The 45 acquisitions cost a total of $1.1 billion, and have added about $2.2 billion to Borden's annual sales.

Shinchosha, which has the largest share of the books-on-tape market, sold almost 400,000 taped books in 1987, adding about $4.8 million to the company's sales.

If that increase is sustained, it could add almost $400 million to the company's annual sales.

They have all been successful in adding to our sales.

It is added to an album's total sales.

That, in turn, could curtail consumer spending, adding to the nation's weak retail sales.

This should add another $3 billion to our sales within 18 months.

Some time later they might add about $1 billion to Zeneca's annual sales.

No terms were disclosed on any of the deals, which are expected to add $85 million to Airgas's annual sales of about $1 billion.

After a year of robust growth, the company launched the website MacMall.com to add to its already-burgeoning sales.