Even a company with a highly commoditized product has an opportunity to establish an advantage
over its competitors by improving customer engagement and creating customer impact.
But with the right tools and support, you can gain an advantage
over your competitors by adopting early.
But questions remain: Should athletes be permitted to gain an advantage
over their competitors by artificial means, and, further, should they be permitted to take drugs that have demonstrably harmful side effects?
Yoga can help in gaining the edge
over competitors by improving flexibility, strength and concentration.
The 2019 Infiniti QX50 already has an edge
over its competitors by other measures, but its innovative engine truly seals the deal.
Motorola again gets one
over its competitors by including a 1 GB of RAM, where other companies only provide 512 MB of RAM.
But it was a tough gig because I knew that law firms were years behind virtually every other industry, and I wanted to push my firm to leap frog
over our competitors by waking up first.
The challenge for Spotify will be to keep building a lead
over its competitors by bringing in new users and turning existing ones into paid subscribers.
Saved clients 30 - 50 %
over competitors by aligning staffing with the needs of diverse clients based on understanding each employee's technical skills and soft skills.
Gain an advantage
over competitors by treating new hires differently, so they spread the word that you «celebrate» new employees.
Not exact matches
However, rather than compete for market share on the merits or fulfill its statutory obligation to enable
competitors to practice its invention after its patents expired, Green Mountain has abused its dominance in the brewer market
by coercing business partners at every level of the K - Cup distribution system to enter into anticompetitive agreements intended to unlawfully maintain Green Mountain's monopoly
over the markets in which K - Cups are sold.
Brands evolve
over time so companies that don't review and reposition them regularly risk getting their brand defined
by their
competitors.
While Rockefeller is accused of using shady business tactics to wipe
competitors off the map,
over his lifetime he donated $ 500 million to philanthropic causes (which he was inspired to do
by Carnegie).
Why should Verizon be allowed to play
by different rules, rules that clearly provide them with an advantage
over the Canadian players, when it is obvious that they would already be a formidable
competitor in the existing Canadian marketplace?
Many cable
competitors have come and gone
over the years, done in
by the expense of wiring every customer's home.
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 rise of Tidal to the top was undoubtedly helped
by West's decision to hold back the sale of his latest album on his website for a week, giving the new streaming site true exclusivity
over competitors like Spotify and Apple Music, and a golden chance to gain new subscribers:
Executives at BlackBerry were divided
over the future of BBM for months before they chose to go ahead with the plan, fuelled
by the growing number of
competitors on the market, including WhatsApp and Waterloo, Ont. - based Kik Messenger, both which are available on BlackBerry and other phones.
This fact gives Amazon an advantage
over competitors like Netflix, Hulu, and HBO, who are trying to use premium video to make money directly — not
by using it to sell more shoes.
A recent ad campaign for RIM's late and widely panned PlayBook, a
competitor for Apple's iPad tablet, announced the product's arrival
by asserting that «Amateur Hour [was]
over.»
So, while Hilton says HHonors's changes match those made
by competitors over the past few years, customers who see loyalty points as cash in hand are still indignant.
This implies that markets expect depreciation of the dollar
by more than 25 per cent against its major
competitors over the next decade.
The efforts of Martin Schulz and other senior SPD politicians to gain an advantage
over their political
competitors by leading a hardline anti-Trump campaign do not appear to have had any significant effect on the SPD's standing in the polls.
Without the enormous staff and unavoidable bills that come with an operation of this size — rent, salaries, benefits, Web hosting, etc. —
competitors to Groupon can challenge the granddaddy in individual markets all
over the world
by offering deals more favorable to merchants and / or consumers.
The customers» return rate has been
over 40 % and we have the capacity and the know - how to increase our turnover and market share faster than our
competitors by maintaining a better customer service.
Uber has faced ongoing scrutiny
over allegations of workplace harassment, a criminal probe into its attempts to evade regulators, a lawsuit
over trade secret theft brought
by Waymo — its
competitor in the self - driving car industry — and a lawsuit brought
by a woman who alleges her medical files were improperly shared
by Kalanick and other executives.
trade regulations and procedures and actions affecting production, pricing and marketing of products, including policies adopted
by countries that may champion or otherwise favor domestic companies and technologies
over foreign
competitors;
Over the last few years, employees say, the Paranoids have been routinely hired away
by competitors like Apple, Facebook and Google.
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.
Google is accused of giving its own service an advantage
over those offered
by competitors, which means shoppers would be more inclined to buy from Google and its partners instead of third parties.
I would love to initially build that DA 60 site without one link that can be peeled off
by a
competitor over that boring, redundant 80 DA with 90 % competitive backlink crossover that is going to create reduced long - term margins for my clients.
AWS currently accounts for
over 45 percent of the revenue generated
by public «Infrastructure - as - a-Service» providers — more than
competitors Microsoft, Google and IBM combined.
Republicans said the regulation placed an unfair burden on U.S. companies
by requiring them to hand
over key details of how they bid and compete while many foreign
competitors are under no obligation to do the same.
Darwin saw himself as giving an explanation,
by no means complete, of the variety and distribution of species around the globe; he argued for the superiority of his explanation
over its
competitors, including those that attempted to account for these facts
by appeal to a divine intelligence.
* The energy costs of the supply chain need to be reduced
by 25 %
over the current decade to make it competitive with other regions of UK and other
competitor countries.
By Alan Dorich he Borland family's involvement at North Kansas City Beverage Co. enables the company to have several advantages
over its
competitors, Vice President Chad Borland says.
The biggest advantage Compac has
over competitors is our highly sophisticated system for measuring produce
by size, shape, colour and blemishes.
Many of these TPs were launched
by and employ former Alibaba staff, making them experts in Tmall Global's inner workings as well as China and giving them an advantage
over competitors.
Mickelson, who went 3 -0-1 in the Americans» expected drubbing of the Internationals at Liberty National, at 47, was the oldest U.S.
competitor by seven years
over Charley Hoffman.
In 1930, the company produced 842,000 cans of baby food;
by 1931 the number had risen to 1,311,500 cans; one year later, in 1932, Gerber manufactured 2,259,818 cans of baby food.65 Despite
competitors» quick development of their own mass - produced strained baby foods, Gerber dominated U.S. market share
over such
competitors as Clapp's, Heinz, Beech - Nut, Stokeley, and Libby.66 The new baby food products were so successful that
by 1941 the Fremont Canning Company changed its name to Gerber's Baby Foods (and in the 1960s became the Gerber Products Company), and two years later it abandoned its line of regular vegetables to make baby foods exclusively.
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.
Although the mayor did not mention the
competitor by name, Taser International has been lobbying hard to take
over the contract.
Even before the National Executives of the opposition National Democratic Congress gives the go - ahead for the election of a flag bearer for the 2020 elections, a nationwide research conducted
by The aL - hAJJ indicates former President John Mahama has an edge
over his potential
competitors.
While receiving the award, the bank's Group Managing Director, Herbert Wigwe, said, «While innovation, excellent risk and corporate governance framework might be the advantage we have
over our
competitors, the Bank is propelled
by a vision of becoming the world's most respected African Bank, and this requires us to do things differently to standout.
Saatchi, which is owned
by France's Publicis Groupe, SA, chose LifeStraw
over a field of
competitors that included a reusable controller to improve the distribution of IV fluids, a collapsible wheel that can be folded down for easier storage when not in use on bicycles or wheelchairs, an energy - efficient laptop designed for children in developing countries, a 3 - D display that uses special optics and software to project a hologramlike image of patient anatomy for cancer treatment, an inkjet printing system for fabricating tissue scaffolds on which cells can be grown, a visual prosthesis for bypassing a diseased or damaged eye and sending signals directly to the brain, books with embedded sound tracks to help educate illiterate adults on health issues, a phone that provides telecommunications coverage to poor rural populations in developing countries, and a brain - computer interface designed to help paralyzed people communicate via neural signals.
VentrAssist also has an advantage
over its one
competitor, a device called INCOR made
by the German company Berlin Heart, which has a similar design, and it is already approved for use in Europe.
By FRED PEARCE When Nick Faldo and Greg Norman struggled
over the final holes of golf's Open Championship at Royal St George's on Sandwich Bay in Kent in July, they, their fellow
competitors, along with caddies, TV crews and thousands of spectators, were tramping across «the finest sand dune system in southeast England» with a -LSB-...]
By: Rocio Ruiz Let's face it, the backside is one of the most difficult areas to whip into shape, but also one of the most important and obsessed -
over body parts for any woman,
competitor or not.
By placing a nutrient content claim, structure / function claim, or a health claim on a product the manufacturers are banking on the fact that the health halo will help influence your decision to buy their product
over their
competitor's product.
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.