Like business, sport is an ultra-competitive activity, full of unforeseen factors, intense competition, and shrinking budgets.
But the U.S. still poses significant challenges for newcomers, given the intense competition among investors.
HMV, which has faced intense competition from online retailers, went into administration in January.
It has faced intense competition from online retailers, digital downloads and supermarkets in recent years.
But it warned "markets will remain challenging, with intense competition and volatile commodity costs".
In the face of intense competition in the clean energy sector, America faces two choices.
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Another factor is the intense competition for observing time on the world's largest telescopes.
It is doing so at a time when it faces intense competition from large lenders like J.
"We're not completely immune to the intense competition and the impact this has on business, " it said.
Some of the weakest companies are being plagued by a limp economy, intense competition and poor leadership.
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The problem for DPS with the first option is the intense competition in NCBs in North America.
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It is instilling a sense of crisis among employees by invoking the specter of intense competition from China.
The slowdown in PC shipments, combined with intense competition and macro headwinds, has placed DRAM market in oversupply.
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It does face intense competition, though, from the likes of PepsiCo, General Mills and Kellogg.
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Focusing its efforts to build a strong internal IT team amidst intense competition looks like a wise move.
The second option is also lucrative, but intense competition exists here as well.
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However, he warned that intense competition, changes in the telecommunications market and increasingly high mobile penetration could limit growth.
Emerging markets will expose Samsung to intense competition from local manufacturers and drive down pricing levels in the long run.
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This intense competition is only increasing with the build-out of new 4G networks and the emergence of new market entrants.
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To bring out the best in those competitors, Maloney and Hodulich constructed an intense competition based on the NFL Combine.
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As you get better you try and pick locations away from other players because there is intense competition for vowels.
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Groupon, while generating substantial revenues and rapid growth, also has been racking up huge losses, and faces increasingly intense competition.
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The element of relative scarcity in the economy over the last four years has given rise to much more intense competition.
We live in an age of ever increasing complexity, caused by fast technological advancement, increasingly global markets, and more intense competition.
Shutterfly shares are trading sharply lower amid concerns that intense competition in the online photo products segment will hurt Q4 results.
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With intense competition, and the similar nature of products offered by various companies, distribution is the most important factor affecting penetration.
When markets shift the first sign is intense competition, driving down margins.
Within the North American market, Coach is facing intense competition from smaller players such as Michael Kors, Kate Spade and Tory Burch.
Rising costs, intense competition from Bajaj Auto dented net margin, stock price.
Cricket at the highest level is great because of the intense competition between patriotic and highly skilled performers who proudly represent their countries.
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