Sentences with phrase «facing competition on»

I'm selfish: I don't want to face competition on my own pattern on eBay, since many of those slings go for far less than I can price mine.

Although the Kindle continues to dominate the e-reader market, it faces competition on a number of fronts.

Apple faces competition on two fronts.

They face competition on multiple fronts and increasing demands from clients to do more for less.

Rackspace opted to go private in an increasingly challenging climate that faced competition on all sides from much more well capitalized companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.

Seven in 10 of home buyers surveyed reported that they've faced competition on at least one of their offers recently, but 31 percent say they would back off when faced with a multiple offer situation for a home, according to the Redfin survey.

Not exact matches

The intense competition being faced by U.K. grocers was laid bare on Tuesday with new data showing that discount retailer Lidl has trumped upmarket Waitrose.

Even in the face of these exclusionary agreements that have unreasonably restrained competition, some companies, such as TreeHouse, have fought hard to win market share away from Green Mountain on the merits by offering innovative, quality products at substantially lower prices.

It's the work that is going to give you a strong foothold on the mountain of competition you're facing in your industry.

Sanofi, a diabetes specialist which is now facing increased competition from rivals, has been on a mission to boost its treatment pipeline with new products for diseases that affect a wide swath of patients.

Because many companies employing low - wage workers face too much competition to pass the increased labor cost on to customers, a higher minimum wage would mean lower small business profits or costly investment in labor saving equipment.

But even as it faces competition in the future, Scaled Composites will not turn its back on the past, Rutan insists.

It would be foolish for Quebecor to do nothing in the face of such expectations, especially when the government is hell - bent on generating more wireless competition.

With the IGA brand facing tough competition in the turbulent retail market, the company has focused on sprucing it up.

The Tax Foundation, in an opinion piece on the report, said the drop «could indicate that marijuana still faces significant competition from black market sales.»

The world's largest drug manufacturer is facing steep competition from a slew of smaller generic players, and the recent loss of patent protection on its major branded drug, Copaxone, is threatening Teva's profit margins.

Not only are realtors facing new competition from people like Arora within their own ranks, but also deep - pocketed companies including Power Corp. are moving in on the for - sale - by - owner (FSBO) space, at long last creating a nationwide alternative to the MLS, which for years has been a near - monopoly marketplace.

«But raising prices is always a risky business when you're facing strong competition, especially on price.»

«One of the things I learned back in my days at Netscape was that, in the face of very serious competition, you need to remain focused on your users and customers, and if you do that, chances are you will be able to build a pretty good business,» McCue said.

The store's numbers haven't been pretty either: Same - store sales growth last quarter was at its lowest level since 2009, a fact blamed in part on the New York City investigation and on the longer - term concern that it is facing stiff competition in the healthy - eating ethos up and down the grocery food chain — from Kroger (KR) and Walmart (WMT) to Trader Joe's and Sprouts (SFM).

Investors haven't been happy that Dorsey is trying to be the big man at two public companies facing intense competition in a warp - speed tech industry, but Dorsey disclosed in Square IPO filings a side of himself focused on a very big financial contribution that requires a much smaller piece of himself: Roughly 20 percent of his personal holdings in Square stock would go to the Start Small Foundation.

What will the long - term impact be on the other handset makers, especially Motorola Mobility (MMI), which has said its mobile handset unit will face pressure from the arrival of high - profile competition in the first quarter.

Mylan is already facing competition from a number of companies ever since the backlash to its massive price hike on the EpiPen.

On top of competition coming from start - up robo - advisors, companies like Wealthfront and Betterment face growing competition from financial giants such as Vanguard and Charles Schwab.

Experienced businesspeople know you will face stiff competition: showing you understand your competition, understand your strengths and weaknesses relative to that competition, and that you understand you will have to adapt and change based on that competition, is critical.

Most analysis focuses on the trouble the deal could face with UK competition regulators, what the merger means for Walmart, and how it would affect the UK grocery market.

Booksurge As Amazon faced increased bookseller competition from e-tailers including eBay and Overstock.com, it purchased the Charleston, South Carolina - based on - demand printing service to enable book fulfillment as needed, rather than house costly amounts of inventory.

And with Snapchat facing intense competition from Facebook — and its stock trading below the opening price of its initial public offering in March — Spiegel is the man Wall Street is betting on to lead the company to victory.

In the 1980s, with the patents on its copier technology expiring, Xerox faced stiff competition from lower - cost Japanese competitors like Canon and Ricoh.

The EU previously has taken issue with China's provision of large - scale subsidies to Huawei, but China's growing role in the Russian economy likely will continue to facilitate Chinese companies» ability to outbid their global competitors on Russia - related projects.123 With Huawei and China Telecom's footprint growing in the Arctic and elsewhere across Eurasia, Western telecommunications firms will likely face growing competition from the east.

«That number is going to weigh a little bit on investors,» Fidacaro said, especially given the heavy tablet competition Apple is expected to face this holiday season.

Walmart is selling its British unit, Asda, to local rival Sainsbury's for 7.3 billion pounds ($ 10.1 billion), a deal that lets the world's largest retailer focus on online sales in countries where it has stronger growth prospects and faces less - intense competition.

We may face increasing competition for additional new product acquisitions from pharmaceutical companies as new companies emerge with a similar business model and other more established companies focus on acquiring products to develop their pipeline.

This approach leads to many of the challenges that sales teams face today, including getting undercut by the competition, dragging out a long sales cycle, selling on price and ultimately not hitting sales goals consistently.

The solanezumab disappointment comes at a time when Lilly is facing generic competition on several high - profile drugs, including erectile dysfunction medicine Cialis, ADHD drug Strattera and cardiovascular treatment Effient.

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.

Instead of fearing global competition we should face it head on and embrace the opportunities in fast - growing Asia - Pacific markets such as Vietnam, Malaysia, and Brunei.

Some blame the lack of a catalogue - buying tradition in Canada, but demand clearly goes unfulfilled here: Four in 10 dollars spent online goes abroad, meaning a large portion of spending isn't going back into the Canadian economy, at a time when the retail industry is on rocky footing and facing new competition from foreign rivals such as Target Corp..

The company faces stiff competition from deep - pocketed music streaming rivals such as Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) Apple Music and Sweden's Spotify Technology SA (SPOT.N), whose results on Wednesday failed to enthuse investors.

Analysts blamed the heavy competition AVG faced and noted that competitors like Symantec and McAfee had struck tie - in deals with PC makers while AVG relied on attracting customers through its online «freemium» model.

The contrast with Netflix highlighted investor jitters about the viability of the traditional cable bundle in the face of heightened competition from on - demand video services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon (AMZN), which are investing heavily in high - quality programming.

Google clearly leads the search business on desktop computers but is facing stiff competition in the mobile search segment.

Yet, Singapore is also facing fierce competition, an aging workforce, and financial headwinds that could erode its economic and market gains, according to a pair of reports on «Singapore After 50» from Morgan Stanley Research.

But they had established their times for the race while running against a different class of competition than they were facing on this particular day.

As numerous church - related institutions have faced financial crises brought on by escalating costs, growing competition from state and community colleges, and a shrinking enrollment, many have eyed the churches to which they are still «related» as possible sources of funding.

When trends are accepted and accelerated, the focus will be on securing supplier capacity in the face of heightened competition.

Even though the company faces some stiff competition on the retail side from the Walmarts of the world, Martin says Shady Maple continues to hold true to the principles of first - class service and affordable prices that have made it a destination for shoppers for years.

Consolidation and the weak economy have taken their toll on smaller companies in the area, and as a result Pioneer faces stiffer competition from large - scale operations, Milligan says.

Now, the open market economy means Diana Candy faces more competition, which is why it has to keep close watch on how and where it sources raw materials.

The appointment comes ahead of the release next Monday of Metcash's first - half results and an update from chief executive Ian Morrice on a strategic review aimed at securing the future of the wholesaler and independent retailers in the face of increased competition.