bluebird n.— «In exchange for this “bluebird”—a sale that flies in the window—I said I’d have to have access to a 3000.» —by Sandra L. Kurtzig, Tom Parker CEO: Building a $400 Million Company from the Ground Up , 1991. (source: Double-Tongued...
bluebird n. in business, an unexpected, very profitable, or easily made sale. Etymological Note: According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “bluebird” connoting “happiness” dates to at least as early as 1909. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
bluebird n.— «That actually was a bit of a blue bird, I’d have to say.…They had actually as a customer been dormant for some time. And then apparently their business must have started picking up because all of a sudden they came back and wanted...
teaser parking n. a few parking spaces located in front of a business to lure customers with their apparent convenience. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
black diamond n.— «The competition has got tougher, but with this emerging market—the “black diamonds” as they’re called in the trade—people are buying homes, moving into homes, and upgrading. I think that market is in its infancy—it’s going to...
third shift n.— «For instance, a manufacturing partner with a contract to run two shifts per day could potentially order excess materials from the suppliers, run a third shift making the company’s product and sell that product into another market...