increase sales

Meaning

This phrase means to sell a larger quantity of products or services, thereby generating more revenue for a business. It is a fundamental goal in commerce and is frequently discussed in marketing and strategy meetings.

Examples

• Our primary goal for the fourth quarter is to increase sales by fifteen percent.

  Our primary goal for the fourth quarter is to increase sales by fifteen percent.

• The new social media campaign helped us increase sales significantly.

  The new social media campaign helped us increase sales significantly.

• Offering discounts to loyal customers is a proven way to increase sales.

  Offering discounts to loyal customers is a proven way to increase sales.

• We need to analyze consumer behavior to find new ways to increase sales.

  We need to analyze consumer behavior to find new ways to increase sales.

• By expanding into the European market, they hope to increase sales.

  By expanding into the European market, they hope to increase sales.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We need to rise sales.

  ✓ We need to increase sales.

  'Rise' is an intransitive verb and cannot take a direct object. You must use the transitive verb 'increase' (or 'raise') when you are actively causing sales to go up.

• ✗ The marketing strategy will bigger our sales.

  ✓ The marketing strategy will increase sales.

  'Bigger' is an adjective, not a verb. To describe making sales larger, use the verb 'increase'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• If we launch this new product line, we expect to ___.

  💡 sell more products

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  increase sales

• What strategies are we using to ___ during the off-season?

  💡 raise our transaction volume

  Show answer

  increase sales