Though the company is declining from its current level of 69% market share given the pace of growth in the Chinese market, it still has many advantages over its peers mainly in the form of brand name and large number of subscribers.
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But analysts noted that Best Buy has passed a period of easy market share growth that came after last year's collapse of archrival Circuit City, and may have misfired this holiday season by deciding not to compete more aggressively against its new direct competitors such as Wal-Mart and Amazon in favor of preserving profits.
With EMC pushing into the SME market aggressively, NetApp may witness flat or even a decline in market share depending on the growth of this market and competition.
To be fair, Apple has shown a smidgen of market share growth as of late.
However, that level of growth meant GM lost market share which fell to 17.9% compared to 19.6% in 2011.
Kia photoIt scarcely seems possible, but Kia said recently that at the end of 2012 Kia had 18 consecutive years of market share growth in the United States.
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Unfortunately, growth of consumer base in these markets is limited to population growth and market share gains involve aggressive marketing and advertising, putting strain on operating margins.
Yet, the market share and growth of Taobao are phenomenal.
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So far, there is a lot of enthusiasm that Crestor will at least be able to snag a big share of the growth in the statin market, which is expanding at an incredible clip.
That still leaves Apple with an overwhelming share of a growth market and most of the profits.
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Cisco has taken the biggest chunk of that growth, with 25% market share by units sold compared with just 17% last year.
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We forecast that RIM will see increased market share due to growth of the smartphone market within the overall mobile phone market.
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We expect iPhone to continue with its growth momentum, eating into market share of players like Research in Motion, Motorola, Nokia and Google.
We are moving to take advantage of this unique window of time in the growth of the online advertising market to build market share and to create value for stockholders.
Its growth to 18.4% of worldwide market share during the quarter represents the first time a competitor has attained this level of share since the original launch of the iPad.
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Be wary of those companies that are losing market share, as opposed to simply experiencing slower growth because of the economy.
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Mr. Terry, if you wish to criticize ZAGG as a stock, you can go over the potential commoditization of the segment, the large number of good competitors, changes in market share and margins, shifting trends in industry growth (demographics of newer buyers), management instability, etc.
Last quarter, Altria posted impressive earnings with solid operating margins and retail market share growth with strong performance of its premium brands, especially Marlboro.
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This growth was a result of combination of gain in market share and increased attach rates of discrete notebook GPUs despite the launch of Sandy Bridge.
Second, the G-20 emphasizes fostering a partnership of developed, emerging market and developing countries that share the goal of achieving sustained economic growth.
There could be a downside of 20% to our price estimate for RIM stock if its market share growth remains pressured in the years ahead and reaches 5% by the end of our forecast period (vs. our base estimate of 7%).
NASDAQ-listed stocks, in which Archipelago has a 25% market share, and the growth business of derivatives trading.
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But setting a limit on a news outfit's market share would mean constraining the growth of an expanding media group if its competitors were doing badly.
The resurgent auto industry has added 170, 000 jobs since the summer of 2009 and has experienced its largest growth in market share in almost two decades.
"With 33 consecutive quarters of like-for-like sales growth our market share is at its highest level for a decade and we are outperforming our major competitors", he said in a letter to shareholders.
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Increasingly this growth is driven by ebooks reaching a revenue market share of 7 percent in the U.K. leaving a lot of potential untapped.
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Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco witnessed significant market share growth post March at the cost of Japan Tobacco which saw temporary supply disruptions.
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ArcSight had actively sought acquirers, and HP, rather than continue to resell software from ArcSight competitor SenSage, may have simply seen an opportunity to buy more market share and a source of new growth.
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But RIM's fast growth -- its share of the global smart-phone market has jumped to 15.9% from 6.9% since 2006, according to research firm Gartner -- left it short-handed and straining to meet the demands of various carrier partners.
The airline is pursuing an aggressive growth strategy as it targets a larger share of the global aviation market.
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