That was soon followed by competition from several copycats like G2000, U2 and Bossini.
Competition for consumers, moreover, increasingly will be replaced by competition for the favor of antitrust regulators.
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Carrefour's giant stores have been hurt by competition from specialist stores and online shopping.
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Game has seen its business eroded by competition from online-only retailers, such as Steam and Amazon.
So the downfall of the cave bear may have been triggered by competition with human for caves.
And third, the cable companies, spurred by competition from the satellite and telephone companies, have been investing.
Ford has been hurt by competition from fuel-efficient cars mainly from Asian automakers.
Fitness club fees are disciplined by competition from other fitness clubs, as well as from other available exercise alternatives.
We should avoid distortions and bubbles created by government investment undisciplined by competition.
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In other countries, like Canada, drug prices are driven down by negotiation with government-run insurance plans or by competition.
The smaller the bank, the harder it was hit by competition from outside.
Some American and European companies are already being overrun by competition from Asian goods, made much cheaper by drastic devaluations.
Independent bookstores, squeezed by competition from Internet retailers like Amazon, have long done something their online brethren cannot emulate: author events.
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It was ordered to sell its factory near Lichfield in Staffordshire by competition authorities following its purchase of Sarson's and Haywards.
They said that because of this, the U.S. workers' jobs would be jeopardized by competition from low-wage countries with lax labor laws.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb has been hurt by competition from generic substitutes for proprietary drugs like Glucophage (diabetes medication), Taxol (cancer treatment) and BuSpar (antidepressant).
He said that since 2000, there had been interventions by competition authorties, consumer bodies and the Government, but these had not solved the problem.
The French no campaign harped on the fear that living standards would be undermined by competition from the east (famously symbolised by Polish plumbers).
Though Henican had denied it not two months before, he is being buried by competition from cut-rate cremation parlors and a weak outlook for acquisitions.
Bids in Europe were driven by competition between cellular-industry giants such as Vodaphone that are vying to be the first to create a pan-European network.
The snag is that unprofitable companies, which should have been squeezed out by competition, have remained alive because it is so hard to fire workers.
Game has seen its business eroded by competition from online-only retailers such as Steam and Amazon, with Game holding on to 19% of the online market.
These oral medicines are currently dispensed in pharmacies and are covered by Medicare Part D, where prices are determined by competition rather than Washington price setting.
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"We continue to believe that consumers are best served by competition rather than monopolies, " said National Association of Broadcasters Vice President Dennis Wharton, following Friday night's vote.
Even though the industry has been hit hard by competition from satellite providers, new services are giving cable operators hope, promoting revenue growth and growing their subscriber base.
Speculation has increasingly ramped up that Apple, faced by competition from Amazon's Kindle Fire and Google's Nexus 7 tablets, is making a smaller version of the iPad.
Hellawell specifically cited the risks posed by competition from Qihoo.
But when it was revealed that the money came from Abramoff's gambling clients, Indian tribes that felt threatened by competition, Reed was thrown on the defensive and never recovered.
He said there had been "grade inflation", fuelled by competition between exam boards to attract schools to their qualification, in effect that they had been making their exams easier.
Undeterred, in Magdalena Mr Cavallo said that he could slash Argentina's 14.5% unemployment rate through tax and labour reforms, and cut the cost of public services by competition in their provision.
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