How To Talk About Sales in English

Derek Callan - English for Professionals
Derek Callan - English for Professionals
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In this Business English collocations lesson, I share lots of useful vocabulary to help you talk about sales in English. Learn lots of different adjectives and verbs that are often used together with sales and practise speaking using my example sentences.

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The collocations in this lesson:

adjective + sales:

strong sales
very positive sales performance
The company reported strong sales in Europe in the first quarter.

record sales
better than ever before
The video games market in Britain saw record sales of £7 billion in 2020.

disappointing sales
not as good as expected
Sales were very disappointing in the final quarter.

poor sales
not good – bad sales performance
The company decided to discontinue the product because of poor sales.  (discontinue – to stop making or offering a product or service)

annual sales
total sales over a one-year period
Our company has annual sales of $40 million.

retail sales
sales of products to the public in shops
Retail sales increased by 1.2% in the second quarter.

export sales
sales of your products or services to other countries
Export sales rose for the third month in a row.

domestic sales
sales of your products or services within your country
The company recorded domestic sales of 12,500 units last month.

sales + verb:

increase/rise/go up/grow
to become larger in size, amount, number, etc.
Sales increased/rose/went up/ grew by 8% in the final quarter of 2020.

decrease/fall /go down/drop
to become smaller in size, amount, number, etc.
Oil and gas sales decreased/fell/went down/dropped sharply due to the pandemic.

soar
similar to increase and rise but very quickly and to a high level
We are very happy to say that sales are soaring

plunge
similar to decrease or drop but more sudden or unexpected
Car sales plunged in Spain in November

recover
to improve after a difficult period or after falling in value
After a difficult first quarter, sales recovered and reached a new high of €1.2 million in May.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:08 adjectives that often go before sales
4:36 verbs that often go after sales

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