Sentences with phrase «up to the competition with»

Not exact matches

A new market with big competition may make it hard for this start - up to make its product an industry standard.

As Bloomberg notes, rival apparel companies like Under Armour (UA) and Adidas (ADS) are likely to enter the bidding for the lucrative Texas contract — which could be worth more than $ 15 million per year — once it comes up for grabs, which means Nike will face some fierce competition if it wants to keep doing business with the school.

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly advanced and more widely adopted, we'll start to see a lot of companies - big and small - turning to AI in order to come up with better data strategies and win customer adoption, and to better compete against their competition.

Walmart, which has stepped up its competition with rivals like Target on a variety of fronts of late, is expected to beat analysts» sales expectations for the most recent quarter while Target's numbers are expected to disappoint.

OTTAWA — Companies vying to build Canada's new fighter jets are cranking up their sales pitches, but they'll be waiting a while longer to learn whether the Harper government intends to hold a full competition — or stick with the troubled F - 35 program.

Hold on to that original big idea, because by coming up with it, you saw that gap in the market and probably analyzed the competition anyway.

And, with 95 percent of search results now containing AdWords ad placements either at the top or bottom — not to mention how much above - the-fold real estate is now taken up by AdWords — it's a must for beating the competition.

«Ontario is in competition with other jurisdictions,» Hornung observes, «be it New York state, Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, who are all trying to encourage these manufacturers to come into their jurisdictions and set up shop.»

Many of these companies, especially traditional automakers, are looking to startups to develop the technology they need to keep up with the competition.

In order to keep up with your customers and competition, you may want to consider a small business loan or line of credit to finance purchases or renovations.

«Travelers may unknowingly pay more and fail to see all of their options because some major hotels have ganged up with Google to undercut competition,» the Journal said in its editorial.

Google is using its dominance of the search market to limit competition in the online travel business — for its benefit and that of some major hotel chains it's teamed up with, the Wall Street Journal charges in a new editorial.

To select its judges, Next 15 management didn't simply go with the most senior people in the organization; instead, they put up a diverse team selected on the basis of actually being good at judging such a competition: a panel defined not by job title, but by skill and expertise.

According to an official with the Competition Bureau complaints have begun streaming in from frustrated realtors stating that they are restricted by the usage agreement from setting up Virtual Office Websites.

There are countless ways that we fall into this mindset, but one that seems to be uncommonly common is the way we have historically sized up our competition and, more importantly, how we organize ourselves to address and deal with them.

«Apple needs to keep up with competition and understand what customers are saying about them, as well,» he says.

Boeing's tie - up with Embraer, the world's third - largest planemaker, would give it a leading share of the 70 - to 130 - seat market, meaning stiffer competition for Bombardier and Airbus» joint CSeries program.

Investors are wary that Costco's business model, which mainly generates revenue through a niche membership club, faces increased competition from online giant Amazon.com, which has begun to shake up the grocery space with its acquisition of Whole Foods.

As the e-commerce giant steps up the competition, Netflix could feel increasing pressure to find an acquirer with deep pockets to help it grow.

Competition is heating up; major telecom players have begun to roll out offerings to compete with AltiGen and such VoIP vendors as ITXC, IDT, Shoreline Communications, and Mitel Networks.

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 committee is also calling on the Liberal government to better protect the personal data of Canadians who purchase and sell products online through enhanced cybersecurity, modernize federal e-commerce legislation, and come up with ways to fuel telecom competition to prod Canadians» use of mobile devices to make online purchases and sales.

Hire your competition... Another strategy is to hire employees from competing firms — especially sales people — and team up with competitors» partners, suggests Sheetz - Runkle.

With the competition around the Cavaliers in the East catching up, including a surging Raptors team that currently sits two games ahead of Cleveland in the standings, James will need to keep his career pace up if he wants to make it to NBA Finals for an eighth consecutive time.

With home robotic vacuums expected to be the fastest - growing segment of a $ 14 billion household vacuum cleaner market by 2018 and competition heating up, he was also probably finding that he couldn't afford to wait much longer.

With a $ 10 million venture capital infusion and a revamped business model, the lesser - known ridesharing app revs up to roll over the competition.

All three of these corporations have embraced the art of reinvention as a means to combat increasing competition, low crude prices, or to keep up with the latest developments in technology.

Now that we've come up with some keywords and hopefully a few blog post ideas, it's time to scope out the competition so we can make sure our post will actually be good enough to actually rank on the first page.

Competition in the Russian beer market continues to heat up, as evidenced by Anheuser - Busch InBev SA's recent plan to merge its business there and in Ukraine with that of Turkey's Anadolu Efes.

From all - terrain adventure seekers to workplace warriors, you'll have a leg up over the competition this year and beyond with these nifty gadgets.

While the WTO rules are very valuable, they were formed two decades ago and have failed to catch up with the times and realities of the global economy, such as massive government subsidies that create overcapacity and competition from state - owned enterprises.

Products and services need to always be evolving to better meet the needs of customers and keep up with stiff competition.

Those who proposed taking more time to come up with a product rather than rushing to beat the competition to market were told, «that's not the «Uber way.»»

With so much competition, it can be difficult to avoid being one - upped by the competition.

He and Johnson went on to win the competition with their business idea, and today they're cofounders of a Watertown, Mass., start - up called HighWired.com, which creates free Web «campuses» for students, teachers, coaches, and guidance counselors.

So he tried to lighten things up with events such as a summer competition.

«We welcome choice and competition in health care markets, and I look forward to seeing what they come up with,» Ricks told CNBC.

Hollande hopes to turn the euro zone's second - biggest economy around with reforms cutting corporate payroll charges and a bill currently in parliament that would open many professions up to more competition.

Facing hard competition forces us to elevate ourselves to come up with better products or services.

With the competition in self - driving cars heating up, it makes sense the company would pick CMU as a partner, which has designed several automated vehicles to compete in DARPA challenges.

Quite apart from the fact that this would clash with another piece of EU legislation that's trying to protect freedom of expression, this would be a huge burden for anyone trying to set up a new user - generated content platform, making it a problem for both innovation and competition.

These strategies are key to keeping up with the competition; in fact, EmailMonday reports that 49 percent of marketers surveyed said they use some form of email automation.

The company, which is facing increasing competition from rival digital payment services by Apple, Samsung and Square, is tying up with retailers, airlines and other companies to drive growth

But Whole Foods» existing reputation with shoppers may be enough to help it see success in this market, even as competition heats up.

(Google notes that other companies are free to set up caching systems to use with AMP, but given that Google's will be free and, one imagines, pretty good, broad competition here seems unlikely.)

With Obama, they have the experience and the players in place.The competition has to come up to speed and [learn how to] engage.»

Coming up with a smart, competition - based pricing strategy is one of the fundamental steps you should take to stay at least in the game in 2017.

How then, to foster more reader - driven competition, when Big Media with big money seems intent on drying it up, and hollowing it out?

If America was really serious about the issue, it could deal with it in a stroke: open up the domestic aviation market to foreign competition and allow Ryanair, Emirates and the like to fly whichever routes they wanted.

Ms. Clifford has not shown up at competitions since news broke in January that she accepted a financial settlement in October 2016 — weeks before the election — agreeing to keep quiet about her alleged intimate relationship with Mr. Trump.