In recent years, he'd had a lot to say about sales.
"We have no way to tell about sales out of state," she said.
The company did not hold out much optimism about future sales.
We can be at Thanksgiving dinner and someone will ask me about sales in a certain area.
In 2005, the corporation had about 68,000 employees and annual sales of €15.5 billion.
The company would not offer any guesses about its sales or market share over the next few years.
Today the company has more than 20 different labels, about 1,700 shops around the world and sales of $1 billion.
What will Sotheby's do about future sales of such art?
He declined comment late last week when asked about sales in November.
Getting a tip from a friendly company about sales of a new product was easy.