Sentences with phrase «increased number of competitors»

An increasing number of competitors have been put out to pasture, leaving the MX - 5's only real competition the MINI Cooper.

Not exact matches

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.

Hastings expects Macy's to get a boost from increased numbers of consumers buying cooking and kitchen items, but it will have a fierce competitor in Kohl's.

While an increasing number of brick - and - mortar lenders are following suit with similar web portals for their own products, Quicken's complete dependence on such systems likely means that it will devote much closer focus to maintaining and improving on user experience than a competitor that's just beginning to build out its online services.

We «ve seen a big increase in the number of members and I know there's been a decline with some of our main stream competitors.

Adding to this positive picture as suggested earlier, the growth in the number of data sources will increase as technology advances making the profiling of customers and competitors all the more precise to the point where predictions about future habits of such groups gain in accuracy making decision making more effective.

Today, ed schools face an increasing number of attractive, lower - priced, online competitors.

Based on a series of studies, Garcia and Tor found that as the number of competitors (real or perceived) increases, the motivation to compete decreases.

Not only has the number of traditional 370Z competitors increased since 2009, but muscle cars have turned into sports cars — and new entries rival the Z.

The so called premium hatchback segment has seen a steady increase in the number of competitors and though the Skoda Fabia has been around for a while, Skoda decided to sent it for a makeover, only to make it a better bet as far as the competition is concerned.

A number of the Pathfinder's competitors — the Ford Explorer and the Dodge Durango, to name two — have migrated to unibody platforms as looming increases in fuel - economy regulations force automakers to cut the weight of their crossovers and SUVs.

It appears that as ASI has made the full - court - press to acquire competitors and open new brands, the number of complaints have increased.

The company's B&N eReader software has become available for in increasing number of devices, including Barnes & Noble's own Nook e-reader and Apple's i Pad, which follows a trend among competitors such as Amazon.com.

While it's true that dog agility originated as a timed competitive sport where dogs and handlers navigated an obstacle course that required well - trained canine competitors to jump, sprint and weave, an increasing number of paw - rents are participating in the sport as a recreational activity.

3/10/2018 Update: Please note that there has been a judge change and an increase in the number of competitors for the elite since this premium was originally posted.

The PlayStation Greatest Hits version, branded within the game as Jet Moto 2: Championship Edition, is slightly different from the original in that the framerate is increased, the number of competitors is limited to four, and all the original Jet Moto tracks were unlocked from the start.As with Jet Moto, gameplay in Jet Moto 2 revolves around the use of hoverbikes to traverse a race course, similar to modern day motorcross, but with the added ability to traverse water.

The Report deals with increased competition in the legal marketplace under a number of different headings and details a variety of possible competitors such as paralegals, global legal publishers and legal process outsourcers.

Among the survey's findings are that acquiring and keeping clients is the most significant challenge facing smaller firms, and that increasing numbers of those firms see do - it - yourself legal websites as their competitors for those clients.

The feasible responses seem to be (i) move into higher - end work, often of an advisory or highly specialist nature: Jeremy Robinson, aviation and competition law partner at Gates and Partners, solicitors, believes that the competition in his practice area does not come, and is unlikely to come, from PLFs or ABSs anytime soon; (ii) form collaborations short of ABSs or multi-disciplinary practices with complementary non-solicitor businesses (Martyn Taylor, MD of respected solicitors agency, Ashley Taylors, has noticed a huge increase in the number of solicitors» firms looking to work on litigation - related joint projects with Ashley Taylors; (iii) to the extent possible adopt the practices of more successful competitors; (iv) innovate.

Paradoxically, hugely increasing the number of the already large number of competitors would only service to either drive prices up (having to make a living on too few clients) or drive standards down (trying to do the transactions on such volume that you can not possibly pay attention to each file).

Yes, worse than hugely increasing the number of small firm solicitors would be to allow the decimation of them by the proven and consistent predatory practices of a handful of giant corporations who, having gotten rid of the multi-thousands of lawyer competitors, would then have the public at their rapacious mercy.

While working to increase your website's traffic should definitely be important to your law firm, you should also take into consideration the number of visitors that leave your site (and visit your competitors instead).

The post Clementi era has brought with it an increased number of mergers, with numerous high street practices looking to purchase or merge with their local competitors.

So given that there's the same or similar number of people claiming for an injury each year (albeit the number who are doing it online, indeed more and more from mobile devices, is still increasing), and given that competitors in the PI space online have continually increasing investment to meet competing higher media prices (eg Google Adwords is becoming more expensive for personal injury keywords — in the States some keywords eg «car crash attorney» ones are over $ 500 per click without any guarantee of making that a converted enquiry), and given more entrants into the market each year, pressures for many PI firms at the moment are understandably intense.

In the very near future there should be some significant upgrades in Android Wear OS and the number of available applications should drastically increase, making the Android Wear devices a formidable competitor.

Secondly, since frequency of service has an effect on competitors» market share, airlines need to increase the number of scheduled flights during busy seasons like holidays and week - ends.