1.   And cigarette sales boomed throughout the military during World War II, when nearly a third of all tobacco sales went to the US armed forces.

2.   And Linux sales have been booming.

3.   At cosmetics companies, meanwhile, person-to-person sales are booming.

4.   Auto sales are booming in the United States, automatically conferring productivity gains on manufacturers here as they use more of their plant capacity.

5.   Boating-accessory sales are booming, too.

6.   But the mere fact that sales are booming does not mean that supplements are any better than natural garlic.

7.   Cigar sales are booming, perhaps to taunt the baby boomers.

8.   Coin sales are booming as individual investors jump on what they see as bargain prices, the Mint said.

9.   Domestic car sales boomed while some foreign food and beverage makers were pushed out of the market altogether.

10.   Early this year, BMW became one of numerous automakers who said it would invest to boost production in Brazil, whose auto sales were then booming.