He said this sameness had made it difficult for Sam's, or any warehouse club, to open stores in markets with established competitors.

Poertena could understand why; the relatively small Mardukan ran rings around his more established competitors.

It is possible that he thought he was getting a cheap option, as the young man would have charged lower fees than more established competitors.

Goldman calls this a "channel conflict," and says it provides firms without a significant number of retail brokers a chance to challenge established competitors.

If all their investments qualify for the credit, they would be at a huge advantage over established competitors.

He couldn't understand why Kahn had been able to beat an established competitor like Microsoft.

Some firms are so flush that despite the downturn in the market, they are still spending heavily to lure people away from more established competitors.

Now the owners of the six-year-old agency are doing something else their established competitors do all the time: making an acquisition.

Lotus 123, the established competitor, had an almost complete monopoly in the market for spreadsheets.

Under his guidance, the team developed the computerized phone service that defined the company and overtook an established competitor, Ticketron.