07:33 Apr 12, 2009 

"conclure les ventes", merci à tous.

11:18 Apr 7, 2009 

I think the speaker is making it fairly clear that he advocates moving away from the 'caveman' image for this classy joint, and instead employing himself as a real, live 'athlete' (presumably eye-candy!) as someone to 'facilitate' the striking of deals (i.e. sales) — although it's not made explicit, I rather get the impression that this is instead of the existing rather tacky 'closers', who presumably don't quite fit the image of a 'classy' joint.

This figurative use of 'lubricate' generally corresponds to the notion of 'faciliter' in FR, though I wouldn't presume to suggest how to convey that in a more colloquial register as in the source text here. Unless the simple use of « faciliter » in quotes might perhaps convey the idea of an arrière pensée... ? or perhaps 'conclure' somewhere might also convey a slight sexual connotation not out of keeping with the rest of the text...?

10:39 Apr 7, 2009 

Pourquoi pas "mettre de l'huile dans les rouages (du commerce/du business)".

10:12 Apr 7, 2009 

I honestly don't think in this particualr instance there is anything specifically 'sexual' about it — it's almost in apposition to the sexual activities described earlier. I think it's more along the lines of "oiling the wheels", making things go through smoothly... the idea may even be that he could do it in a more classy way, without needing to resort to such tawdry tactics as blatant sex...