Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
продажи в заторможенном состоянии
English translation:
seasonal sales slump
Russian term
DELVING into DETAIL
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
в заторможенном состоянии
Sep 10, 2007 17:50: Tevah_Trans changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/40193">Andrew Vdovin's</a> old entry - "продажи в заторможенном состоянии"" to ""seasonal sales slump""
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MS Industrial Engineering; MBA
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian
Seasonality slump
Otherwise, "slow season" would be possible.
Or, you could say "seasonal sales slump in the summertime".
Here's my source (besides the crap I write every day for my day job):
http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/homeofficemagcom/2001/o...
All the options I offered happen to be in this article by the way.
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The Misha
: I like this one best, they may want to use "in a seasonal slump", but that's the same thing
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tatyana000
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Thanks tatyana!
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Mark Berelekhis
: 'Our summer book sales are in a slump,' don't think 'seasonal' is even necessary.
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alex11
: OR slowing down
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Veni Vidi Vici
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English, and 5 more.
sales stagnation
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Toyota seeking breakthrough in resolving stagnant car sales at ...
In response to his view, Toyota began late last year to find a way out of the sales stagnation by forming a team of members selected from across the entire ...
http://en.j-cast.com/2007/05/28007942.html
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Polina Ustinova
: очень верно, но текст оригинала несколько более разговорной стилистики, а стагнация всё-таки строгое слово)))))
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Russian Federation
Financial Translator, 5+ years of banki
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
dead season
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Note added at 23 mins (2007-09-05 13:03:53 GMT)
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Не хотела с Александром не соглашаться, он верно ответл, случайно disagree нажалось.....
Specialist in Civil Law & Contracts
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, English, Ukrainian to English
In the summer, book sales are very flat
(ref) "Beer industry sales are very flat. Wine and spirits have gained." This past week, Anheuser-Busch said first-quarter net income fell about 7 percent to ...
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Tevah_Trans
: Sorry must disagree as flat is distinctly different; Market Research is a precise language, not jargon, either. "Very flat" is like "slightly pregnant" - impossible. Flat = unchanged vs. another period; declining = down vs. another period.
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Ali Bayraktar
: "The market is flat "
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United States
No job too difficult!
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Russian to English, Church Slavonic to English
off-season
Belarus
Commitment and experience, here and now
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Belarusian to English, Russian to English, and 2 more.
sales slack off
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Note added at 1 час (2007-09-05 13:40:44 GMT)
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http://www.google.com.by/search?hl=ru&client=firefox-a&rls=o...
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