Sentence examples for staples sales from inspiring English sources

Most of Staples' sales aren't reliant on customers at bricks-and-mortar locations, however, so there could still be some opportunity for it to make a profit.

Staples' sales dropped 10.6percenttoto $5.87 billion in the quarter ended Feb. 1, marking the fourth straight quarter of decline.

Sargent was upbeat about Staples' online sales, which rose 10percentt in the fourth quarter due to higher traffic and strong technology product sales in the holiday shopping season.

Since Staples.com would account for an estimated 8percentt of Staples overall sales in 2001, it could be valued at 8percentt of the company, or about $5 a share.

The best-managed firm in the group is Staples, where sales and earnings continue to show strong growth.

The two-and-a-half-month project proved to Staples ($22 billion sales) that the Kiva model could work.

Staples's sales and earnings-per-share figures matched estimates made by analysts polled by Thomson Financial, and profits beat the Street's quarterly income estimate of $210.7 million.

Pig blood cakes, stinking tofu, coconut dough rolls, oyster omelettes, meat and spring onion steamed dumplings, and bitter melon juice drinks are some of the myriad delicacies (and staples) on sale amid much noisy chatter and startlingly low prices.

13) brings another house staple, a sale of fine and decorative arts from the Belle Époque, including Louis XV and Louis XVI revival furnishings and vases, desk accessories, and a Favrile glass lamp by Tiffany Studios.

Citizens are gathering staples, and gun sales are up.

Mr. Stemberg says Staples tracks its sales per customer closely and has found that a typical shopper who visits only the store spends between $600 and $700 annually.