Sales aren&#39;t making the grade
556952
Retailers in Michigan delighted when students returned to the classroom, but the back-to-school sales haven&#39;t generated the kind of dollars many projected.
96456
There&#39;s an old saying in the business world when a sale seems all but assured: It was as easy as selling Hostess Twinkies. That may no longer be true.
524911
According to local, state and national retailers and retail associations, the sales figures for the weekend - which included Black Friday, traditionally the year&#39;s biggest shopping day â-id not meet expectations.
270771
Lagging sales and lower-to-flat net vehicle pricing has General Motors Corp. searching for ways to trim costs, but the world&#39;s largest automaker doesn&#39;t expect drastic operational changes
441996
Turnaround from record loss is not right around the corner.
240418
The latest numbers wouldn&#39;t be all that alarming at corporate offices of most retailers. But most corporate retailers don&#39;t have the same standards as Wal-Mart regarding the bottom line.
353972
Earnings are up, but sagging revenues are more annoying than static.
295299
The company's sales are lagging, and its free cash flow has up and disappeared.
490154
Home sales slowed in the Untied States in July, but experts say they still moved at a healthy pace. Tuesday&#39;s report from a business group (the National Association of Realtors) says sales of previously-owned homes dropped 2.9 percent in July.
509336
The market has had a nice little rally of late. A real push to higher levels, however, won&#39;t happen until several hurdles are cleared.
68593
If Michael Dell is worried about IBM&#39;s planned sale of its PC business to Lenovo, he&#39;s not showing it. &quot;If you look at the last few years, there has been a continuing trend, not only a decline in markets, but
745509
Competitors do better and investors are keeping their feet on the ground.
583501
There's no mystery about its sales. There are clues about that success, and the rest of the year.
345822
Sales flagged as the company struggled with operational and accounting issues in the fourth quarter.
669039
Meager sales gains aren't much cause for worry at the big A&F.
180678
Although sales figures for the holiday shopping season are not yet available, analysts expect electronics to be among the best-selling categories.
290768
The mystery of what went wrong for the  software industry in late June when sales stalled at more than  20 brand-name companies is not even close to being solved  although the third quarter is nearly halfway over.