sales performance

Meaning

This term refers to the measure of how many products or services a company or salesperson sells over a specific period. It helps businesses understand if they are meeting their financial goals and which team members are doing well. It is a neutral, standard professional term used in meetings and performance reviews.

Examples

• Our sales performance improved significantly in the second quarter of the year.

  Our sales performance improved significantly in the second quarter of the year.

• The manager presented a detailed report on the team's sales performance.

  The manager presented a detailed report on the team's sales performance.

• We need to analyze our sales performance to see which products are most popular.

  We need to analyze our sales performance to see which products are most popular.

• Her excellent sales performance earned her the Employee of the Month award.

  Her excellent sales performance earned her the Employee of the Month award.

• Regular training sessions can help boost the overall sales performance of the staff.

  Regular training sessions can help boost the overall sales performance of the staff.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We need to increase our sales perform.

  ✓ We need to increase our sales performance.

  "Perform" is a verb, but we need the noun "performance" here to describe the overall result of selling activities.

• ✗ The company has a high sales performance.

  ✓ The company has strong sales performance.

  We typically describe performance as "strong," "weak," "good," or "poor" rather than using "high" or "low."

Related Expressions

Practice

• The board of directors was very pleased with our outstanding ___ this quarter.

  💡 The measure of how well the company sold its products.

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  sales performance

• If we want to improve our ___, we need to train our new staff better.

  💡 The results of our selling activities.

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  sales performance