1.   Although the concept is not new, Clark believes Aviation Partners has carved out a successful niche in advanced winglet technology.

2.   A few nervy investors have found a successful niche buying lottery winnings, inheritances and delinquent subdivision mortgages.

3.   Both Putumayo and Mardi Gras are successful niche players in the record business, though small potatoes by major label standards.

4.   Editor of the successful niche newsletter Traditional Gardener, local author Weishan will continue to win converts with this book.

5.   He compares Edward Jones to Southwest Airlines, another business that found a successful niche and has held off imitations from competitors.

6.   High culture in the United States is a relatively successful niche product.

7.   Neutrogena has carved out a successful niche as a maker of high-quality soaps but recently had faced slow sales in European markets, analysts said.

8.   The kid from Norway is now the international recording artist from Norway, with early jazz and ragtime-based music his successful niche.

9.   With a subway car manufacturing plant in Mexico and watercraft sales throughout the region, the firm has carved successful niche markets in Latin American countries.