Sentences with phrase «intense competition from»

Intense competition from a new set of untraditional players is cutting into the market share of the seven largest publicly traded food retailers.

In spite of the intense competition from digital book sellers, bricks - and - mortar bookstores were among the top gaining categories in shopper traffic in the first three months of the year, behind financial planning shops and bars.

The assistant has seen intense competition from the likes of Amazon, and the tech giant refocusing could help it claw back some of its lost mindshare.

Released over 2 years ago, the original Roku Streaming stick was due for a refresh with intense competition from the Amazon Fire TV Stick an Google's Chromecast.

It was a good phone, with weatherproofing and an OLED screen, but it couldn't quite stand up to intense competition from the likes of OnePlus.

Pebble was forced to sell up, with the figure estimated to be $ 40 million, after facing intense competition from other smartwatches, especially the Apple Watch.

«We operate in a highly competitive environment and will continue to experience intense competition from local and global financial institutions as well as new entrants, in both domestic and foreign markets.»

With the intense competition from Chinese brands, the largest Indian mobile phone brand, Micromax lost its grip over the Indian market.

Though Fitbit has a loyal base of users, its foray into the new category will face intense competition from Apple Watch and multitudes of cheaper Android watches.

Though, the iPhone 7 arrives at a time when consumers are holding onto their phones for longer stretches of time, and this premium phone faces intense competition from mid-range and flagship phones from last year.

We face intense competition from law firms and solo attorneys, legal document providers (including online providers) and national legal plan providers.

So why is litigation so expensive despite the intense competition from so many other litigation lawyers?

However, LPOs may face intense competition from mainstream legal vendors such as staffing firms, discovery vendors, and law firms with specialized delivery centers.

Conclusion Attorneys in most successful firms are well focused on specific practices where they are economically competitive, even against the intense competition from larger national and regional firms.

According to a recent report from Reuters, the Sony boss also outlined an exit strategy for leaving the once successful television and smartphone markets, where they've recently suffered from intense competition from Samsung, Apple, and cheap Chinese manufacturers.

We've seen new lucrative cards roll out over the past year like the Chase Sapphire Reserve and we've seen intense competition from American Express as it made changes to the Platinum Card ® from American Express.

Maybe the intense competition from Chase is taking its toll.

The bad economy, combined with intense competition from such retailers as Wal - Mart, Target and its arch-enemy, Best Buy, certainly put the Richmond, Va. - based chain on the defensive.

However, as market power shifted from securitizers to originators and as intense competition from private securitizers undermined GSE power, mortgage standards declined and risky loans proliferated.

But it needs to continue to offer up distinguishing features that are both useful and marketable to maintain the allure of its platform in the face of such intense competition from Amazon, which seems to introduce some new Kindle initiative or feature every few weeks.

Of course, Steve faces intense competition from companies such as as 3M; and he is endlessly reliant on the goodwill of Amazon, to which OverDrive's links point Kindle owners.

Interestingly, the once mighty iPad is having to ward off the most intense competition from none other than its own stable mate, the iPad Mini.

New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI) Amazon today said it is setting up five more warehouses in as many cities including Bengaluru, Gurgaon and Mumbai, as the global e-tailing giant looks to strengthen its delivery capabilities amid intense competition from rivals like Flipkart.

[6] probably due to intense competition from Buick's all - new Riviera, which was in the same price range as the Starfire but had its own unique bodyshell.

But the current version has fallen under intense competition from the top trim levels of the Accord and the Camry.

The chain has struggled through a bankruptcy process, facing heavy debt inherited from a 2005 buyout and intense competition from Walmart and Amazon.

With intense competition from the likes of Super Mario Odyssey, I wouldn't say that Fire Emblem Warriors is a must - buy.

And Britain's economy is ill - prepared for the ever more intense competition from the east.

In recent years, Bahrain has faced intense competition from Dubai and increasingly Qatar, but it has proven resilient due to its solid regulatory environment.

The report suggests that both sides face intense competition from the Premier League leaders Manchester City, however, as The Sky Blues are willing to offer him wages of more than # 4million - a-season.

The club are expected to have intense competition from Shanghai Shenhua, who are probably more desperate for a top signing.

While Walmart's margins are lower than what is typical for a company with such high financial strength, its debt is not exceptionally low and it continues to face intense competition from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), the analyst said.

The entire industry suffers from oversupply and intense competition from home and abroad.

Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways reported a loss of HK$ 2.05 billion ($ 262.2 million) for the six months ended June, citing intense competition from rivals and higher fuel prices compared to last year.

However, WA racing industry funding is coming under pressure due to intense competition from corporate bookmakers.

Once a high - flying stock and the face of craft brewing, Boston Beer has struggled in recent years with intense competition from the very industry it helped take mainstream.

Grocery food delivery service Instacart, which is facing intense competition from Amazon now that the eCommerce giant owns Whole Foods Market, has...

First of all, there's pretty intense competition from corporate acquirers, who have got a lot of cash that they're looking to put to work to fund their own growth.

The airline, one of Asia's biggest full - service carriers, has been battered by its bets on fuel prices as intense competition from low - cost carriers has risen.

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 pushing into cloud computing, Google faces intense competition from companies like Amazon (amzn) and Microsoft (msft).

But as Subway faces more intense competition from everyone from a stronger McDonald's to Panera Bread to Starbucks (sbux), the company is finding it preferable to have nicer restaurants even if that means fewer of them.

It faces intense competition from larger rivals such as Facebook's Instagram as it grapples with decelerating user growth.

Not exact matches

Tim Hortons has suffered from intense competition, problems with its annual «Roll Up the Rim» promotion and negative media coverage generated by a group of dissident franchise owners, RBI chief executive Daniel Schwartz told analysts.

The growth of the venture capital industry — VCs raised $ 28.5 billion last year, up from $ 3.8 billion in 2002 — coupled with a tepid market for initial public offerings has made the competition among VCs for good deals more intense than ever.

Greek yogurt maker Chobani, battling intense competition in the grocery aisle, on Monday said it will name a new chief executive to replace its founder and may appoint its acting president, a turnaround expert from private equity firm TPG which lent the company $ 750 million last year.

Marketing executives said that Viacom, which used to dominate the youth advertising market, now faces intense competition for their ad dollars from Facebook, YouTube and other digital outlets.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry (R) World (TM); risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information;

BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry, and the company's previously disclosed review of strategic alternatives.

Facebook may have withdrawn from the market because the competition was too intense, said Greg Sterling, an analyst at Opus Research Inc. in San Francisco.