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Digital Textbook Sales Heading for a Tipping Point
Digital Textbook Sales To Reach $1 Billion Digital textbook sales to see strong growth By Mike Sachoff “More than 18 percent of new textbook revenue in the higher education and career education markets will come from digital textbooks by 2014, according to a new study by Xplana...

NPD Group Study Shows Increase in Online Download Sales
When it comes to the ratio between physical album sales and digital download sales, digital download sales have increased at the expense of physical CD sales. That’s not to say that CD sales are falling out of existence, but there seems to be a trend where sales are gradually going online even though most [...

Digital Music Sales to Surpass CDs by 2012
A new study from Forrester Research Inc predicts that half of all music sold in the US will be digital sales by the year 2011, with digital music surpassing the CD in 2012. The Massachusetts-based research firm says that digital music sales will increased with a compound annual growth of 23 percent over the next five years, bringing in $4...

UNEXPECTEDLY May retail sales post first drop in 11 months. Retail sales fell in May for the fir
UNEXPECTEDLY? May retail sales post first drop in 11 months. “Retail sales fell in May for the first time in 11 months as receipts at auto dealerships dropped sharply, but the decline was less than expected, offering hope of a pick-up in economic activity...

The Fight in California Over Whether On-Line Retailers Should Collect Sales Tax
Legislation has been introducted in Congress to authorize states to impose sales tax on on-line retail sales, just as they are imposed on bricks-and-mortar retail sales. On-line giant Amazon supports the national legislation; Ebay does not....

Foreclosures Sales Surpass Conventional Sales in Tampa Bay Area
(Source: St. Petersburg Times By Mark Puente) - For maybe the first time ever, sales of foreclosed homes in the Tampa Bay area have exceeded traditional sales.With thousands more foreclosures in the pipeline, home prices will continue to fall...

Female Sales Reps Win Gender Case Against Novartis
Female Sales Reps Win Gender Case Against Novartis

YTB International
Sales Agents Seek Class Action

Ticketmaster
FacesThird Class Action Alleging Fraud Related to Ticket Sales

Coca-Cola Co.
has agreed to pay $137.5 million to settle a securities lawsuit claiming the company artificially inflated sales to boost its stock price.

Sales to Iran
Software company to pay $132,791 settlement in conspiracy lawsuit.

Consumer Funding
BlueHippo Funding agrees to set up $5 million restitution fund after modifying its computer sales program.