Meaning, Gap will execute successfully depending on their ability to hire talent from the existing competition, who have amassed decades of China merchandising skills and operating data.
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He tries to personally hear as many good business proposals as possible, grilling potential employees or partners about the viability of the business plan, size of the potential market and existing competition.
After all, it was the then-existing competition--from growing suburban newspapers, television, all-news radio stations and, of course, the Inquirer and Daily News--that lured readers and advertisers away from the Old Gray Lady of Market Street and helped ensure her doom.
The Old Republic faced steep competition from existing giants like World of Warcraft and newcomers like Guild Wars 2.
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While companies try to capitalize on the feature-richness, efficiency, or material quality of their products, increasing competition pushes existing products towards commoditization.
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This, in turn, depends on the price of the drug, on whether insurance companies cover it, and on the competition from existing and alternative treatments.
Furthermore, we believe that certain risks such as the potential competition from existing internet and technology giants are not being priced in by the market.
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Even if these medicines get to market, it seems unlikely that they will replace the sales that Wyeth will lose as existing blockbusters face generic competition, according to Barbara Ryan, the pharmaceuticals analyst at Deutsche Bank.
Now that Microsoft has bought Skype, we believe that it might be able to influence a faster shift from landlines to VoIP and may even pose competition to existing VoIP services provided by telecom and cable operators.
Mr Gove's prediction is already being realised: having acquired a taste for free schools, some of the parents and teachers who helped found the first lot including Mrs Sidney-Roberts are itching to do it again, thereby establishing new chains in competition with existing ones.
Construction of new shopping centers is minimal, meaning that existing properties face little new competition.
However, Starbucks would have to face competition from already existing coffee chains in India.
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James Rothnie from Easygroup said Milton Keynes was chosen because it has a specific catchment area and competition from an existing cinema.
We estimate a slight decline in its market share as we feel that the entry of ARM technology in the PC market will intensify competition for the existing players.
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These include not just the initial capital inflow itself but also the introduction of better technology and new management skills, not to mention greater competition for the existing domestic institutions.
Competition between the three existing exam boards has not improved the service they offer English schoolchildren.
It would be better for regulators, in America and elsewhere, to knock down existing barriers to full-blown competition between trading places.
It has seen a significant decrease in active user base from 2009, primarily because its new games have failed to attract gamers and competition has intensified for existing players.
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They are often obsolescent programs still protecting against the evils of the 1930s, maintained today because the intricacies of the process appeal to government workers seeking job security and to existing bars and restaurants hoping to avoid competition.
The European Commission's proposals are intended to improve safety, market competition and reduce the complexity of existing rules governing motorbikes and quads.
The simple math suggests that eliminating one of four existing nationwide providers would have a negative impact on competition.
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Ofcom gave it permission to use its existing spectrum after assessing whether the launch would affect competition among operators.
The Government's expectation is that only one new city will be created as a result of the diamond jubilee competition and, similarly, that only one existing city will be granted a lord mayoralty or lord provostship.
"Eurotunnel intends to continue to work with the Competition Commission to allay the concerns raised by existing ferry operators and to demonstrate that the creation of MyFerryLink is a good thing for the market as it is both pro-customer and pro-competition, " said chief executive Jacques Gounon.
And that competition has forced these device makers to add appeal to existing technology.
What is the competition and what benefit does this new drug offer over existing therapy?
Their questions typically are about cutting costs, how to beat the competition, and what to do to make improvements to existing products.
It would require a separate naming system alongside the existing one, which could cause complications, although a bit of competition might be good.
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Existing telecom operators expressed concern that a state-funded player in the market could distort competition and damage the growth of services.
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