After his appearance on the Las Vegas stage, sales of company-branded toys and clothing doubled.
Its star James Norton will make a personal experience at a glitzy on-stage sales pitch on Monday night.
"At the longlist stage, sales of the so-called 'Booker Dozen' were stronger than in any other year since BookScan records began in 1998," Stone said.
Any deal in life goes through several stages: sales, initial questions, the auction (if there is one), the accepted offer, the honeymoon period, due diligence, legal contracts, potential buyer/seller remorse, and then cash getting wired.
In 1993 he also theatrically and playfully staged a "Sale" (alliteratively named) of the same product.
