1.   Export sales rose for the sixth consecutive month.

2.   The company reported its first profit last year and sales have risen sharply.

3.   Sales rose by nought point four per cent last month.

4.   Similarly, the employer could contend that sales had risen in large part because of his superior after-sales service or the comprehensive warranty offered to customers.

5.   Sales rose in September and have continued to rise ever since.

6.   At home, high street sales have risen modestly for the second month running.

7.   Almost three-quarters of the CEOs surveyed by the Washington-based American Business Conference said second-quarter sales would rise compared to the previous quarter.

8.   Also today, U.S. retailer sales rose modestly on balance in September, though the results varied widely.

9.   Also today, U.S. retailer sales rose modestly in September, though the results varied widely.

10.   Also today, U.S. retailers reported that sales rose in February as clearance sales of winter merchandise attracted buyers early in the month, offsetting a later drop.