Sentences with phrase «by a competitor with»

If they tried to impose credit - card like terms (i.e. bank can change them on a whim) they would be driven out of the market place by competitors with more reasonable terms.

Worse, the console could be displaced by a competitor with a time advantage because technology inevitably improves with time.

All - Star moves: Race by a competitor with a variety of pick - up weapons (missiles, mines and other obstacles) or one of the 20 unique character moves such as Tails» tornado, Samba's conga line, and much more!

Not exact matches

A company that became a national phenomenon with retail alchemy — a rare ability to attract millions with hip designer items at clear - out prices — has seen that delicate formula stifled by excessive caution and a strangling bureaucracy, even as competitors emulated Target's approach, and fast - fashion retailers like H&M, off - price chains such as T.J. Maxx, and dollar stores all muscled onto its turf.

TV providers are fighting to keep every subscriber and Bell's Fibe TV has been leading the way with aggressive promotions noted by competitors Rogers and Videotron, which have lost customers in the intensely competitive environment.

Very similar to the businesses who started early with Yelp and more, the businesses that start using Context Cards early could reap huge benefits of reaching new customers in the future by utilizing the feature before their competitors do.

So spec by spec, we're basically on par with our competitors.

A 2014 survey conducted by Powersports Business magazine and RBC Capital Markets indicates retailers that sell BRP vehicles are outperforming their competitors: 32 % of BRP dealers reported an increase in motorcycle sales of at least 20 % in the fourth quarter of last year (compared with 13 % for dealers overall), and 42 % of BRP dealers expect another 20 % jump in sales for 2015.

At this writing, peer - to - peer car sharing is still banned in the state; Getaround's competitor, RelayRides (now called Turo), was fined $ 200,000 in 2013 by the New York Department of Financial Services for noncompliance with insurance regulations.

«Importantly, the free trade agreement will ensure that the Australian wine industry does not fall behind the liberalisation achieved by its major competitors South Africa and Chile in their deals with the US.»

When tracked and tweaked properly, social media can give your startup the marketing muscle it needs to keep up with — and maybe even eclipse — large competitors, says Nichole Kelly, chief executive of Social Media Explorer and author of How to Measure Social Media: A Step - By - Step Guide to Developing and Assessing Social Media ROI (Que Publishing, 2012).

What has usually happened is that one company has come to dominate a particular field with its products, then had its monopoly smashed either by authorities or by co-operating competitors that stressed openness and interoperable standards.

Once you're finished, you should have a picture that serves as a fairly solid playbook for how to handle potential countermoves by competitors in any conversation with a prospect.

Simply by entering a competitor's website domain, users are presented with an abundance of data including total paid and organic keywords, estimated value of organic traffic, organic competitors, and virtually any other data points you need to formulate a strategy.

Similar to the situation with Beats, a number of other prominent apparel or beverage brands have been effectively banned by the NFL because a competitor brand has an exclusive deal.

He stresses the simplicity of his devices compared with the unnecessary additions foisted on consumers by competitors, including Apple (aapl).

Finances aside, Target's bigger challenges are stubbornly centred on unhappy customers whose loyalty has been stretched thin by a series of supply - chain snafus and prices that many perceived to be out - of - whack with both big - box competitors and the company's own reputation as a quality discounter.

Perhaps the point of contact you despise leaves and is replaced by someone who's more pleasant to work with, or, better yet, the person you do enjoy working with gets a better gig at a competitor and sways his or her new company to hire your firm.

Verizon is planning to announce a big content partnership in the next few weeks, following moves by competitors AT&T and T - Mobile to woo customers with free offers for popular video services.

Better known as a home for looping GIFs, the social blogging service, owned by ailing tech giant Yahoo, is clearly playing a bit of catch - up by getting onboard with what its bigger competitors have tabbed as the Next Big Thing.

Swan Taxis has launched an update for its app, which now allows customers to book a cab ride and make automatic cashless payments with the use of a credit card, similar to the service offered by competitor Uber.

Why should Verizon be allowed to play by different rules, rules that clearly provide them with an advantage over the Canadian players, when it is obvious that they would already be a formidable competitor in the existing Canadian marketplace?

Plans by Emeco Holdings to diversify and accelerate its growth through M&A deals have come to naught, after the mining equipment supplier announced today its agreed takeover of Perth company RentCo and its merger discussions with Queensland competitor Orionstone had both been terminated.

I was doing a seminar many years ago on networking and was talking about the value of collaborating with your competition from time to time, and how it is actually possible to increase your business by collaborating and cooperating with people who might be your competitors.

Indeed, by analyzing a roster of competitive runners, Kilduff found that competitors running in a race with a rival whittled down their time by an average of five seconds per kilometers.

The four 30 - second videos created by FCB Global focus on the headaches of traveling with Amtrak's competitors.

Canadian CEOs are sympathetic with HP, and they believe that companies need to protect their secrets by asking certain employees to sign legal agreements that limit their ability to work for competitors.

Read up on competitors, attend trade shows and do the footwork by speaking with owners and executives of other growing concepts.

For example, by hooking up Twitter with Slack you can keep an eye on what people are tweeting about your company, competitors, or any other thing you want to track.

Take my word for it, if you're not out there and in control of your story, to the extent that it's even possible any more, the vacuum will readily be filled by any number of other people — employees, ex-employees, competitors, advocates for a million causes, etc. — with their own good and bad axes to grind.

With virtually no experience in the world of hardware, Facebook is taking on deep - pocketed competitors like Apple, Google and upstarts such as Snap, in a cut - throat business defined by thin profit margins and complex logistics.

Infomercials — followed quickly by primetime parodies — helped the Snuggie beat out its blanket - with - sleeves competitors.

It instead agreed to take steps to help competitors integrate their software with Windows by sharing APIs with developers.

For example you could say, «Our competitor with similar metrics recently got financed at a $ 20 million pre-money valuation, here is why I think we're better...» Setting terms to the investor by saying something like, «I won't take less than this valuation» is the surest way to turn off a potential investor.

By hooking it up with Slack you can keep an eye on what people are tweeting about your company, competitors or any other thing you want to track.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

As we've seen with Uber, which famously blinked when challenged by local ride - sharing service Didi Chuxing, Chinese competitors shouldn't be underestimated.

Executives at BlackBerry were divided over the future of BBM for months before they chose to go ahead with the plan, fuelled by the growing number of competitors on the market, including WhatsApp and Waterloo, Ont. - based Kik Messenger, both which are available on BlackBerry and other phones.

In RIM's case, the success of the BlackBerry was blinding: the company's founders were so pleased with what they accomplished, they hardly noticed when they were overtaken by not one competitor (Apple) but several (Google and Samsung).

If you know that leads are doing business with a competitor (either by being noted during a sales call or shared during a questionnaire on your site, etc.) you can send specific emails to these educating them about what differentiates your company from the competition.

By buying back $ 50 billion in stock at high prices, thus diminishing its balance sheet just as its competitors were bulging with cash.

By working on self - driving car technology, Apple is putting itself in direct competition with a slew of competitors, including Alphabet's Waymo (GOOGL), which has been developing an autonomous driving product for years.

Our in - house ethics blogger (he really does go by @ethicsblogger) Chris MacDonald turned a moment of personal frustration with Keurig's new «2.0» single - cup coffee - brewing system into a larger point about the obligations companies have to serve their best customers, instead of trying to block competitors.

Employers should know that companies with happy employees outperform their competitors by 20 percent, and workers who are highly engaged are 38 percent more likely to have above - average productivity.

With showrooming and webrooming so prevalent today, it can be almost impossible to remain aware at all times of the lower prices being offered by your competitors.

Most of Tesla's competitors are planning to release battery - powered SUVs by 2019, a segment with higher demand and better gross margins.

The business plan: Monopolize the global microchip market by destroying Silicon Valley competitors with a man - made earthquake.

The question has been asked by nearly every Apple watcher following a brutal two - week stretch that began with a worse than expected earnings report, quickened after the ouster of a high - profile executive and culminated with news this week that it had fallen behind competitor Samsung in the smartphone wars.

While you may have your rival's photo on your office dartboard, offering the olive branch of peace by quoting a competitor or mentioning their work in your field may well lead to them sharing the article with their contacts and client base, and they might even return the favor in the future.

But by going above and beyond with your customer service, you'll soon see your sales going above and beyond those of your competitors.