Without a big brand name, small businesses and startups should take advantage of the 11 tips below to beat
larger competitors on project bids.
Not exact matches
More than once in the intervening years, Minhas has faced challenges she describes as anything but fair: regulatory hurdles slowing her products» spread, retail monopolies denying access to their store shelves and
larger competitors muscling in
on her turf.
Typically, ads for
competitors will not appear
on the same web page, so if a site has a slew of ads for your
larger rivals, you may want to look for opportunities elsewhere.
The nearly three - year - old dispute is based
on allegations from three
large U.S. airlines — Delta, United and American — that three of their Middle Eastern
competitors receive illegal subsidies from their governments, making an uneven playing field for other airlines.
Corporate venture capital also lets
large companies operate
on a smaller scale, which lets them innovate faster, conduct research
on disruptive technologies and pre-empt
competitors.
«We're very much focused
on the opportunity that Ticketmaster is not focused
on,» says Tamara Mendelsohn, Eventbrite's vice president of marketing, referring to an established
competitor that sells tickets for
large events.
The 5G plan announced
on Tuesday by the third -
largest wireless carrier stands in start contrast to the emphasis from bigger
competitors Verizon (vz) and AT&T, which are both running trials for fixed wireless Internet service using 5G to serve homes and businesses.
He has been adding to his position in companies such as Pool Corp., the country's
largest supplier of residential pool supplies, in
large part because it has few
competitors that will be able to undercut it
on prices, he said.
Ten years later, Fleyshman was
on to his next entrepreneurial endeavor launching Victory Poker, third
largest online poker site among 550 - plus
competitors.
After pivoting from
on - demand delivery, BloomThat emphasizes that its products set it apart from its
larger competitors, such as 1 -800-Flowers, FTD and ProFlowers.
The decision isn't exactly a surprise, as the retailer has struggled to compete with
larger fast - fashion
competitors such as H&M that offer more
on - trend merchandise.
The Doha - based airline is one of those affected by a U.S. ban
on large carry -
on electronics, putting it at a passenger - experience disadvantage against
competitors unaffected by the ban.
And finally, those potential
competitors (
large and small) may also turn out to be very helpful in determining and demonstrating the size of the opportunities and the markets you're looking at taking
on.
Whether it was due to the skills required for the position, the compensation
on offer vs.
larger competitors or the company's location, the entrepreneurs surveyed repeatedly mentioned how tough it is to hire the talent they need.
With a
large, aggressive and well - funded
competitor, Cvent,
on the ascendance, whispers about a possible merger grew louder, and a future with a single dominant SMM technology provider seemed quite possible.
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.
While sales at Lowe's have risen, they continue to trail gains at its
larger competitor — a sign it's not doing as good a job capitalizing
on the housing boom, which has prodded Americans to spend more
on renovations.
See, e.g., In re Coca - Cola Co., 150 F.T.C. 520, 2010 WL 9549986 (2010)(ordering Coca - Cola to set up a firewall to ensure that its merger with a bottling subsidiary does not give it access to information from its
competitor, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group); Press Release, FTC, FTC Puts Conditions
on Coca - Cola's $ 12.3 Billion Acquisition of its
Largest North American Bottler (Sept. 27, 2010), http://www.ftc.gov/news - e vents / press - releases / 2010 / 09 / ftc - puts - conditions - coca - colas -123-billion-acquisition-its [http://perma.cc/BP7U-EY33](discussing the Coca - Cola settlement and a similar PepsiCo settlement).
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«Small firms, with their dependence
on domestic customers, are much more concerned about Washington's inability to formulate coherent fiscal policy than their
larger, globally - focused
competitors.»
Still, some wonder if the post-Jobs Apple can keep up with
competitors who were first to market with phones that boasted
larger displays or ran
on faster wireless networks.
Pressure from
larger and better financed
competitors has increased and the business has been missing out
on new contracts.
With the company struggling financially and battling a much
larger competitor in Enron, Sprecher granted firms an 80 percent equity stake in the company in return for their commitment to trade
on the platform.
However, if your SEO campaign is built around a
large number of keywords, you'll need to perform
competitor and keyword analysis
on any number of phrases.
Such a change would have little impact
on Goldman but would badly disrupt the small investment bank's
larger competitors like JPM.
The agreement capped four years of
on - and - off talks between the third and fourth
largest U.S. wireless carriers, setting the stage for the creation of a company with 127 million customers that will be a more formidable
competitor to the top two wireless players, Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) and AT&T Inc (T.N).
Parker Conrad, chief executive of Zenefits, said rapid - fire fund - raising is necessary to quickly build up a company so it is
large enough to take
on competitors.
«We have seen more promotional activity from our
largest competitors in Ontario and the West than we have seen in the previous 12 months,» chief executive Michael Medline told analysts
on a call to discuss results.
Independent companies can't match those big names
on volume, so to survive they must provide service, quality and specialty products that
larger competitors can not match.
In 1965, the company's name changed to Sherry - Lehmann after acquiring its
largest competitor, M. Lehmann, a gourmet butcher shop and grocery store
on Park Avenue in New York City.
It is taking
on its two
larger and more established
competitors, Pizza Hut and Dominos.
Chobani accomplishes this by being transparent about its sourcing and production, going into much more detail about its processes
on its website than its
large competitors.
In the
large (macro) roaster category, Equator Estate Coffees and Teas of San Rafael, California came out
on top among 40
competitors.
From
large multinationals with a presence in all markets that want to launch a special container
on the market each year to distinguish themselves from their
competitors, to SMEs that want to give added value to their product by means of metal packaging and in more reduced quantities.
We saw
on Wednesday when he parachuted into Valhalla to try and play the PGA Championship just how different and how much
larger he is than any other
competitor, ever.
Manchester City have already sent out a chilling message to their rivals that
large sums of cash splashed
on superstars can make you an overnight title contender, with the Eastlands outfit heading into the New Year level
on points with arch-rivals Manchester United at the summit, so the hear their assistant manager Brian Kidd claim the team will only get stronger in 2011 will be of alarming news to their
competitors, who are working
on more limited budgets and will find it harder and harder to maintain pace with City as the club continue their relentless pursuit of major honours.
In another stroke of luck, New York dairy farmers have been well - positioned in recent years because they tend to grow much of their own feed corn, putting them at a competitive advantage over their
larger California
competitors: West Coast dairies are struggling with the high price of corn brought
on by international demand, drought conditions and ethanol subsidies.
Previously both
competitor cooperation and business models have been studied — as well as implemented in practice — to a
large extent
on a separate basis.
A technology called Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) helps distance runners and road race organizers keep more accurate performance times and report results
on larger numbers of
competitors.
In this respect, the spectrum of species in Lake Victoria is now similar to that found in Lake Tanganyika or in marine habitats, where fish with pharyngeal jaws have existed alongside
competitors without such jaws for up to 60 million years and have therefore never become specialized for predation
on large fish.
Arch Coal
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on watch list
On the Chapter 11 watch list now is Arch Coal, Peabody's largest U.S. rival and hometown competito
On the Chapter 11 watch list now is Arch Coal, Peabody's
largest U.S. rival and hometown
competitor.
Although we train bikini and figure fitness
competitors here at TGOC, we do not share the typical «bodybuilding» training philosophy — a primary focus
on endless sets of small, isolated movements performed mainly with lighter weights or machines — instead we opt to mainly focus
on increasing strength via heavy weight lifted with
large, compound movements.
We're also getting a nice amount of new
competitors to our stream every week as well, as we've had a good amount of people cycle in and out who have never had a chance to showcase their skills
on a
larger stage.
exposure to a
larger audience for one,
on top of the fact that his biggest
competitor in the combat sports market is now out of the picture.
MARKETING VOX — Oct 4 — After just 10 weeks, Wal - Mart has pulled the plug
on «The Hub,» a social - networking site for teens that the nation's
largest retailer had hoped would become a
competitor for MySpace.
On the hardware side, it's the Nintendo 3DS that's giving
competitors the business, outselling the PSP by an atypically
large margin.
Elliott's
larger competitors can afford to spend more
on their management orientation training.
Our
competitors China and India do not spend
large amounts of resources
on children that are difficult to educate.
Based
on the new Ford Edge, the MKX is a bit
larger than its European
competitors, but sizes up just right against other two - row, front - wheel drive based
competitors like the Lexus RX and Cadillac SRX.
While the Genesis represents a value - oriented
competitor to vehicles such as the Mercedes - Benz E-Class and BMW 5 - Series, the
larger and pricier Equus will take
on top - of - the - market nameplates such as the Mercedes S - Class, BMW 7 - Series and Lexus LS.