1.   At its meeting next week, the lottery commission will get an update on the sales slump and what the agency is doing to end it.

2.   A continued sales slump could become a budget problem, Barrientos said.

3.   But given the high rate of attrition among dealerships during recent recessions, the next sales slump could drive far more dealers out of business.

4.   But there are growing signs that Japan is pulling out of its long recession and that the sales slump may be ending.

5.   Cortez said there were two factors that mitigated the August sales slump.

6.   Despite the retail sales slump last month, consumer confidence remains high.

7.   Digital told analysts last week that the sales slump in the quarter stemmed in part from a shift to direct sales from third-party resellers in Europe.

8.   Even exports, who have weathered the sales slump by boosting shipments overseas, are now vulnerable with weaker growth forecast in some Southeast Asian countries, economists said.

9.   Even Volkswagen has shut down its plant for three days, once in July and twice in August, because of a sales slump.

10.   Even exporters, which have weathered the sales slump by boosting shipments overseas, are now vulnerable with weaker growth forecast in some Southeast Asian countries, economists said.