1.   Entrenched competitors can make it hard for a supplier to win new orders.

2.   And in other markets it faces a tough fight from entrenched competitors.

3.   For Lauder, it goes to show that toppling the formerly Communist media institutions of Eastern Europe is easier than beating the firmly entrenched competitors in Western Europe.

4.   RCN sells its services in the Northeast, where it competes with entrenched competitors such as Bell Atlantic Corp. and Cablevision Systems Corp. in Boston and elsewhere.

5.   Rockwell faces entrenched competitors such as Motorola Inc. and Toshiba Corp.