Over the past 15 years innovation has helped set the company apart from fierce competitors.

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"Fashion is a fast-moving industry where brand loyalty is fickle and Republic has failed to keep up with some pretty fierce competitors, " she said.

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What's more, while Djokovic is also constantly jockeying for supremacy with fierce competitors, he's already notched a signature accomplishment Yanai-san envies: He's reached number one in the world.

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Even though they're usually fierce competitors, Comcast and Time Warner are working together on this deal, thanks to a complicated relationship that's the result of an earlier acquisition.

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But if there's anything, though, that we have been reminded of since Iowa, it's that the kind of change we seek will not come easy, partly because we have fine candidates in this race, fierce competitors who are worthy of our respect and our admiration.

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The competition in the apparel industry is incredibly fierce with many top competitors yearning for their share of the market.

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