Article: The sales clutch.(Life - Money)

Article: Hard-Sell "Killers" and Soft-Sell "Poets": Modern ...
Journalism History;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Contemporary advertisers, dubbed "hard-sell killers" and "soft-sell poets ... Present-day textbooks suggest the hard sell and its informational product orientation ... Richard Pollay, who identified phases of hard sell and soft sell in his study of magazine ...

Article: Hard-sell selling--softly.
U.S. News & World Report;  April 23, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... get off their sofas and into an Ikea." Pretend hard sell? So has hard sell finally come to Britain? Not really, ad executives ... Young agrees: "The paradox is, it's a pretend hard sell that is actually a soft sell." Got that? Well ...

Article: NSW: Don't splurge and avoid the Xmas hard sell: ...
AAP General News (Australia);  December 10, 2001 ;     503 words ... ... Don't splurge and avoid the Xmas hard sell: Fair Trading SYDNEY, Dec 10 AAP ... splurging on credit cards and to avoid "hard-sell" tactics when buying gifts. Launching ... released its consumer advice booklet, "Hard Sell - How to deal with high pressure sales ...

Article: Probe into doorstep hard-sell over electricity ...
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  January 25, 2005 ;     460 words ... ... investigation has been launched over hard-sell doorstep techniques by a Scottish Power ... Retired Mr Lamb said: ``It is a hard sell and to say you should read the contract ... suspension or dismissal. CAPTION(S): HARD-SELL: Scottish Power apologised to John and ...

Article: "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard".(Weekend)(Movie ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  August 13, 2009 ;     460 words ... ... obnoxious promoter in "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard." He heads a team whose members ... THE DETAILS WHAT: "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard." WHERE: Auburn, Carousel ... James Brolin star in "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard."

Article: Retailers ordered to `hard-sell' the lottery
The Independent - London;  October 27, 2001 ;     700 words ...SHOPKEEPERS ARE to be taught hard-sell techniques in an effort to bolster National ... but he denied they were encouraging a hard-sell, preferring to call it a "proactive ... If you want to keep your terminal, a hard sell is one of the ways to do it but it will ...

Article: NSW: Don't splurge and avoid the Xmas "hard sell": ...
AAP General News (Australia);  December 10, 2001 ;     262 words ... ... Don't splurge and avoid the Xmas "hard sell": Fair Trading The New South Wales ... splurging on credit cards, and to avoid hard sell tactics when buying gifts. Launching ... consumers can be found in the department's Hard Sell booklet which can be downloaded from ...