2. Hollywood
The number of subscribers to Netflix, the DVD delivery service, climbed 26 percent in the fourth quarter from the same time last year. That helped put the companys revenue up 19 percent from the previous year. And according to industry researcher Media by Numbers, 2009s box office sales are tracking 16.5 percent higher than the year beforeat this rate, theaters will make $1.9 billion, versus last years $1.6 billionwith attendance up nearly 15 percent.
3. Bodice Rippers
Harlequin, the worlds biggest publisher of series romance, saw North American sales rise $3 million in 2008s fourth quarter from a year earlier. Other escapist literature also has done well: Although most book sales were flat or down in February 2009 from the year before, a spokesperson for the Borders book chain says that science fiction and fantasy were upas were humor titles.
4. Condom Makers
Whether for at-home entertainment or to try to stave off the cost of a baby in trying times, condom sales rose 6 percent in January from the year before. If people dont have the money to go out to a fancy dinner or are looking to cut back, Trojan gives them some real affordable ways to stay in and make some great memories together, Jim Daniels, Trojans vice president of marketing, told USA Today.
5. Rsum Editing
Rsum writer Jerry Bills, who has worked on nearly 30,000 rsums since 1986, says his sales numbers are up 46 percent from last winter. 39;m way too busy to bother to even track it all, he says. All I know is I dont even have a life anymore.
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