Many of the neighboring tribes had been traditional competitors and enemies.

When people talk about quality or cost they typically talk about their traditional competitors in the United States.

Even there, Penney seems behind its traditional competitors.

But, in the same period, one of Hudson's Bay's traditional competitors closed.

Meddlesome Government regulations, high corporate taxes and inflexible work rules all increase costs over traditional competitors.

Flash in the pan or not, Cendant and some other traditional competitors have taken steps to make sure they do not get burned.

Their largest traditional competitor wouldn't even let me do that much.

And what new skills might they possess, on a level even more extensive than what their traditional competitors show?

Now that the deal has been signed, the collaboration between traditional competitors will have to continue, she stresses.

So the agency decided it was time to treat them the same as their traditional competitors.