Competitive move: Being the first to have a new product or offering something better can trump the competition and generate some impressive sales at the same time.
The big news about Barnes & Noble is that after twenty years of battling with Amazon they have finally made
a competitive move that Amazon can not match.
The so called «big news» in bookland this month was all about Barnes & Noble: it has actually made
a competitive move that could leave Amazon in the dust (there are 640 BN stores... Amazon has only 3)... but will it?
The advent of Term / UL is the most common
competitive move of late.
Teaming up with Android is
a competitive move, said Cindy Zhou, principal analyst at Constellation Research.
Even though the arrival of the Galaxy S7 mini at the time of the iPhone SE launch would be
a competitive move for the Korean giant, its authentication is still in the dark.
While some companies believe that they are able to post a job and hope that the right candidate will find it, successful organizations understand that this is not
a competitive move and does not effectively engage top talent.
Some home shoppers are feeling hopeless this spring and making
competitive moves in order to get a home.
Some home shoppers are feeling hopeless this spring and are making
competitive moves in order to secure a home.
Using the Internet, I can sub ‑ contract to or create associations with many
competitive moving companies, provide guarantees, work directly with in - house mortgage brokers and in - house lawyers, and work with high - calibre Realtors who don't mind paying me a 20 to 25 per cent referral fee but would not work for anyone at 30 to 40 per cent.
Not exact matches
Perhaps you'll have to
move your headquarters or double wages to attract talent in today's
competitive landscape.
Lululemon isn't the only retailer facing headwinds as American shoppers deal with an uncertain economic recovery and more U.S. giants, such as Target,
move into what's already a
competitive retail space in Canada and put pressure on pricing.
Analysts also say Nvidia's
competitive advantage is only likely to increase when it
moves its Volta chip architecture, launched last year and only currently present in data - center GPUs, into gaming chips later this year.
They need a strong idea to get things
moving, and they need strong ideas — both internally and externally — in order to stay ahead in their
competitive landscape.
That should help it stay
competitive as medical care increasingly
moves into the cloud.
Indeed, as more information has
moved to the cloud, data that is hosted in the U.S. has actually been seen as being less secure because of the government's Patriot Act powers — and that could be a
competitive disadvantage for companies based here.
«Some may object to the EU
moving so aggressively against U.S. - based companies, but these authorities are at least trying to deal with some of the new
competitive challenges facing our economy,» said the News Media Alliance.
In this uber -
competitive and fast paced business world we have created, the expectations are higher than ever for innovative companies that
move with the needs of the consumer.
Companies might offer a cell phone, travel reimbursement plan or even sodas in the break room, but in today's modern workforce, those perks have
moved more toward standard than
competitive.
«We will now
move from being «
competitive» to offering materially higher (over 20 %) pay with better career prospects, superior rosters, and much better job security than Norwegian, among others, can offer,» he said.
But when they discovered that a prompt
move into courage let issues dissolve more quickly, they embraced the need for a courageous effort as often as required to keep their firms
competitive and heading toward success.
But having reopened NAFTA, the three nations should
move beyond tinkering or recycling TPP clauses to focus on truly making North America more
competitive.
And, by nature, entrepreneurs are typically opinionated, stubborn, smart,
competitive, fast -
moving adrenaline junkies who take lots of risks.
Moving your startup to the Bay Area is not always a
competitive advantage.
The market is «expensive, fast -
moving and highly
competitive,» explains StreetEasy senior economist Grant Long.
We said whatever equipment you are currently racing with, we'll make sure you have an appropriate runway where your «stuff» will be viable and
competitive... and we won't
move the goalposts on you.
Competitive culture: Another big reason to
move is the overall culture of tech startups in the Bay Area.
The
move is in part an effort by Walmart to become more
competitive with Amazon, which is increasingly encroaching on the retailer's space.
CALGARY — Malaysian energy giant Petronas said Wednesday it's delaying its proposed liquefied natural gas terminal near Prince Rupert, B.C., even though it's pleased with recent
moves the provincial government has made to make the nascent LNG industry more
competitive.
It's a
move that more than doubles its potential market, but it also puts Frank + Oak into a much more crowded and
competitive space.
However, Amazon's
move leaves many online retailers still not charging sales tax, which brick - and - mortar retailers have long argued is a major
competitive headwind.
The company's management believes that these
moves have given the chain a
competitive advantage as consumers say they want to eat more healthy foods.
Though the Fido deal would have already been extremely advanced by the time that decision was made, it provides a clear road map of the
competitive landscape for Rogers and Bell in the coming years: a growing
move to sign content deals that will add value to their telecom offerings.
Analysts said the
move into smartphones is a bit of a head - scratcher, since the company is a late entrant into the highly
competitive market.
The ability to pull all - nighters
moved three BYU students to the front of the
competitive QR - code category.
It's a rarity for such a dramatic change, but the
move by Cadillac Fairview serves as a sign of how
competitive mall operators have become in chasing the biggest names in the retail industry.
To stay
competitive, I recommend that you consider
moving your website to a Wordpress platform.
But, as Boothe points out, any serious
move in that direction would demand seamless co-operation between Ottawa and the provinces — not historically a source of Canadian
competitive advantage.
«For salespeople, it's who is my next potential lead; for corporate strategy, it's what is the next hot industry; for people in
competitive intelligence, it's what's Google's next big
move,» Sanwal said in another interview.
«Enterprises are
moving to new container platforms to increase productivity and to create
competitive advantage,» said Loris Degioanni, CTO, Sysdig.
By outlearning your competition, you can navigate industries with ease, help your clients gain
competitive advantages and
move up the career ladder at rapid rates.
Melnichuk and Romanow
moved to Chicago to work as Snap heads of sales and marketing respectively, and severed active ties with Buytopia to avoid
competitive conflicts of interest.
As they
move more and more of their businesses online, developing better mobile offerings and service levels at
competitive pricing, they will have the chance to steal share from those retailers not migrating fast enough.
In mid-1998, Giniger sensed he could gain a
competitive advantage by creating a tool that would keep all the players apprised of project developments and that would alert them to their upcoming
moves.
The author concludes that these indexes generally are superior to the trade - weighted indexes constructed for the overall U.S. economy because industry - specific rates capture changes in industry -
competitive conditions that result from
moves in specific bilateral exchange rates.
It's a smart
move, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie, which says oil and gas companies that adopt renewables early will be at a
competitive advantage, while slow adopters could find themselves at a structural disadvantage.
Moving forward, JBSS» higher margins allow the firm greater flexibility in procuring raw materials (nuts), expanding its geographic footprint, and
competitive pricing all while remaining profitable.
Smart executives are writing business books to gain a
competitive edge with their employer, find a new job or execute a
move into consulting from corporate life.
These corporations aren't gambling on the remote potential of renewables; they are deliberately
moving their eggs into new, more
competitive baskets.
«[But] as you
move forward depending on when the tax cut comes in, we would benefit from the lower rate and the
competitive forces will come in from there,» Lake said at Goldman's U.S. Financial Services Conference.