41.   Electronics stores and discounters such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. have slashed prices to lure customers from the specialty retailers.

42.   Electronics stores and general discounters such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. have slashed prices to lure customers from the specialty retailers.

43.   Fast-food chains are dressing their sandwiches in bacon to lure customers and fatten profit margins.

44.   Even so, many sites lure customers with promises of low prices up front, which are often offset by high back-end charges.

45.   Fiat and Renault are also seeking to lure customers from their big competitors by supplying an assortment of shapes and sizes.

46.   First USA is among a handful of companies that specialize in cards, using low interest rates to lure customers from regional banks that once dominated credit card lending.

47.   For example, Kellogg Co. is already seeing its profits hurt because rivals are luring away customers with lower-cost breakfast foods.

48.   For example, luring customers out of the branches and onto the phone costs less.

49.   For years, database vendors offered steep discounts and multi-year deals that lured many customers to buy more than they needed.

50.   Gap spokeswoman Beverly Butler admitted that companies have to do more now to lure jeans customers, especially teens.