sales rose vs sales went up

Both phrases are correct and commonly used in English to indicate an increase in sales. They can be used interchangeably depending on personal preference or the context of the sentence.

Last updated: March 26, 2024

sales rose

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate an increase in sales.

This phrase is used to describe a situation where sales have increased.

Examples:

Sales rose by 10% last quarter.
The company's sales rose significantly after the new marketing campaign.

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On the Polish market, the share of imported vehicle sales rose from 25 % in 1998 to 75 % in 2003.
Despite the recession St. Nicholas sales rose 10% compared to last year... ...proving St. Nicholas is more popular than ever, according to retailers.
Is there a big sale on rosé?
Sales volumes rose by 4,9 % and the corresponding market share by 19 %; during the same period stock volumes decreased by about 4 %.
This increase is attributed to DEA and TEA sales, which rose by 19 % and 21 % respectively.
The analysis showed that from 1996 up to 1999, the Community industry's export sales to third countries represented around 8 % of its total sales, whereas they rose to 15 % during the IP.
I've been going over Rose's sales for the last 24 hours.
(68) According to Eurostat the average sales price for imports from third countries rose by 43 % in the IIP.
Production volume increased by 100 percentage points, the volume of sales of the Community industry to the Community market rose by 31 percentage points and employment rose by 88 percentage points.
Over the period considered, the sales volume of the Community industry rose by 4 %, from 36200 tonnes in 1999 to 37800 tonnes during the IP.
According to the SIP, in 2005, sales, around a third of which come from the European Union, rose to USD 290000 million.
Given that consumption rose slightly during the period, a stable sales volume leads to a decreased market share (down 5.5 percentage points), which was taken by imports from the countries concerned.
Indeed, the investigation has shown that the sales volumes of the sampled Community producers supplying the German market rose by 68 % between 2006 and the IP.
Both the decrease in sales volume and market shares should be seen in the light of the evolution of the Community consumption which rose by 3 % during the period considered.
The average unit sales price first increased by 8,6 % in 2001, then rose by 2,6 % in 2002.
Average unit sales price increased by 20 %, the production capacity indicator rose by 12 % and there was an increase in the investment by 140 %.
While Community consumption grew by 15 % between 1999 and the IP, the sales volume of the Community industry rose by only 4 %.
Taking a year-on-year price comparison, the same interested party noted that prices of imports from Argentina rose at a faster pace than the sales prices of the Union industry.
In particular, during 1999 to 2000, Community overcapacity rose by 28 %, but the sales prices of the Community industry fell by only 5 %.
Production capacity increased by 28 %, the volume of sales of the Community industry to the Community market rose by 16 % and the market share held by the Community industry rose by 10 percentage points.

Alternatives:

sales increased
sales went up
sales grew
sales surged
sales climbed

sales went up