81.   Renewed interest in time capsules is attested to by manufacturers, who report big sales increases.

82.   Retailers enjoyed strong sales increases over the summer, and August was no exception.

83.   RETAILERS REPORT SALES GAINS Merchants reported strong sales increases for January, though sales a year earlier were skewed downward by bad weather.

84.   Retailers report usual sales increase reflecting start of new school year.

85.   Sausage sales increase in the summer months, says Bruce Aidells, who adds that grilling is the most popular way to prepare gourmet sausages.

86.   Several major retailers had their biggest sales increases in more than a year.

87.   Ruttenberg said costs as a percentage of sales will fall as sales increase.

88.   Sales increases in Danbury were second only to Greenwich in the state last year.

89.   SAP said all areas contributed to the first-half sales increase.

90.   She had predicted sharp sales increases for this fiscal year just as demand for computers, printers and storage equipment was starting to nosedive.