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We don't get pushed around by anybody. (The one-dimensional fighter) is a player who's losing his niche in hockey because of the evolution of the game.

We have volunteers to help people sort items. Our niche is people who want an alternative.

Typically, there are a few niches, and everybody sees they are growing more rapidly, and so they jump on these niche markets. And all of a sudden they are no longer niche markets, and there will be too many players, and it's going to be very competitive in a short period of time.

Today, these are real niche applications. The exciting thing is that Yahoo is taking Web 2.0 to the masses.

Year after year the property values keep rising and there doesn't seem to be an end in sight, despite the predictions. When you look at cities like Boston and Chicago, I would suspect that we're very much the same. It used to be considered the alternate lifestyle and now it's the preferred lifestyle. This niche market is no longer just a niche.

Those who are serious about the latest high-definition games need more power, but until the manufacturers add capabilities for playing next-generation, high-definition video, it remains a niche market.

This would be another step for Boone in biotech and value-added agriculture to push that marketing niche we're forming in our community.

Today's consumers are well informed about their food choices and the demand for organic products is on the rise. By providing incentives that offset some of the costs of becoming certified organic, we are helping more producers fill a market niche and use less fuel and fewer chemicals.

I'm creating my niche. My niche is going to be "shirtless guy."

Cable is a niche business. If you can own a niche, that can be a very strong business.

For a foreigner, L.A. is such a big, wonderful and weird place that, until you find your niche, you feel a little bit discombobulated.

Wall Street is looking for small players on the Internet who are focused on a particular consumer segment. A dominant niche site can generate repeat visits from customers that are loyal to the site.

We're trying to make this a niche between what is here. We didn't want to compete. We want people to be able to come in a few times a week and have a different flavor of food.

The really good ones have developed some sort of product niche, whether they are the place to go to get the latest and greatest cook or travel books. They've developed a niche that makes them really unique.

We were really good at manufacturing. We have a real niche ... so we started manufacturing index tabs and started marketing those nationwide and selling to other printers and print brokers, and all of a sudden that business took off. The norm was two weeks, and we were offering next-day service, which really got people's attention.

When Concorde went out of service the business aircraft operators and the airlines thought: we will find a market niche here and we are going to exploit it,

This was a niche that was very attractive to us. It seemed like a timing thing more than anything else. I thought the product had viability and strong marketing possibilities, and I liked the shelf life of the movie. I'm looking at 80 million poker players -- and growing -- and I'm thinking if we can get 50 percent of them to look at this, it could be really interesting.

The participants found it easiest to incorporate single items such as the almonds and margarine into their daily lives. The fiber and vegetable protein were more challenging since they require more planning and preparation and because these types of niche products are less available. It's just easier, for example, to buy a beef burger instead of one made from soy, although the range of options is improving. We considered it ideal if the participants were able to follow the diet three-quarters of the time.

We were the first regional chain to try and take this niche on. We just want to get better at what we do. Better bakery, better deli, better meat department.

We need to create a niche different from the NCAA. The NAIA is about students first, about their education.

Firms really niche themselves on a thin slice of remodeling activity.

Finally, in both of our segments we remain committed to providing 'World Class Sales Support' to agents. Over the past two years we have made significant enhancements to our marketing platform, which we believe will fuel future growth in our selected niche markets.

Families of Loved Ones Magazine does a great job of providing information and resources for a growing readership of caregivers, including families and children of long term care patients. This publication further increases our ability to provide advertisers with the high-quality niche publications that produce results.

We've been playing teams that are taller than us all the time, and we've been winning. We just have to find our niche and get some confidence. If their shooters aren't on from the outside, then I think we have a chance.

We see the Capital city as a test bed for the niche market we are developing for men's and women's lifestyle clothing that is sophisticated, high quality and European styled with a tailored finish and fine detailing.

You can't do the level we are doing by just having these niche demographics of strictly gay or female. You can see in the suburbs of Los Angeles, New York and Chicago where you have lots of straights and married couples going.

There could be no replacement for Army, and no one will replace him, ... His niche and talents are very special.

Ultimately, when the market settles, I think that there will be three major players and about six niche players.

What's exciting about Sundance is that they're making a name for themselves in this boutique television niche world, and there's energy behind that.

We tend to view small bolt-on acquisitions in niche segments or regions as positive with ice cream part of the trading-up-to-premium-brands phenomena we are seeing in other food categories such as coffee and chocolate.

Through the niche approach, we bring value-added knowledge of the industries. We are known as the bank that lends to emerging growth companies.

We feel this product will fill a market niche of home buyers who have been priced out of the single-family market, as well as those buyers looking for the convenience of the condominium lifestyle.

We felt there was a niche for this kind of upscale hotel on the beach. We wanted a balance between refined and relaxed.

This new regulatory regime for cable could potentially have devastating impacts for our proverbial 500-channel universe of diverse cable offerings. It very well could be the case that government regulation here could destroy that diversity and drive out some of the smaller niche channels out there, which would find a difficult time surviving on their own in a la carte world.

We think that there's an unexploited niche in many markets, certainly here in Dallas, and the sales of the residences have pretty much borne that out.

We are still feeling out some things. We might make a couple of moves and see what happens. We are still trying to find everyone's niche before we get to district play.

Boston Uncovered responds to a niche that has not been adequately filled by any other publication, ... We believe that it is a great offering for both readers and advertisers. In print and online, Boston Uncovered will attract one of the most highly desirable demographic groups.

Brian is a player who has made the best of a situation where he had to wait to get picked up by a team. He?s come in and made a contribution on and off the ice. I?m really happy for him, because he?s found a home here and has a good niche on our team.

Branding New York City is too broad an image these days. It's no longer as powerful on the macro level. The trick is to find the brands that are unique, but not so niche and so in-the-know that only 12 people who live in the neighborhood will get it.

Brendan is a really cool guy. It was a really cool thing to hang out with him in this niche environment in Atlanta and see how Stone Temple Pilots did their stuff.

Blue Nile has a great opportunity. It has created an attractive little niche in the jewelry industry and it should continue to grow so the valuation for the longer term is fairly attractive.

Blogging is growing, but it is still a pretty niche thing. We wanted to introduce it to a more mainstream audience and show them it can be about more than just blogging.

Digital music finally got off the ground in Europe in 2005, but it is important to retain a sense of perspective: paying for digital music is currently a niche activity and is still outweighed by file sharing which is conducted by 15 percent of European internet users.

Corey is a better defender at this stage than Bruce was, but it's all about finding your niche in the NBA. The Spurs fell in love with Bruce because of his commitment to defense. Bruce grew up watching Michael Cooper play for the Lakers, and he used to pick my brain about what kind of player Cooper was.

E-mail management is a key factor in compliance and corporate governance procedures, and a potential landmine in legal discovery initiatives. That's why it shouldn't be seen as a secondary function with niche technology, but as a core component of records compliance management.

Early on, you sold everything. As the big boxes came in, it really squeezed us, all of us independents. We transitioned out of machines and began selling furniture. Now, our niche is narrowing. So far, we've managed to succeed.

Esquire was a niche magazine in its original format because it appealed to men as opposed to people at large,

European debt purchasing and receivables management market leaders will generate strong interest in 2006 due to the expected growth potential of those markets over the next several years. In the U.S., small and mid-sized agencies that are specialized in fast-growing niche markets, such as the government, healthcare and commercial industries, will also be considered attractive acquisition targets by larger players that are in need of diversifying their service offerings and market focus.

Fencing has a special niche or groove -- it's all in the mind and the arm.

There's no question that the Mac is a niche player right now. But MYOB isn't a broad-based consumer company, so we can be more effective targeting niches than spending $40-$50 million on marketing. Intuit is a consumer marketing company and is trying to be everything to everybody. Our mission is to increase customers' efficiency and profitability. That may be a niche business in a niche market, but we think we fit in real well with the Mac.

They all have their little niche in it that we want them to be thinking about.

The star ratings of niche funds are likely to be more volatile. On occasion, they may look exaggerated compared to the category, and you'll have to take them with a grain of salt.

These little niche markets such as banking and publishing don't make economic sense for Wal-Mart,

I've never done that before. It's very hard to change old habits, but it gets better every day. I'm trying to find my niche on the team.

I've always said, we'll find our niche in Boston, if we're good enough. I think we've found it. We have the opportunity to become a national school.

Sometimes players find a niche with a certain team, and he's found that niche. It just goes to show that those veteran guys who people think are washed up, in the right circumstances, it can work out perfectly.

Proprietary technology relegates you either to a niche or to the ditch. We're growing our market opportunity by steadfastly open sourcing the entirety of our software portfolio--from the Solaris OS to Java developer tools--and now we're taking the next step by open sourcing the world's most innovative microprocessor under the GPL. Giving our customers more choice and driving community innovation expands our economic opportunity and is forcing our competitors to sit up and take notice--we are back on offense.

Radio has always been a niche business. Cable television has always been a niche business. Magazines have always been a niche business.

Day labor is not a niche market. It's now entering different aspects of the national mainstream economy.

Despite the big public debate right now, it will just be a niche technology,

Despite this lawsuit, they'll satisfy that niche again relatively soon.

As competition continues to drive price pressure at the low end and a design and technology 'arms race' at the high end, the survival of the fittest depends more and more on economies of scales, or very carefully cut out niche markets.

The cable operators are going to be compelled to carry the NFL network. Their subscribers want NFL programming. They will be heard loudly if the cable companies provide niche channels with gardening shows and not the NFL Network.

That niche is a lot bigger now in the pro game. Strength is always going to be the big thing, the question mark.

A la carte is the beginning of the end for niche cable programming.

You've heard me say it before: There needs to be more desperation in the room, more passion. In the past, our niche was we worked hard no matter what. That's been our identity. This last little stretch, that hasn't happened.

This is going to be the province of tech geeks, your early adopter. It's a niche play, not a volume play.

This is another way that Target is bringing a higher quality, niche product to its customers at reasonable prices.

This is not a niche product. The technology will become mainstream quickly.

This is really an economy-of-scale question. This is a niche market.

The weakness of Ford and GM has kept the microscope off of Chrysler. But they're also lagging the Japanese how fast they are getting new product out. Their product portfolio is not adequate. The 300 was a hit but the downside of the hot niche product, they have a short shelf life.

This decision was a difficult, but necessary one for us, ... The vehicle interior segment is rapidly consolidating in response to the industry-wide move toward integrated cockpit systems solutions. As a niche player, we are not in a position to lead this consolidation.

They should be in a position to defend their niche petty well. But the market is growing in new directions and there's a lot of other mobile devices now.

A lot of people are wanting to help but are not sure how. This storm has hit everyone's pocketbook hard. If people want to help, they can bring items, pitch in their time. This is the perfect time to find their niche with the hurricane disaster, ... And given that a lot of (schoolteachers) don't make a lot of money anyway, this is our way to help without having to spend a lot of money.

A lot of the independents are doing well because they've found their special niche and can do it for less than a lot of the major chains can and they've been able to capitalize on it.

A lot of the producers don't want to get into marketing and shipping it to the end user, that's not their thing. But this is a particularly good niche to be in for the next few years. It's going to be unbelievable.

They're in a brutally competitive market. I'm not going to buy anybody that's not a market leader. They say they're going to grow by acquisitions, but I don't know how many little niche companies are out there that they can grow.

They're positioning on-demand as a niche offer. That's smart. If I was SAP, the last thing I'd do is validate on-demand as the biggest trend in the software industry. They'd be crazy to do that.

The research we did suggested that there's a real opportunity for Century Bank to take advantage of its friendly, neighborhood focus and special retail-oriented services to carve out a productive niche in the marketplace.

There's a lot of things GM and Ford are still grappling with if they're going to adapt to these niche markets.

There is tremendous competition. Unless you find a niche it is really going to be an uphill climb.

Aaron had a very consistent year in 2005 and he has found his niche with us as a valuable piece of the bullpen mix.

It's easier than ever. But you have to have a niche and fill it. We've chosen to be the local chronicle, the local voice.

It's a signal that the Internet and technology brands are becoming more interwoven into everyday life. It's moved from a specialty niche to the center of people's lives.

It was blah blah bland. Niche travel is coming into focus and the people who know something about it will sell some travel. I think a travel agency that focuses on niche travel can sell you a ticket to Paris.

It's a good niche between seasons, now that football is over and baseball hasn't started. Betting on arena football is slowly catching on.

It might be possible to make a business case by taking care of something like backup and SOX compliance. Companies that focus on a niche can do very well with online storage services.

It's an interesting avenue. It's just a smaller niche than other things banks are doing.

It's a niche holiday. It's not the most lucrative holiday, but retailers look at it as a nice bump in what is traditionally considered a slow month.

It's a real niche in the entertainment industry. It's a dangerous sport. You have to be a good horseman. You have to know how to take a fall.

It's all about understanding and getting involved with people who get our products and who have broad appeal. Yes, he's got deep niche appeal with African Americans and Hispanic consumers, but he has broad appeal to automotive enthusiasts across the board, because of what he does with his products.

I took a job in the U.S. because I wanted to work on products that would get into end users' hands. In Norway, most of the jobs are in server software, niche stuff.

It's typical when a market gets a certain critical mass, that Microsoft comes in and tries to squeeze out the niche players.

It's the right strategy for niche brands like Mazda and Fuji Heavy. Improving outlets will directly lead to increasing sales.

It's one of those sports that's sort of a niche activity.

It started as a niche activity, and now it's moved on to a mainstream passion. It's a community activity, where friends from college, from work or any walk of life get together and compete and keep in touch.

It's an opportunity for us to create a niche for ourselves.

It's an important launch for us. It's a niche product in that it will appeal to 20- to 30-year-old adults, a more sophisticated adult palate.

It's a very important industry to the Bay Area. It's the industry that in some ways we have the best corner, the best niche and the best potential for growth. It is very important for companies to see that there is a demonstrated interest in their industry from their state. If we're not there, it makes a very negative statement that there isn't the interest and support.

The next new engine isnt going to save mankind from its energy crisis, ... If theyre lucky, they might get a niche market.