Better Positioned This Time Brian Ford, a retail analyst at Ernst & Young, said New Jersey's downtowns were better positioned to survive a downturn this year than they were in the early 90's, when store vacancy rates were up and they were confronting new competition from discount centers.
Index mutual funds face new competition.
It must constantly confront new problems, freedoms and expectations.
He was replaced by Jim Nelson, his executive editor, in part because the magazine confronted new and ferocious competition in the form of the so-called lad magazines like Maxim, FHM and Stuff that feature bawdy humor and aspiring actresses posing in very little clothing.
Confronted by new competition, Chase last year recruited some big names in banking, including David A. Coulter, former chief executive of BankAmerica, who now heads Chase's consumer business.
All are confronting new frontiers in VR.
In 2012, during EEI's "Board and Chief Executives Meeting", top utility executives discussed an action plan to confront challenges posed by cheap solar power and to address concerns about profits in the face of new competition, according to documents uncovered by the Energy and Policy Institute.
That shift to worldwide markets confronted companies with increased currency risks, political risks and new competition — all adding to the overall risk of doing business.
Boeing and Airbus also worry about new competition.
The trouble is the new competition.
