41.   Its sales slumped for the first time, and it struggled to recover.

42.   Mercedes-Benz luxury cars are selling at a brisk pace while overall car sales have slumped.

43.   Newell said last week that sales had slumped for its Calphalon cookware and Rolodex files.

44.   Of the U.S. would allow the French company to better control the distribution of its products at a time when its perfume sales are slumping.

45.   Opinion turned against him, and his record sales slumped.

46.   Profit margins wilt as production lines gear up to meet booms, then suffer again when sales eventually slump.

47.   Retail department store sales slumped in July from a year ago because of the increase in consumption tax, a Nihon Keizai newspaper survey showed Saturday.

48.   Sales have slumped since a series of tax increases since April, which battered spending on expensive items like furniture, appliances and audio equipment.

49.   Sales have slumped since the Wendy campaign ended.

50.   Sales slumped along with consumer spending and official efforts to crack down on government car purchases.