31.   Competition is leading some companies to cut margins rather than to risk losing customers by charging more for their products.

32.   Companies like Sybase and Borland once enjoyed relatively safe product niches but now are losing customers to the largest maker of personal computer software.

33.   CompuServe, the oldest online service, has been unprofitable for the past year while losing customers to AOL and Microsoft.

34.   Compuserve Corp. said Tuesday that it had been losing customers this summer, contributing to larger than expected losses in its most recent quarter.

35.   Despite the price increases, Esquivel said, his store has lost few customers.

36.   Early studies indicate that dealers, losing their customers, are leaving the streets.

37.   Economists in this camp say businesses will lose customers if they raise prices.

38.   Even a fast-food restaurant with a slow-footed staff will lose customers.

39.   For example, Ames stands to lose older customers to supercenters because they have pharmacies.

40.   For example, if a local telephone company loses customers to a wireless carrier, the wireless company does not necessarily profit.