Sentences with phrase «face of competition»

A sheer rock face of competition, it's growing upward at speeds we can't even measure because the biggest retailers don't share their ebook sales numbers.

Legal IT Insider caught up with founder and CTO Kevin Gidney (pictured) about Seal's growth, the changing face of competition, and why we need to focus on what will happen 18 months from now.

By combining with Foursquare, the credit card companies could finally justify and preserve their transaction fees (in the face of competition from other payment options) but working to drive demand to the local retailers.

Innovating quickly during a digital transformation is essential for businesses to stay alive in the face of competition.

Its CEO Ted Livingstone admitted late last year that it had stopped growing in the face of competition from Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and Snapchat.

«The platform has proven more sticky than we expected in the face of competition,» he wrote in his report.

Users loved it, and when BlackBerry began to hit hard times in the face of competition, they would tell you that BBM was the reason they were sticking around and not defecting to an iPhone or an Android smartphone.

How three mighty mites have managed to carve out niches in the face of competition from brewers big and small, Amazon, and SAP's Ariba software unit.

Long Beach, Calif., became the first major U.S. city to ease taxi regulations in the face of competition from ridesharing services.

RIM, a smartphone pioneer, hopes new devices using BlackBerry 10 software, due early 2013, will rescue it from a prolonged slump in the face of competition from the likes of Apple and Samsung.

Is that differentiation sustainable in the face of competition?

Now, investors are eyeing an OPEC meeting on November 27 to see whether the organization could even cut prices further in an attempt to retain its global market share, particularly in the face of competition from the U.S. where oil production has increased thanks to the shale gas industry.

«In the face of competition, change, and financial constraints, they consistently prioritize building the trust, pride, and camaraderie that fuels business performance.

Discounting may seem obvious or unimportant, but it has been a critical tactic used by Amazon to rapidly grow its user base in the face of competition from Google.

McDonald's Finland has been closing restaurants in recent years, in the face of competition from rivals Burger King and Finnish chain Hesburger.

However, the Indonesian business remains cash - flow negative and earnings have been falling for several years in the face of competition from new competitors and rising costs.

[3] Hiscox shows that less mobile industries form anti-trade coalitions due to the increased risk of dislocation in the face of competition from abroad.

Chief executive Moya Greene has warned that the high cost of the service, which ensures a same - price delivery for letters anywhere in the UK, six days a week, is not sustainable in the face of competition in high - density, low - cost areas.

He noted the job losses in his own constituency in Oxfordshire, when the mills that produced the «world - famous Witney blankets» had to close in the face of competition from places such as India and China.

Two taxi - medallion owners can't sue a NYC regulatory commission for failing to keep the yellow - cab industry profitable in the face of competition from Uber and Lyft, a Manhattan Supreme Court judge ruled.

Even surviving companies Akosombo Textile Limited (ATL), Tex Style Ghana Limited (GTP), Printex and Ghana Textile Manufacturing Company (GTMC) are struggling in the face of competition from cheap, pirated imports.

Some lawmakers have expressed concerns about risking the loss of revenue in the face of competition from Springfield and slot payments to the state that have already eroded.

Two taxi - medallion owners can't sue a city regulatory commission for failing to keep the yellow - cab industry profitable in the face of competition from Uber and Lyft, a Manhattan Supreme Court...

NOAA's two JPSS polar weather satellites would see small cuts, whereas the two polar satellites planned to follow in their wake — called the Polar Follow On — would face a cut of $ 189 million this year as NOAA rethinks the satellites» futures in the face of competition from constellations of small commercial satellites.

It's an interesting premise, but in the face of its competition, does it hold up well?

Although Sky managed to assemble a stellar cast for «Britannia», including Mackenzie Crook, Neil Morrissey, Zoe Wanamaker, and Kelly Reilly, broadcasters are having difficulty securing top talent in the face of competition from on - demand services.

Customers» major demand was for a bigger engine than the company's old 2.3 - liter gasoline and diesel four - cylinders, especially in the face of competition from Toyota and Nissan.

But to maintain that edge in the face of competition from BMW, Jaguar and Mercedes, Porsche has endowed the 2017 Macan Turbo with an extra dose of steroids and upgraded suspension and brakes capable of coping with the increased performance.

A leader in the fast - growing small crossover segment, Chevrolet has seen Equinox sales rise of over 14 percent in 2013 even in the face of competition from three rivals that are much newer: the Ford Escape, Honda CR - V and Toyota RAV4.

The initial cost can seem a bit daunting in the face of competition from BMW's X5, the Porsche Cayenne and the less - expensive Acura MDX, but Audi's growing appeal to American buyers is helping to increase resale values.

Waterstones, which had sales of over # 400 million last year, has returned to profitability over the last two years after almost collapsing in 2011 when it was hit by a combination of high debt and declining book sales in the face of competition from electronic readers.

These changes are aimed at making the Kindles more competitive in the face of competition from an onslaught of e-readers or devices like the iPad

One major question still on the minds of experts is how long e-readers equipped with black - and - white e-ink displays can survive in the face of competition from full - color tablet computers, such as the highly successful iPad, which offers multimedia functionality and a backlit 9.7 - in.

In the face of this competition, other e-reader manufacturers have thrown in the towel.

E-readers like the Kindle and Nook are surging in popularity, but their sales will hit a wall in 2014 in the face of competition from a wide range of consumer electronics devices, including the iPad, according to a London - based analyst firm.

Direct - selling authors have also benefited, as Amazon more than doubled its royalty rates in the face of competition.

Borders UK might be clearing the shelves, but the US company is expanding its electronic presence in the face of competition from Amazon and Barnes & Nobel amongst others.

And in the face of competition you were likely to earn what you had to pay the investor.

But the firm's once highly profitable Yellow Pages business wilted in the face of competition from the internet and it suffered from a debt load that proved to be too high.

Katie's Pet Depot has thrived in the face of competition from big - box and Internet - based retailers by providing best - in - class services to pet owners in the local community.

Taken at face value, this looks like great news for the pet industry — after all, it is a sign of continued strong spending on the part of pet owners and an indication that independent retailers can still thrive in the face of competition from outside channels, especially the Internet.

«Worldhotel branding enables unique quality independent hotels to position themselves internationally in the face of competition from global hospitality brands.

At the same time, the game failed to meet the company's own revenue expectations, especially in the face of competition from the enormously successful World of Warcraft, a game which adopted a very different design philosophy.

This has far less to do with G2A and far more to do with Valve being worried about losing market share for their storefront, and wanting to maintain their monopoly in the face of competition, especially as Steam sales become less and less generous.

Even the GameCube sold more units (by almost double so far), and that console was hardly a rousing sales success for Nintendo in the face of competition from Microsoft and Sony.