For Walmart, adding its products to Amazon Alexa's voice - shopping platform was obviously out of the question since the two
companies are fierce rivals and Amazon's voice commerce approach appears to be more closed off.
Though Apple will almost certainly lead Q4 2017 also, competition between the two
companies is fiercer, and more complicated, than ever.
Not exact matches
As Bloomberg notes, rival apparel
companies like Under Armour (UA) and Adidas (ADS)
are likely to enter the bidding for the lucrative Texas contract — which could
be worth more than $ 15 million per year — once it comes up for grabs, which means Nike will face some
fierce competition if it wants to keep doing business with the school.
The
company, which provides mobile commerce and engagement tools and services,
was able to identify a promising candidate in the
fierce war for talent.
And both
companies have put up
fierce resistance to
being unionized.
Craft said the competition for hiring A.I. experts
is fierce and in many cases ends up resulting in
companies like Google paying «NFL signing bonuses» for the talent.
While there can
be only one
Company of the Year, the competition this year
was downright
fierce.
The cable
companies are dealing with
fierce competition as well as consolidation that has added volatility to the industry.
But even with all the money
being invested in these cyberfirms, the influx of young
companies means competition
is fierce, Burg said.
With the Xbox One, the
company is instead shoveling out a whole bunch of stuff gamers don't want or need in an effort to make its partners happy, all in the face of
fierce competition.
The two
companies — both of which celebrated their 50th anniversaries this year — have long
been fierce rivals south of the border.
«Threatening Google and other large Internet
companies who
are in
fierce competition with each other,
is a loser's debate,» Lauk
was quoted as saying.
1999: Tribal Voice, which faced
fierce competition from larger
companies AOL and Yahoo,
is acquired by incubator CMGI.
Chinese Internet
companies have
been spending heavily amid
fierce competition.
The female - focused
company is part of a wave of modern sororities geared to female entrepreneurs, merging a
fierce can - do motto with feminist ideals tailor - made for a generation of self - starters.
The annual South By Southwest Interactive conference kicks off Friday and the advance buzz
is all about a
fierce competition between two location - tagging social networking
companies: Foursquare and Gowalla.
And competition
is fiercer than ever, as
companies like Disney and Apple move deeper into streaming.
The case for modular spaces like this in SF
is even more compelling, considering the vast housing shortage crippling the city and the
fierce competition
companies face for office space, these temporary buildings
are one interim solution.
Both
companies have cooperated with Korean giant Samsung, which
is waging a
fierce IP legal battle with Apple and
is its main rival for global hegemony in smartphones and tablets.
Overall, concluded political scientist Yun - han Chu, who studied Asian Barometer surveys about East Asians» commitment to democracy, «authoritarianism remains a
fierce competitor of democracy in East Asia,» in no small part because of the influence of China's ability to foster economic success without real political change, providing an alternative model that
is clearly visible to other East Asians, who travel to China, work with Chinese
companies, buy Chinese products, and host Chinese officials.
The prospect of tariffs seemed likely to incite a period of
fierce lobbying by foreign governments and multinational
companies who will argue that their products should
be exempted from any sanctions.
BBG Ventures, MergeLane, the Female Founders Fund, Rivet Ventures, Halogen Ventures, Scale Investors,
Fierce Capital and The Perkins fund
are all early - stage funds focused on female - founded
companies.
We backed off our investment consideration because we
were convinced that
Company B
was going to
be a very
fierce competitor (amongst other reasons).
This
fierce competition amongst asset management
companies is driving down expense ratios, but investor's
are potentially paying higher costs.
Be it after great starts, or maybe after the first, second, and maybe hundredth «no,» consistent tenacity in pursuing profitable partnerships, and
fierce loyalty to the
company «
s vision, will ensure a healthy connection
is maintained, and cultivate a robust business image for even more sales leads.
As Shake Shack moves further west, the
company is running into
fierce competition from regional peers that
are well established in their respective markets.
Companies can look to the example of Hootsuite, which
was able to endure
fierce competition and expanded rapidly in Asia after setting up its Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore.
And all the while, competition with other SaaS
companies for search rankings and audience attention
is becoming
fiercer.
Benchmark has
been assumed the most likely seller given its
fierce disagreements over the direction of the
company, which burst into public view in the lawsuit against Kalanick this week.
It
is true that
companies like Avenue A Razorfish and Agency.com
are fierce competitors.
Tom: It
is true that
companies like Avenue A Razorfish and Agency.com
are fierce competitors.
For the food and beverage industry, competition
is fierce and the quality associated with a brand
is critical to a
company's success.
Sodexo Colombia's director of operations, Oswaldo Ferrin,
is a
fierce advocate of his
company's global mission - driven values.
By 1993, competition from the smaller salsa
companies was so
fierce that Pace, Old El Paso, and a total of six of the top ten brands saw Texas sales decline three percent from the year before.
Murray Goulburn
is locked in a
fierce $ 500 million - plus takeover battle for control of WCB with Canadian dairy
company Saputo.
The competition
is fierce, and no
company can waste time or money doing it wrong.
Danone, the world's second largest formula
company,
is engaged in a
fierce marketing war with Nestlé around the world.
Danone
is second to Nestlé in the global market and the
companies are locked in
fierce competition.
This good news has
been welcomed by Steve Elliott, Chief Executive of the Association who said «These numbers, in the teeth of
fierce global competition, reflect the hard work of chemical and pharmaceutical
companies and their workforces» right across the UK».
The proposals have come under
fierce criticism from drinks
companies, who argue it would punish responsible drinkers and that problems of binge drinking
are societal, not related to the price of alcohol.
The
company's exit from the program comes as the heavily funded initiative
is facing
fierce criticism from skeptics questioning it
's effectiveness.
The fact that the field overlaps with numerous others means that biosystems engineers
are often competing for the same jobs with biological scientists, and so the competition
is fierce, particularly when a
company is looking to fill a niche position.
With lucrative contracts at stake, a
fierce battle
is raging between European
companies over how to replace Chernobyl.
According to the paper by academics at Oxford University and the University of Tennessee,
companies may take advantage of consumers» difficulty in processing many complex options when competitive pressure
is fierce.
Verizon Communications told investors that the
company's 3G unlimited data plans will soon go away entirely Verizon Wireless subscribers who have held onto their $ 30 - a-month unlimited data plans will soon
be forced to upgrade to a new tiered offering the
company plans to launch this summer, according to the Web site
Fierce Wireless.
Now it seems despite the different directions the
companies are going, they still remain
fierce competitors, especially when it comes to marketing and attracting new users.
The Goods
was hatched by Will Ferrell's
company, Gary Sanchez Productions, and the hero (Jeremy Piven)
is the sort of
fierce, self - deifying boob that Ferrell usually plays.
According to Eric Schmidt's, the chief executive, statement, the
company would become the leader of the Chinese internet market despite the challenges, such as censorship issues and
fierce competition from the largest home - grown rival called Baidu.com.What
is more, Google's Vice President and «Chief Internet Evangelist», Vint Cerf, supported the
company's decision to expand its activities in China, although it should have complied with the Chinese government's demands to censor information.
The
fierce competition prevailing in the marketplace
is forcing
companies to orient their strategies towards
At the same time, Amazon
is setting itself up for physical store growth, but there
's only one problem: that
fierce loyalty may not transfer to the
company's big box name.