Jersey's Economic Development Minister, Senator Alan Maclean, said online competition was the reason retailers were struggling.
For example, to fight online competition, some retailers are increasingly relying on exclusive gear.
On Main Street, many retailers are getting pounded by online competition, at the cost of local jobs.
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Opposition politicians in both places also credit online competition with gingering up the mainstream press a bit.
Deciding to try to create a serious site dedicated to online competition, the two founded WorldGaming.com in 2007.
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Then again, most of today's print-heavy news outlets are scaling back in the face of the relentless online competition.
And online competition was, and remains, a strategic threat for incumbent market leaders.
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But it shows the retailer is thinking outside of the box when it comes to competing with its online competition, Amazon.
Industry heavyweights Topps and Upper Deck have tried similar initiatives during the past few years ("Topps Town, " an online competition featuring baseball card stats).
Programmes can do a passable job writing up baseball games, and may soon fill parts of newspaper sections (those not sunk by free online competition).
Best Buy, another retailer also facing threats from online competition like Amazon.com, was down sharply Tuesday, off 4.7% after a bigger-than-expected drop in profits.
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"Online competition was growing before the recession started, " he said.
The holiday season is not yet officially upon us, but retailers are already out of the gate with strong strategies to not just beat the online competition, but to win.
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It also plays to the strength of the online competition, and opens the door to a competitive counterpunch where online stores can credibly claim to offer both lower prices and better shopping experiences.
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In the quarter, the company continued to gain share, as they estimated a 1% increase from a year ago as it contends with online competition and increased competition from Wal-Mart as well as other big box stores.
If some seekers of truth find themselves dismayed by the factual squabbling between the author and his online competition, American patriots may draw some comfort from the way in which he has tailored his text to the American interest.
As we said, we are going to have an in-studio performance by Balla Tounkara, the winner of the BPP's online busking competition.
Building on the success of the Emmy-nominated, fan favorite HashTag Killer, SocialSector.usanetwork.com centers around an online reality competition in which contestants are sequestered in an unknown location and one contestant is voted off each week.
It also promoted an online architectural competition that is taking place this fall, in which three Albanian cultural monuments will be featured for architects around the world to compete in designing new economic uses for these historic structures.
"With several booksellers online, the competition is only a click away, " says Nicole Vanderbilt.
Then, I went on to place in the top 10 (after 5 years) out of about 70, 000 participants in the online stock trading competition known as Marketocracy.
The company's been trailing Google, its main rival, in the competition for online advertising dollars.
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.
Game has seen its business eroded by competition from online-only retailers, such as Steam and Amazon.
It had struggled for a number of years against growing competition from online rivals, supermarkets, and illegal downloads.
Outside the English-speaking world newspapers often face less competition from online news aggregators and other Silicon Valley wheezes.
Best Buy has been working to turn around results as it faces tough competition from online retailers and discounters.
The firm had suffered in recent years due to competition from online retailers.
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