1.   Layout and design can make a great difference in increasing sales.

2.   They achieved their goal of increasing sales by five percent.

3.   American Stores is increasing sales and profits as it modernizes stores, centralizes purchasing and improves service.

4.   Any losses by its chip-making division should be offset by increasing sales of portable phones and other telecommunications equipment, analysts said.

5.   Another emphasis will be increasing sales overseas.

6.   As a result, it has started directing more of its capital to increasing sales to new customers, rather than buying other records companies.

7.   A humorous campaign in the United States for the flagship beer brewed by Heineken NV is increasing sales.

8.   But cutting prices and increasing sales would have been a recipe for disaster had the company not cut costs as aggressively.

9.   But his new designs did not achieve their original purpose of increasing domestic sales, said Mark Shamley, a Tupperware spokesman.

10.   But others say the consolidation will help in opening new markets and increasing wine sales.