But in the intensely competitive toy industry, survival, not growth, is the issue.

A case involving the intensely competitive newspaper industry demonstrates what may happen.

Two years later, it won six of the nine seats, and many races are expected to be intensely competitive this fall.

The new market is intensely competitive, and many insurers say they are making greater use of independent agents.

Most successful entrepreneurs are intensely competitive, and the food business is no exception.

Add an intensely competitive atmosphere, and you have the potential for disaster.

What often happens in any intensely competitive environment is a pushing of the envelope.

When it comes to the intensely competitive world of private colleges and universities, however, the situation is quite different.

In the intensely competitive cigarette market, 1 percent is considered a smash hit.

The designers themselves will admit that they are an intensely competitive group.