"Of course, it all comes back to sales/revenues doesn't it?"
No, it all comes back to the probity and competence of what passes for FASC's management. Of course.
And Nichols has shown himself to be severely deficient in both respects.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."
Upton Sinclair
"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."
H. L. Mencken