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Deal slippage

Meaning in sales & retail, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In sales & retail, deal slippage means: The movement of an expected sales closing date into a later reporting period.

In Turkish: anlaşma kapanışının sonraki döneme sarkması

How it is used

Use when a forecasted sale moves into a later period; explain the cause and revised timing.

Example sentences

  1. Legal review caused deal slippage from September into the fourth quarter.

    The sale remains possible, but its expected reporting period has changed.

  2. Repeated deal slippage made the manager question whether the buyer had a real deadline.

    Repeated postponements can reveal weak evidence behind a close date.

Common collocations

  • reduce deal slippage
  • quarter-end deal slippage
  • sales forecastAn estimate of how much a person, team or company will sell in a coming period, based on the pipeline, past results and market conditions.
  • closeTo get a customer's final agreement to buy, such as a signature, an order or a payment, so that the sale is complete.

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