Sentences with phrase «over time its competitors»

The Apple iPhone started out as a highly differentiated product yet over time its competitors such as Motorola and Samsung using the Android OS have begun to eat away at their market share.»

Not exact matches

We remain a strong competitor but our performance has been slipping over time in this critical race.

Brands evolve over time so companies that don't review and reposition them regularly risk getting their brand defined by their competitors.

Over time, the answers to these questions will become apparent; however, all too often considerable time is wasted on dreamers, tire kickers, or even sneaky competitors.

These findings echo those of the 1994 classic «Built to Last,» in which Jim Collins and Jerry Porras reveal that over a more than 60 - year period, purpose - guided companies earned six times more for their shareholders than their narrowly profit - focused competitors.

And each Google Talk competitor has added its own little gems over time, such as customized backgrounds, calendaring and online gaming.

Virgin America has just turned six years old, and over that time we've put a lot of thought and effort into making flights enjoyable, while almost all of our competitors have focused solely on their bottom line.

«It focuses on how companies tend to look around at competitors and imitate them over time.

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.

So while a network may have a successful run, or a movie franchise, over time, there's little to stop a competitor from swooping in (think Fox News disrupting CNN).

Telling your startup story in a compelling way can be the difference between someone choosing you over your competitor, so take the time to define your story and let the world know why you are great at what you do.

When a business invents and innovates on behalf of its customers, the customers will naturally pick that product or brand over its competitors every time.

Getting the right idea from the right research at the right time can give you the edge over your competitors and allow you to adjust your strategies quickly.

Even industry competitors — like Ford, which trades at a ratio of 6.6, and Toyota, which trades at 9.7 times — trade at higher multiples, and GM's average price - earnings ratio over the past five years is 12.2.

This takes a little bit of time and is more imprecise, but if there are a lot of pings over the course of a year from the same IP address in the city that matches your competitor's corporate office address, then there's a good chance it's from someone from their office checking out your website.

This study proves that if a consumer grows an emotional connection to a brand, that connection will influence them to choose that brand over it's competitors time and time again regardless of other factors.

Over in the news business, New York Times CEO Mark Thompson declared that, for his company and its competitors, «the battle will be won on the smartphone.»

When considering keywords to target, consider how their popularity trends over time so you can get ahead of a potential search boom before your competitors.

It can gauge sentiment, display coverage by location, show trends in media exposure over time and show you who's writing about you the most as well as monitor competitors.

However, most of these channels are also available to a firm's competitors, reducing their efficacy over time.

The real benefit of a vanadium battery compared to its lithium - ion competitor is that the vanadium battery doesn't degrade over time.

Since the dawn of time, competitors have looked for something to give them an edge over their opponent and to me that is fair play.

The dumbest comment of the year on the radio had to be from Glen Healy who was telling Doug MacLean that the Leafs, who were going through a little rough patch (mid-season), had to watch out from the teams just below them like the Rangers, Islanders and Hurricanes who were creeping up on them, seemingly oblivious to the fact that the closest competitor in the Atlantic, the Red Wings, were over 15 points behind them at that time... I just shook my head...

after thought: I think the times where a good scouting network could out perform your main competitors are more or less over.

On the other hand the true Arsenal fans have not been brainwashed and look at Wenger's performance over a period longer than 1 or 10 games and what they see is that Arsenal have made no progress on the pitch, showing the same mental and physical frailties they have for a long long time with their competitors with fewer funds and lower wage bills leaving Arsenal in the dust.

That gives the three main competitors in this recruitment — Iowa, Michigan State and Notre Dame — some time to make up ground that Michigan gained over the weekend.

Murray's sizeable majority and long - time incumbency means she retains a sizeable advantage over her competitors, although if predictions of SNP success are borne out, this may well not be enough for her to hold the seat.

The campaigns of Meng and her competitor and fellow Assembly member, Rory Lancman, sparred over the importance of the Times nod.

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The New York Times / Siena College poll has Quinn with a nine - point lead over her closest competitor, Anthony Weiner.

Target selection time using gaze took, on average, 350 milliseconds — over 50 milliseconds faster than the nearest competitor, the mouse.

Over time, Muller argued, they can't reproduce as quickly as their sexual competitors.

Dead - end projects, technical problems, difficult students, a lack of funding, reviewers who delay publications, competitors who scoop you, and personal hardships can eat away at enthusiasm over time, says Erwin Wagner, one of the vice-directors of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) in Madrid.

This four - time CrossFit Games competitor has never finished on the podium, and seems committed to making it happen this year — especially with Rich Froning moving over to the team competition.

When it comes to building a build a massive chest, there's no better authority than the seven - time Mr. Olympia champion who placed major emphasis on the importance of having an impressively sculpted chest, even though we have witnessed enormous growth in the size of physique competitors over the past three decades.

Competitor products are in a capsule which causes turmeric to degrade other ingredients over time.

During this time of my life as a figure competitor, I spent over a year without a menstrual cycle.

All of our competitors are over 20 times above the threshold of concern.

Our True Wave ™ Full Spectrum heater system delivers over 25 times the power of our nearest leading competitor.

Besides the mental aspect that being flat has on a competitor, the real problem is that having a flat muscle over time will lower protein synthesis and the rate of recovery for the muscle after a workout is less than what it could be by replenishing the muscle with glycogen.

As a competitor, it's assumed that you've already achieved a peak body condition, but how you're approaching the maintenance or further progression of you physique becomes the primary question at hand — and most of us just continue doing what we're used to, even if we're seeing worse results over time from it.

Our 500 watt full spectrum infrared heaters are over 25 times more powerful than the closest competitor emitting more near, mid and far infrared.

This is the hurdle at which most of your competitors will fall because successful site promotion and business promotion requires patience and sustained effort over a long period of time.

Ridley, who also noted the advantage of being able to tell a story over a longer period of time, is not alone in that regard among his awards competitors.

The online mode will give gamers the chance to vote for the circuit, bike class, and number of laps before they take to the track and compete in an online Arcade racer or Career mode championship. Once the race comes to an end it's over to the online leaderboards to see where you rank against the rest of the world. Not only will you find competitors» lap times but the option to upload and download racing ghosts and riding lines, which will help you compete against the very best or for those new to the series learn the skills they need to race to the top of the leaderboard. There will also be a demo available on XBox Live and PSN before the game launches.

Consider «Beat the expert» questions that give the illusion of playing against a competitor or the ability to «level up» throughout the quiz, facing harder questions over time.

I am impressed with the Elantra GT but I would have a hard time choosing it over those two competitors.

«There are hundreds of Ford drag racers competing every weekend all over this country and we want to help recognize their efforts, especially those who are long - time competitors like Bob was.

But things weren't quite as they have expected: during its life time there were only around 80,000 units sold, while its competitors went easily over 100.000 units.

A major selling point for the car, with its sophisticated thermal battery management system, is its 3 - 4 hour recharge time from a standard 240V domestic outlet — a 2 - 4 advantage over most competitors.