11.   Impose new standards, target new customers, distribute through new channels and bring new partners into the game.

12.   In general, however, banks use information provided by credit bureaus such as TRW and Equifax to target potential customers.

13.   Ironically, few would-be competitors even find it worth their while to target residential customers for local service because the potential for profit is so remote.

14.   It will just target specific customers with the discount packages.

15.   Last January, BT formed a joint venture with Viag that targets business customers.

16.   Manufacturers looking for ways to target customers have taken to putting coupons on product packages.

17.   Mason said competitors are targeting Digital customers.

18.   Nextel is building a nationwide digital wireless network and targeting customers such as traveling salespeople and others who work away from an office, such as construction workers.

19.   Nordstrom plans to launch a second direct-mail catalog this month featuring trend-conscious designers and targeting customers looking for more youthful clothes.

20.   Of course, this fragmentation and diversity also makes it difficult for European companies to target customers elsewhere in Europe, which in turn creates additional business opportunities.