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Frances Chanel has no immediate plans for online sales of its handbags or specialty clothing for women, a company official says. Chanel is one of the last businesses in the fashion industry to turn to the internet for selling products. Many of its co

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Unit 11 New Trends in Trade Part Ⅰ Getting ready In running a company, it's very important to have a well-designed chart or graph. With the help of the chart or graph, one can know clearly the amount of products manufactured or sold each month, eac

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The day after Christmas Day is called Boxing Day. It is not clear where this name came from but maybe it came from people putting left-over food into boxes to give to the poor. Nowadays, it is the day when shops have sales and offer good bargains. Th

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Gun store owners say they are selling fewer guns since the 2016 presidential election. Some are calling the drop a Trump slump. Sales of guns slowed after Donald Trump was elected president, ending fears that a Democratic president would strengthen g

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One of the things I like to do on the weekends is go to garage sales. Im a bargain hunter and collector, so garage sales are good places for me. I look in the newspapers or just follow homemade signs to find the sales in my neighborhood. Whether its

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WASHINGTON, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Existing home sales in the United States declined by 2.2 percent in May to a seasonally（季节性的） adjusted annual rate of 5.66 million units, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported on Tuesday. The

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Sales of Luxury Cars 'Booming' Despite the financial uncertainty in Europe or the slowdown in China, the market for luxury cars has never been better. Last year, British automaker Rolls Royce sold more than 3,500 ultra-luxury models like a $450,000 P

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The retailer Gap is to close 175 stores across North America over the next few years as it attempts to turn around the business. 为了让业务好转，零售商Gap将在未来数年内关闭175家北美门店。 A limited number of European shops w

Fireworks sales down in Beijing during holiday

BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Sales of fireworks and the number of people injured due to fireworks setting off in Beijing have dropped significantly during this year's Spring Festival holiday, which began on Feb. 10. A total of 313,000 cartons of fire

Volkswagen 2010 sales in China up 37 pct

SHANGHAI, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Europe's largest carmaker, Volkswagen AG（大众汽车公司）, said Friday that it had sold 37 percent more vehicles on the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong in 2010, compared to sales in 2009. With 1.92 million vehicles

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Computer sales dips for first time since 2009

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US New Home Sales Fell in March

Sales of new homes in the U.S. fell last month, but still are edging higher than in the last months of 2011. The government's Commerce Department said Tuesday that buyers in March bought new houses at an annual pace of 328,000, off more than 7 percen

China's biggest gold producer sales surge in H1

BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- China National Gold Group Corp. (CNGGC) said Monday that its first-half sales surged 61.44 percent year on year to 49.45 billion yuan (7.85 billion U.S. dollars), fulfilling 61.8 percent of its annual target. The Beijing-b

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Almost 60,000 members of the gun industry are meeting this week in the U.S. city of Las Vegas, Nevada. They are gathering for the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show or, as it is commonly called, the SHOT show. The yearly event brings together g

Ford outsells GM in March U.S. sales

CHICAGO, April 1 (Xinhua)-- Ford Motor Co. outsold General Motors Co. last month for only the second time since 1998, as higher gasoline prices drove up demand for smaller and more fuel- efficient vehicles, such as the Fiesta subcompact and Explorer

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BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China's automobile sales hit 9.6 million units in the first half of 2012, up 2.93 percent year on year, data released on Wednesday by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) showed. Auto output during the

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