And who knows, maybe hanging out a 14th-story window on a rope would have helped sales.

Although the price of automobiles fell 0.4 percent in May, that hardly helped sales.

In truth, nobody knows yet whether putting the book's contents on line will help or hurt sales.

He seemed to welcome the controversy, at least to the extent that it might help sales.

Rate increases and a growing client base are expected to help sales double in 2002, he said.

Then again, it could help sales of both their books.

Growth in the company's military business helped sales, but computer demand was slack.

The song wasn't actually released as a physical single, which perhaps helped sales of the album.

And that's never likely to help sales - because people remember.

The controversy helped sales, although the album was still not a great commercial success.