Others lifted their earnings by slashing costs and pushing out local competitors.

Still, for local competitors, the next few years could be marked by the same sort of volatility that once shook the long-distance business.

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That's where his local competitors have helped out.

The company, relatively new here, was looking for a way to distinguish itself from local competitors and to appeal to a hip young audience.

Other local competitors failed, leaving Cash's the only survivor of the type in the city.

But Adelphi's problem was worse than those of its local competitors.

Other factors I considered were the store location, local competitors and current operational practices.

About 36,000 are usually invited to run, divided about equally among local, national and international competitors.

The company said the local competitors proved tougher than anticipated.