Later, it moved into the mid-size segment, retiring the popular ERJ-145 (though the production line on that aircraft is still open).

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More broadly, information collection and transparency are required in order to accurately size and segment specific market opportunities and inform the appropriate pathways.

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General Motors is doing its part to keep its factories humming and stay one step ahead of the competition in the hotly contested full-size pickup segment by offering hefty cash incentives on its broad line of Silverado and Sierra models.

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When prioritizing provinces, it is important to consider not just the total size of the targeted income segment but also its density, because provinces vary significantly in their concentrations of MAC consumers in various locations.

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We think that this concern is overblown because of the large size and fragmentation of the commercial reverse supply chain segment, high barriers to entry for successful penetration into the market, and the incompatibility of an online surplus liquidation business with the aforementioned potential competitors.

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The size of those fees could result in "a whole segment of the market that they're not going to capture, " said Platt.

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An all-new version of the Ram 1500 full-size pickup helps create some excitement in an otherwise quiet truck segment for 2013.

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In the case of businesses, Windows PCs are at the very heart of all size organizations and the migration from Windows XP to Windows 7 continues to be an important factor driving that segment of the market forward, both now and into 2012.

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