Meanwhile, September retail sales released by the Commerce Department show that total retail sales (which include non-general merchandise categories such as autos, gasoline stations and restaurants) increased 1.1 percent month-to-month and 8.6 percent over last year, partially due to strong auto sales.
Picture a new boss who comes in to head the sales department of a high-tech company.
Since then, CRM has redefined the sales department, raised productivity and made the process of managing customers easier.
What if the haystack was already pre-sorted for influence, sentimen, and intent, and handed over to the sales department?
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After a job in the sales department of Dell Publishing, he founded Workman in 1967 as a book packager.
"We're a little disappointed with what happened with the sculpture, " Bonhams Maritime Art Department sales specialist Gregg K. Dietrich said.
In this scenario, the sales department just became the fulfillment department.
He worked as a newspaper copyboy and a "slush pile reader" for a women's magazine and had a stint in the sales department at Dell Publishing.
Nobody questions the viability anymore of the sales department that uses web conferencing tools like GoToMeeting or the cool new multi video and web conference tool iMeet.
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The PSP has been no slouch in the sales department: Since launching the device in 2005, Sony says it has sold more than 23 million units in North America and 67.8 million worldwide.
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What we were most interested in was all the prototype technologies on show, but all the Haier reps were from the US sales department, so not a soul could talk about the demonstrations.
The effect is already showing: Sephora's like-for-like sales are growing by 11% a year, compared with around 3.5% for cosmetics sales in department stores.
Meanwhile, January retail sales data, released by the U.S. Department of Commerce, showed total retail sales (which include non-general merchandise categories such as autos, gasoline stations and restaurants) increased 5.6 percent unadjusted year-over-year and 0.4 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month.
Claiborne was the first designer to insist that her collection be placed together on the department store sales floor.
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Nationwide department store sales edged ahead by 0.3% in June and 0.4% in Tokyo compared to one year ago.
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Leading the charge were online sales for department stores, which according to IBM were up 43% compared to year ago levels.
Elsewhere, department store sales fell 1% during the month - after rising 1.4% in June - while furniture store sales sank 1.3%.
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RackedNY.com gave a full rundown of some of the department store sales and many New Yorkers took note of the surprising ads for high-end retailer Saks (SKS) touting deals up to 70% off.
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Since the fine fragrance industry as a whole has taken a beating during the recession (the NPD Group says American department store sales have been down 15% from 2007 to 2009), some companies are even playing with their distribution models.
"We understand the importance of keeping drivers informed and entertained and we continue to work with the leaders in the Internet, smartphone, app and mobile realms to safely bring consumers the best in-vehicle experience, " said Ted Cardenas, director of marketing for the car electronics department, sales and marketing division of Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc.
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Today private label sales account for up to 50% of total apparel sales by U.S. department stores, up from 25% a decade ago.
But sales edged down a bit in December, according to the U.S. Commerce Department, and in the end sales excluding autos rose 6% in December compared with 2010.
Sales rose 1.1% to a five-month high in February, according to the Commerce Department, while January sales were revised higher to a gain of 0.6%.
Department-store sales online were up 38%, and jewelry retailers' online sales were up 97%.
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Inc. said on Monday that sales in its department stores fell below its expectations through the third week of January.
Consumption is collapsing: department-store sales in November fell 4.7%, and supermarket turnover 2.3%.
Nordstrom has eliminated department boundaries so sales associates can customize a sale.
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In Japan department-store sales in August were 0.9% lower than a year earlier.
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