Retail and wholesale sales shrank 1.8 percent in February, the first decline in four years.

While sales of less expensive turntables have shrunk, deluxe models are selling better than ever, manufacturers say.

Now Asian sales are shrinking, and world oil prices have fallen despite repeated efforts by producing countries to limit supplies.

As sales shrink and revenue falls, indebted companies run short of cash to pay loan installments.

Its comparative sales for stores open at least one year have been shrinking.

During the past three decades, only two new classes of antibiotics have been found, and sales shrank to $14.4bn in 2010 from $16.1bn in 2005.

At the same time, sales from wireline equipment have been shrinking and now make up a quarter of revenue, down from 37 percent in 2003.

Therefore the sales do not shrink the number of images in the collection.

But sales of pre-recorded cassettes have slowly and steadily been shrinking, to a point where one day music stores may no longer even carry them.

Consequently, sales of the magazine shrank to just 1,500 by 1822, leading to the editor to introduce a new approach to the subject matter.