Sentences with phrase «increasing number of competition»

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There are also so many pressures on restaurants at the moment, including increased competition, great volatility in the number of establishments, and a difficulty in finding help (and if you can't fill a job, it disappears and looks like a job loss), that there are many reasons that real job losses could happen.

We think prices and competition are only going to increase from a number of perspectives.

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.

The amount you charge per labor hour, any prices you pass along to customers, cost increases you assume, the rate of inflation, and how much your competition charges should be numbers you know off the top of your head.

Lower wages allowed for higher company profits, which in turn led to an increase in the number of IT firms that entered the market, thus spurring competition and innovation.

The competition for investor funds that is occurring due to the massive increase in the number of ICO offerings has caused many start - up companies to drop any pretense that they are releasing legitimate news.

It should understand consumer demand and competition in the US better and have more chances of improving sales within the US through increase in the number of stores than it does in Canada.

The very nature or face of the industry as we know it is changing due to a number of factors including technological evolution, increasing global competition and changing customer demands.

Kansas City Southern (KSU) stock has sputtered this year, likely reflecting the prospect of increased competition in its Mexico operations, but each of the other nine equities in the group have produced positive total returns so far in calendar 2014, with a number showing double - digit gains.

The increased competition for mates, coinciding with the arrival of the birth control pill, helps to explain a number of things, such as the collapse of sexual taboos as young women began to offer free samples and to pursue men previously considered off limits (such as other women's husbands).

While harsh competition between companies, countries, towns and workers generates exclusion and insecurity for the increasing numbers of people, in the North and also in the South, there does appear to be an awakening of citizens and of social forces.

With squad sizes getting ever bigger and the competition for honours always increasing, however, first team opportunities are harder to come by — meaning that a number of these youngsters will find themselves loaned out over the course of the season.

There are a number of factors that appear to have influenced this untimely downfall and it's most likely due to increasing competition from European counterparts and the rise in the quality and standards of other Euro - based teams, particularly in the style of possession football even the supposed «weaker» teams are now adopting.

Here's a number that won't shock anyone who's been buying Facebook Ads consistently for the past year or two: Facebook's cost - per - click jumped 22 % in the second quarter of 2011, after a 40 % rise in the previous quarter, increases that ad platform Efficient Frontier attributes to heightened competition for ad space.

In the middle of admissions season, the state's private schools say their numbers are up, despite the price competition from Cuomo's «free college» Excelsior program, which he last week credited with increasing applications to SUNY and CUNY affiliated schools by 10 percent.

Universities can also accept an unlimited number of AAB students which has increased competition with teenagers failing to get a place if they even marginally miss out on their grades.

Her Majesty's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, Sir William Ehrman, commented; «Building on last year's successful launch, I am delighted that this year's Awards have seen an increase in the number of applications and perhaps even more importantly a wider spectrum of industries and activities entering the competition.»

The statistics demonstrate the depth of the recession's impact on young people, who face the most difficult job market in decades and increased competition for university places, with a record number of applications this year.

The rail industry is under intense pressure from increasing passenger numbers as the country emerges from recession, with a lack of competition between franchises blamed for the failures in efficiency.

Well, these competitions have increased in number and popularity over the last couple of years, and we've been finding that many scientists use them as launch pads for starting their businesses.

The increasing number of regional business plan competitions, Start - Up Days, Founder Centers at universities, and entrepreneurship professorships are visible signs of a growing understanding of the issue's importance.

One way of reducing the number of postdocs — and decreasing the intense competition for jobs — would be to increase postdoc salaries from $ 39,264 to $ 42,000 and provide benefits equal to those of employees at their institutions, the report says.

Therefore by offering its members access to a large number of profiles, Match's users are also more likely to experience rejection, as each of their potential matches will have access to a larger number of options, increasing the competition among members.

Because of an editing error, an article on Monday about increased competition in the online dating business misstated the position of Barry Diller at IAC / InterActiveCorp, which owns a number of dating sites.

At this year's Locarno Festival, (recently renewed) artistic director Carlos Chatrian similarly declared that he foresaw increasing numbers of women filmmakers in the competitions of major festivals and that he was especially proud to tout, in Locarno's main competition section (with 17 world premieres), eight women directors.1 And Locarno's outcome, amid an impressively deep competition pool, was unexpectedly different: although I, Daniel Blake did win the audience award of the Festival's mainstream Piazza Grande section, a female writer / director, Ralitza Petrova, took the festival's top prize for her brooding and bleak Bulgarian film Godless.

Formal competition, tryouts, and practices are part of the everyday grind, as ever - increasing numbers of American children are being raised to play to win both inside and outside of the classroom.

Policymakers can intensify competition by increasing the number of choice schools, the size of these schools, or the financial hit public schools experience when they lose enrollment.

Policymakers can intensify competition by increasing the number of choice schools, the size of these schools, or the financial hit that public schools experience when they lose enrollment.

At the federal level, former U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. prioritized school diversity through a number of federal grant programs, including the Investing in Innovation Fund, or I3, Magnet School Assistance Program, and Charter School Program grant competitions.11 Additionally, in December 2016, the U.S. Department of Education announced the Opening Doors, Expanding Opportunities grant competition, which will use funds from the 2016 fiscal year to support school districts in increasing socioeconomic diversity in their schools.12

Under Newark Public Schools» current reform strategy, Quitman faces competition from an increasing number of charter schools looking to enroll the same students.

There has been an increase in the number of Florida programs training teachers but that means the competition to recruit education students across the state has become stiffer.

Tennessee was one of the first to win the competition, nabbing $ 500 million to adopt the Common Core, revamp teacher evaluation systems to include student test scores, improve the worst - performing schools and increase the number of charter schools.

As a business, we must now continue towards our goal of increasing export, which inevitably means creating a new, and significantly faster, car which is eligible for competition on a number of different global platforms.»

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

As demand and competition increases in this segment, drivers are faced with a number of choices.

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 decrease in the number of pages of my books being read (probably due to the increased competition as more books are added to KOLL / KU) A slight decrease in the amount Amazon pays per page read (due to the KDP Global Fund not keeping pace with the total number of pages read) A change in the KENP algorithm that reduced the number of pages in my books.

Authors themselves will face greater competition both from the increased numbers of writers (Good and Bad) facilitated by digital distribution and the existing databases of ALL titles ever published digitized and available for distribution.

Increasing competition on the lending market, encouraged by growing number of lenders and lower Federal Reserve rates results in more attractive loan offers for bad credit borrowers.

Wages are starting to rise, competition is increasing and there are a number of global headwinds that could slow down growth.

As the summer rolls on and rates stay at lower levels across the country, it's expected that competition will increase for the limited number of homes currently on the market.

For many years, observers of the Canadian discount brokerage marketplace have observed the increasing competition for a very limited number of investors.

The pricing of Canadian wireless communications has become a political issue, with the Harper government bringing in a number of policies that it says will increase competition and reduce costs for consumers.

Simply by doing the research on nearby competition, the distance to a veterinary clinic a pet owner is likely to drive, and employing some local seo for a better online presence in not just Ypsilanti, but also, for Ann Arbor, Saline, Pittsfield, and Wastenaw County; Ypsilanti Animal Clinic has reported increased numbers of clients beyond their own zip code.

The club led development of the breed and increased the number of responsible breeders and fanciers in the U.S. for 25 years until Mini Bulls achieved full recognition by the AKC as a distinct breed for competition in 1992.

For this reason, there are an increasing number of Westies in Flyball competition.

The number and complexity of the exercises increases in the Advanced and Excellent classes with dogs working off leash with jumping exercises required (a single jump in Advanced and two jumps at the Excellent level of competition).

It is a sport at which small dogs can excel, and there are an increasing number of Westies in competition.

If it's not to lose a large number of existing customers who suddenly find themselves not receiving all the benefits they've been used to (due to increased competition from those with the Aspire credit card) one of two things will have to happen:

IMPORTANT NOTICE The number of entries in the Texas Annual grows each year, and the competition increases as the standard of Texas art rises.