Sentences with phrase «by rivals from»

Even the iPhone, once the prettiest smartphone by a long shot, is now being outshone by rivals from the likes of Samsung and LG.

But the need for a significant update is clear: It fell from third in its segment as recently as 2013 to fifth place last year, outsold by rivals from Honda, Toyota, Nissan and Ford.

After another disappointing season this year, Arsenal could be put under pressure by their rivals from around Europe who will look to pounce for any discontented players at the Emirates.

What's more, shopper traffic was up again, a notable achievement given the challenges faced by rivals from Target (tgt) to Macy's (m) to get people to come into stores over the holidays.

Not exact matches

To get Lulu back on track, experts believe, Potdevin needs to repair a brand tarnished by last year's see - through yoga - pants disaster, fend off new competition from well - heeled rivals Gap, Nike and UnderArmour, and keep growing fast enough to mollify the suddenly dyspeptic public markets.

Harley, which commands about half of the U.S. big - bike market, has seen its U.S. market share erode in recent years as it grapples with an ageing customer base, weak demand from younger buyers and discounts offered by rivals.

But unlike Calgary - based rival Cenovus Energy Inc., which temporarily throttled back oilsands output in the first quarter because of low prices, Husky says it is cutting output because it can make more money by buying «distressed» barrels from other producers.

Once a modest - size Medicaid provider, the managed - care company has expanded quickly — vaulting from No. 453 to 66 on the Fortune 500 in five years» time — and it has done so, in part, by entering markets that rivals have fled (Medicare Advantage, prison health care, the precarious Obama - care exchanges).

The European Union's executive body is frustrated with the relatively low corporate taxes paid by firms such as Facebook (fb) and Amazon, and individual EU countries are frustrated at seeing overseas firms take business from local rivals while booking their revenues elsewhere.

I secured advertising by calling up big brands from the school phone box, telling them their rivals were already advertising with us and playing them off against each other.

While Uber has grown to become the most valuable private tech company, its reputation has been tarnished by a slew of controversies, ranging from sexism within its ranks to allegations from rival Google that it stole key self - driving technology.

She's competing against WattUp from Silicon Valley's Energous Corp., which beams a 5.8 GHz radio frequency that wireless devices convert into DC power, and may debut in early 2016 in devices developed by SK Telesys (a Korean rival of Samsung) and manufactured by Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn.

And now it faces the prospect that its PC chips will also be surpassed by rivals spawned from the mobile arena.

Under his leadership, Expedia's revenues grew from $ 2.1 billion in 2005 to $ 8.7 billion in 2016, and the company became the biggest online travel agency in the US by snatching up rivals Orbitz, HomeAway, Travelocity, and Hotels.com.

The company emerged from the 2009 financial crisis more easily than most of its peers, helped by stronger digital firepower and the weakness of lower - end rivals like J.C. Penney (jcp) and Sears.

Baby Jogger's woes had been brought about, in part, by fierce competition from lower - priced rivals selling strollers through big - box stores and discount websites for as little as $ 99, less than half the price of a Baby Jogger.

Cathay will add around 4 percent annual capacity with the launch of new routes from its Hong Kong hub to destinations like Brussels, Dublin, Washington D.C. and Cape Town that are not flown by rivals, the CEO added.

WeWork has acquired Chinese rival Naked Hub to grow its China presence from its current 10,000 members in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong to a combined 1 million members in Greater China by the end of 2021.

He has directed resources away from many of Microsoft's declining legacy businesses and toward cloud computing, a fast - growing category ruled by rival Amazon but nascent enough (and vast enough) to potentially turn Microsoft's fortunes.

United Launch Alliance has dropped the price of its workhorse Atlas 5 rocket flights by about one - third in response to mounting competition from rival SpaceX and others, the company's chief executive said on Tuesday.

When spending the requisite time analyzing your staff and looking for gaps, don't forget that you need to treat your best employees very well, so that when they receive a call from a recruiter, or are approached by a rival CEO, the only answer they'll feel obliged to give is a firm «Thanks, but no thanks.»

Press previews indicate that he will distinguish himself from his rivals by proposing a state - by - state solution.

Mylan, now officially free from the clutches of Israel - based Teva, which had been on a hostile attempt to acquire its smaller rival, is also a symbol of reinvention - by - acquisition.

Vestager's predecessor, Joaquin Almunia, held four years of investigations, triggered by complaints from rivals including Microsoft.

A search engine marketer who posts on Reddit using the name Friggersly has done the world a favor by posting the text of an online conversation between two spammers who are paid to sabotage the brand names of rival clients by getting them banned from Reddit.

The company has worked to distinguish itself from its larger rival, Uber, in part by positioning itself as the company that treats drivers better.

A few years later, after its transition from DVDs - by - mail to streaming was better established, it had a stronger foundation to build the original content that put it on an equal footing with rivals, like Time Warner's HBO, in luring customers and to build pricing power for a more profitable future.

But as Coach reined in its prestige - sapping ubiquity, hired a hot fashion designer in Stuart Vevers and ramped up the caliber of its bags, as exemplified by its pricey but coveted Rogue line, it has been able to command ever higher prices, and more crucially, set itself apart from rivals like Michael Kors (kors) and Kate Spade (kate).

The PS4 has been outselling its main rival from Microsoft around the world — in some cases, as in Spain, it's been by a wide margin.

Netflix has also set itself apart from its rivals in video streaming by spending billions on original programming such as «Stranger Things,» and «The Crown.»

T - Mobile (tmus) and Sprint (s), have been grabbing market share by gaining subscribers from bigger rivals AT&T and Verizon Communications.

In the meantime, Target has been rolling out a sophisticated branding operation here honed by 50 years of slow, steady and massively successful expansion in the U.S.. From a family - owned Minneapolis department store, Target has grown into a discount retailing force rivalled (and still consistently dominated) only by Walmart, which posted US$ 264 billion in U.S. sales last year.

A price war started last year by Agropur and Parmalat, Saputo Inc.'s two largest rivals, has led to a 12 % drop in the company's third - quarter Canadian - sector profit from a year earlier, he said.

And of course, fulling anticipating aggressive shipping policies by rivals that are now basics expected by shoppers, Target will again offer free shipping with no order minimum from November 1 through Dec. 23.

The company, which is facing increasing competition from rival digital payment services by Apple, Samsung and Square, is tying up with retailers, airlines and other companies to drive growth

As tech publication CNET notes, YouTube TV has distinguished itself from its TV - streaming rivals by offering local network TV affiliates of ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC in all of the regions it now serves (except Dallas), even though the service is not available in as many U.S. cities its rivals.

Since the start of the year a bill has been proposed in America's Congress to block the government from using telecoms equipment made by Huawei and ZTE; and Mr Trump has halted the takeover of Qualcomm by Broadcom, a rival chipmaker, on national - security grounds, for fear it would give China the edge in setting standards for 5G, a wireless technology.

Singapore Airlines, the flagship air carrier Lee started in 1972, encapsulated the city - state's story of success: small, with scant resources and dwarfed by larger rivals, it aimed to be among the world's best from the outset and quickly became so.

Rival Fidelity countered, dropping their commissions by a whopping 38 % from $ 7.95 to $ 4.95.

Vudu has sought to distinguish itself from its rivals by bragging about its large catalog of high - definition movies, its simple user interface and its integration of other Internet services like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Pandora.

Martin Schulz, the center - left candidate for German chancellor and Merkel's primary rival ahead of the September federal elections, said that the U.S. withdrawal from Paris must be met with a refusal by the EU to re-initiate transatlantic trade talks.

But Mr. Wang said he believed that the Instant Pot's passionate online following will protect it from being crushed by a larger rival.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts has received a rival takeover bid worth about $ 14 billion from a group of investors led by a Chinese firm that's been quite active in buying up U.S. hotel properties, including the Waldorf - Astoria.

With the current roll - out of semi-autonomous functions, which it says will pave the way for full autonomy on highways by 2020, Honda says it differs from rivals, whose self - driving efforts have centered on their luxury models.

The brand has been hurt by weak demand in the United States, its biggest market, and from competition from better - positioned rivals Nike and Adidas, which cut into Under Armour's profit and growth.

Anglo - Dutch rival Unilever, which this year rebuffed a $ 143 billion takeover bid from Kraft Heinz, has set a goal of 20 percent for its underlying operating profit margin by 2020.

Unlike popular streaming services from rivals such as Spotify, Apple's offering does not include a free on - demand tier, a decision praised by some in the music industry.

By supporting a distinct, enhanced dining experience, onsite farms may help restaurants stand out from rivals.

This Act prohibited price discrimination by retailers among producers and by producers among retailers.63 Its aim was to prevent conglomerates and large companies from using their buyer power to extract crippling discounts from smaller entities, and to keep large manufacturers and retailers from teaming up against rivals.64 Like laws banning predatory pricing, the prohibition against price discrimination effectively curbed the power of size.

By contrast, Piper Jaffray upgraded oil services rival Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHGE) from neutral to overweight, citing a valuation and balance sheet that were better than its peers.