1.   Tour operators have reported brisk sales since the New Year as people rush to book their annual holiday in the sun.

2.   Although summer is normally a slow time for office equipment companies, Xerox and its competitors did brisk sales in July and August.

3.   As a coastal dweller and a person whose livelihood depends on the brisk sale of newspapers, my vote is with the meteor.

4.   Around the county, several new developments that are just starting construction have been reporting brisk sales.

5.   At the campus bookstore, CSUN garb prompted brisk sales.

6.   Borders reports brisk sales in the religion category, with popular purchases ranging from Bibles to Left Behind books.

7.   A recent Chronicle survey of several Bay Area Safeway stores turned up few shoppers, and competitors are reporting brisk sales.

8.   A survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Michigan Retailers Association also pointed to brisk sales.

9.   Activision Inc. also is enjoying brisk sales, Wallace said, thanks to its battle game Mech Warrior.

10.   Brisk sales in February, combined with slower shipments from factories, helped car dealers clear lots that had become crammed with unsold vehicles earlier this winter.