Despite its lackluster sales--84, 218 units last year, down 22%--the Five Hundred is a decent car.
The recent attention to maternity comes at a time of lackluster sales for much of the apparel industry.
This year Branson folded his struggling U.K. apparel line, Virgin Clothing, citing lackluster sales in a bad retail climate.
The increase of Internet music piracy and the decrease of consumers' attention spans have been two of the factors blamed for for lackluster sales.
For the gaming industry overall, the planned launch of a new console system will be a welcome boost with the potential to boost recently lackluster sales.
Lackluster sales--including in the U.S., which provides 70% of its revenue--have led it to slash prices on its new 3-D platform and other products by as much as a third.
The lackluster sales have altered the plans of some manufactured-home companies that were expecting such housing to play a bigger role as the housing market remade itself following the crash.
Without the music career he hoped would take off--Federline's debut album, Playing With Fire, opened to critical disdain and lackluster sales--it's his tabloid presence that continues to open doors for his celebrity.
That follows 19.17 percent and 16.81 percent growth in 2011 and 2010, respectively, when the industry bounced back from lackluster sales growth of 5.83 percent sales as the U.S. recession officially ended in 2009.
What began as a way to preserve cash when markets dried up a few years ago has become a means of freeing up money to fund expansions, buy back stock and support dividend payouts at a time of lackluster sales growth and shrinking profit margins.
The tournament had been otherwise marred by lackluster ticket sales and accusations of poor organization.
He was made the scapegoat for the lackluster initial sales (by Iphone standards) and bugs with the system.
He clearly still believes in 3D, despite lackluster 2010 sales of 3D televisions.
This should be troubling for Microsoft, which is in a precarious position with its new operating system and lackluster tablet sales.
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But the Phoenix Business Journal said the event was moved from the convention center due to lackluster ticket sales and concern over anti-war protesters.
But many analysts are blaming the expiration of the payroll tax cut at the end of January and for a delay in tax refunds for the alleged lackluster February sales.
Unfortunately, top competitors PPR SA, the Gucci parent, and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton all recently reported lackluster China sales, and European shoppers remain squeezed by weak wages and deep economic uncertainty.
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Pfizer this morning lowered its 2013 guidance, reflecting currency problems abroad, and reported lackluster first-quarter sales and earnings.
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Even Sears, the blue-collar retailer, shows lackluster same-store sales growth.
Sales will be lackluster in between, he figures, as people bet that stores will start offering bigger discounts as they move to clear inventory right before Christmas.
But unlike the Soviets, the Wal-Mart crowd can manage: they grind out ever-rising per-share profit, even as sales growth has become lackluster.
While Wall Street body-slammed the company for one lackluster quarter, in that same period sales of Lucent's most advanced optical gear doubled, and its data network business grew 60%.
One big exception was Wal-Mart Stores, which said it expects to report same-store sales in November below its already lackluster forecast.
The NRF back-to-school outlook goes against the grain of recent lackluster news on the retail front, from a small industry sales decline in June to a reduced July sales forecast from discount giant Target, which announced on Monday that it expects to grow same-store sales 3% to 4% this month compared with last July's sales, down from an earlier 4% to 6% forecast.
The NRF back-to-school outlook goes against the grain of recent lackluster news on the retail front, from a small industry sales decline in June to a reduced July sales forecast from discount giant Target (nyse: TGT - news - people ), which announced on Monday that it expects to grow same-store sales 3% to 4% this month compared with last July's sales, down from an earlier 4% to 6% forecast.
Indian demand has also been lackluster because of a weaker economy and a proposed tax on gold sales.
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Warm weather and summer clearance sales sent customers into stores last month, defying expectations of another lackluster month for retailers.
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Despite a lackluster performance during the holiday season, GameStop continued to build on its digital sales platform.
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