Sentences with phrase «with lack of competition»

Their continued success is more to do with lack of competition rather than intrinsic awesomeness.

The rail industry is under intense pressure from increasing passenger numbers as the country emerges from recession, with a lack of competition between franchises blamed for the failures in efficiency.

The responsibility for the poor service received by both passengers and airlines at Britain's airports can be laid at the door of BAA, with lack of competition in the sector being the main reason.

i disagree, especially with your previous comments about getting a DM who would be an «understudy» to Coquelin, i can not think of a worse idea, its this kind of complacent philosophy with lack of competition which has held us back for so long.

Not exact matches

With a lack of foreign competition, telecom costs are much higher here than in Europe.

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.

Federal regulators are set to wave through Charter Communications» $ 55 billion bid for Time Warner Cable, with a few key conditions aimed at ensuring that the emerging video streaming industry, personified by the likes of Netflix and Hulu, can provide in future what the cable market has historically lacked: competition.

These risks include, in no particular order, the following: the trends toward more high - definition, on - demand and anytime, anywhere video will not continue to develop at its current pace or will expire; the possibility that our products will not generate sales that are commensurate with our expectations or that our cost of revenue or operating expenses may exceed our expectations; the mix of products and services sold in various geographies and the effect it has on gross margins; delays or decreases in capital spending in the cable, satellite, telco, broadcast and media industries; customer concentration and consolidation; the impact of general economic conditions on our sales and operations; our ability to develop new and enhanced products in a timely manner and market acceptance of our new or existing products; losses of one or more key customers; risks associated with our international operations; exchange rate fluctuations of the currencies in which we conduct business; risks associated with our CableOS ™ and VOS ™ product solutions; dependence on market acceptance of various types of broadband services, on the adoption of new broadband technologies and on broadband industry trends; inventory management; the lack of timely availability of parts or raw materials necessary to produce our products; the impact of increases in the prices of raw materials and oil; the effect of competition, on both revenue and gross margins; difficulties associated with rapid technological changes in our markets; risks associated with unpredictable sales cycles; our dependence on contract manufacturers and sole or limited source suppliers; and the effect on our business of natural disasters.

Although this brand had a strong emotional connection with consumers and ambitious expansion plans, it lacked the critical mass of customers to support the high levels of media advertising required to match the competition.

The alarms over AT&T's deal for Time Warner stem from mounting frustration over high prices and the lack of competition in the telecom industry, with most Americans limited to one or two providers of broadband services.

In China, increased competition along with channel inventory mismanagement and a lack of CDMA phones is hurting Nokia.

Here are a few common «lack of focus» examples I see amongst founders all the time: — Doing shit that makes them look busy, but doesn't have significant impact — Trying to do too many things instead of one thing really well — Getting things done themselves instead of taking time to build the team — Fundraising when it's not time — Acquiring users when existing ones keep churning — Adding features instead of fixing or removing the ones they have — Having multiple audiences, rather than one very targeted — Paying attention to vanity metrics or too many metrics instead of core KPIs — Following the competition's every move — Obsessing with getting up on TechCrunch (or other press)-- Attending multiple networking events a week

The panel - comprising former APRA chairman John Laker, former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Graeme Samuel and corporate director Jillian Broadbent - found unclear accountabilities, starting with a lack of ownership of key risks at the executive committee level.

«One problem with American capitalism has been overlooked: a corrosive lack of competition,» wrote The Economist in March, summing up these concerns.

Respondents reported a great reluctance to share deeply and openly with peers (despite frequent associations through meetings and nominal support groups), citing a lack of trust and feelings of competition.

Although there is some lack of specificity (e.g., what constitutes native trees being in «significant» competition with coffee plants?)

Mr Mignini, who has been with the group for just under two years, stopped short of directly criticising Woolworths and Coles for the lack of competition in the supermarket channel, saying he needed to work with the major retailers.

But I think we may lose one of our best midfielders at the end of this season due to someone being unhappy with a lack of game time because there's so much competition.

The competition for places in the midfield becomes too much to be productive with some players in the squad possibly losing form for lack of consistent play.

Our side come into the match with Sutton on a dreadful run of form, having lost three of our last four in all competitions, having conceded 10 goals in the mean time, and with the fans evidently turning on Arsene Wenger currently, the team may lack the support for Monday's encounter.

The 23 - year - old has been limited to 16 appearances in all competitions this season, even with summer signing Ousmane Dembele sidelined by injury, and he now looks set to miss out on the World Cup due to that lack of playing time.

Still, it could be argued that actually Rodgers really benefitted from a specific set of circumstances that year — Luis Suarez being at the very top of his game (something that would have happened under any manager), Daniel Sturridge staying relatively injury free (clearly a bit of a one - off, based on his record since), and above all a lack of real competition elsewhere: Chelsea were in transition and poor in their first season with Jose Mourinho back at the helm, Arsenal imploded as they usually do after a fine start, and Manchester United were nowhere to be seen in terms of the title race with David Moyes» disastrous reign seeing them finish 7th and struggling to cope with the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson.

Now he has to face reality and it is 4 competitions with no additions (beware of players handling transfers request in Jan... i would hate Aw if Santi or Monreal do something like that becuz of lack of ambititos or whatever).

As for Thiago, Guardiola knows him well having worked together previously at Bayern during the Spaniard's stint in charge of the Bavarian giants prior to joining City, and with a lack of midfield depth particularly in the holding role to offer competition for stalwart Fernandinho, it could be a sensible addition for the Citizens.

We need more quality in the striker position and I think Wenger has painted himself into a corner by saying that any forward purchased will not replace but play with Giroud, where is the desire to do better or simply show up when there's a lack of direct competition.

For all the wonderful free - flowing football the Gunners play going forward, their defensive weak spot has been exposed on a number of occasions, with individual errors, a lack of leadership and no strength in depth costing Arsenal dear in all competitions.

Snubbed from the match - day squad on numerous occasions this season, he's suffering with a lack of confidence, form and with the fierce competition for places.

Walcott picked up his usual injury, Giroud's lack of competition either meant that he burnt out by playing too many games, or simply suffered due to being too relaxed with no rival.

If Arsenal would be pleased with only being part of the competition, then you guys should not be angry and mad at players for leaving this club bec of lack of willingles for glory.

A few days ago I posted a comment on here and noted how AFC always seem to lose ground and our way once the heat is on... how we lack the mental strength and character to deal with pressure of maintaining a lead once we are top of the table and how we ALWAYS crumble when it matter most... i also noted how we ALWAYS seem to regain our mojo soon as we are out of contention for every important competition, when we go on some amazing winning streak, just in time to snatch the 4th place trophy... as is the norm on here and many other AFC fans forum i got member jumped down my throat, talking about negative fans, talking about new players we have and how that problem was a thing of the past....

He recently whined about the tight fixture list and the lack of numbers to deal with all the competitions.

The fierceness of competition for places in the Arsenal midfield could have something to do with his lack of confidence.

Whether or not it was because he was unwilling to buy or Liverpool were simply unable to buy, the consequences of a lack of spending has already occurred, with the Reds crashing out of two cup competitions.

With making further progress in the Champions League the chief target for PSG, Toure's lack of form in the competition for City would also have to be a concern.

Before, Aaron had the comfort of low - quality competition, paired with a lack of squad depth, but he now has to work as hard as he can to keep his place.

Chelsea lacked the cutting edge: Chelsea's brand of attacking football on Wednesday night had some similarities with Sevilla, who were wasteful in front of goal, barring Ben Yedder, whose brace ensured a shock triumph over Manchester United in the competition.

The lack of a strategic and coherent vision of the extent of devolution across the UK and within England is therefore likely to not only increase competition and conflict between an ever more Anglicised Westminster and the other nations of the UK but also with English regions and localities.

«The Department for Transport's complete lack of common sense in the way it ran the West Coast franchise competition has landed the taxpayer with a bill of # 50 million at the very least», said Margaret Hodge, chair of the PAC.

Herbst said he believes competition is healthy, but that the lack of a front - runner may have been a reason some candidates with little prior political experience jumped into the race.

Indeed, the Office of Fair Trading has launched an investigation into whether there is a lack of competition in the supply of technology to the public sector, with the biggest companies earning about # 10.4 billion from the State.

Darryl Wharton - Rigby's screenplay will centre on a courier tasked with bringing $ 3m (# 1.76 m) across the Atlantic to Brazil in an effort to stop the Ghanaian football team quitting the competition in protest at lack of pay.

Due to the competition caused by lack of funding, universities are taking students with the highest grades first, which quickly fills their quotas.

Unlike H. naledi, hobbits lived on an island where a lack of competition with other Homo species may have assisted their survival.

Even with the lack of standardization and limited number of drills that was present in the production and use of traditional clubs, they're used to successfully condition soldiers and combative athletes that would dominate the competition.

It's a shame that competition on the adventure's mode leaderboards is pretty worthless, since you'll never know with what kind of upgrades your high score has been beaten, and it lacks an online cooperative, but it still shines as a great example of bringing back sagas of old, with a twist.

Lack of Facebook Integration — Perhaps the best feature of Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook is the ability to compare scores with friends and feel a sense of competition from the sheer amount of scores on the leaderboard.

It appears that with a lack of better competition, we are reminded just how often animated films are capable of excelling in generating profit.

Magnet Releasing has U.S. distribution and with a limited release run, it's hoped the lack of competition this month will get a wider swath of audiences out to see it.

But with competition from Oscar perennials, including Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks («The Post»), Frances McDormand («Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri»), Saoirse Ronan («Lady Bird»), Daniel Day - Lewis («Phantom Thread») and Gary Oldman («Darkest Hour»)-- plus the lack of persistent buzz enjoyed by last year's diverse nominees including «Lion,» «Fences» and «Hidden Figures» — it's going to be a struggle for most of these pictures and performances to simply score a nomination.

With the lack of star power in the main competition (even Andrew Garfield was unable to attend for David Robert Mitchell's delirious neo-noir Under the Silver Lake as he was performing on Broadway), speculation was rife that the festival was losing its relevance, particularly among the American press.