Sentence examples for homegrown competitor from inspiring English sources

Austin has its own homegrown competitor to Foursquare: Gowalla, an app with many of the same features.

EchoStar, which operates the Dish Network, may have to consider selling some of its spectrum to a third party -- its new homegrown competitor -- allowing it to use the EchoStar satellite network or even permitting its services to be resold under another brand, analysts said.

In addition to its unique features, Little Cab could become a homegrown competitor in Kenya's burgeoning ride-booking market.

Overseas, Uber has inspired homegrown competitors it now seeks to beat.

Homegrown competitors like Aeon, Japan's largest supermarket chain, have already been lowering prices and erecting large-format stores.

In contrast to Japan, in China Western retailers and consumer goods, from Wal-Mart to Snickers to Tesco, are ubiquitous and compete vigorously with homegrown competitors.

Whereas Hill played the part of the moustachioed British diplomat, trumpeting his outrage that the Indianapolis paddock loos lacked doors, Wheldon is now resident in that midwest city and as much a part of the US racing scene as the homegrown competitors who surrounded him on the grid.

To reach its full potential, Uber has to start out-competing homegrown competitors.

Mixi, started in 1999, has bested foreign interlopers including News Corp.'s MySpace and Cyworld (owned by South Korea's SK Telecom ), as well as homegrown competitors such as Gree.

It may be the leader worldwide, but Google lags far behind homegrown competitors in the South Korean market, which is dominated by the search engine Naver, owned by NHN Corp., and Daum.

But this fast-growing Monterrey chain store with $3.7 billion in estimated 2004 revenues has pole-vaulted over its homegrown competitors and is now, with a 17% market share, the number two behind Wal-Mart.