51.   In the cutthroat financial-services industry, however, competitors of Wells Fargo hope to entice loyal First Interstate customers unhappy with the deal.

52.   Independent grocery stores have used personal service for years to maintain loyal customer bases.

53.   Ingram has been a loyal customer ever since, visiting nearly every time he shoots down from his Dallas home to Austin.

54.   Instead of hiring models, she called on friends and loyal customers and invited them to style themselves.

55.   Instead, it likes relatively sleepy savings bank branches where loyal customers keep long-term deposits, and it uses that money to finance a sophisticated bond investment portfolio.

56.   It still has a long roster of loyal customers, especially in the information-technology markets of industrial manufacturing, government and education.

57.   Keane is hopeful that his loyal longtime customers, many of whom have charge accounts, will see him through.

58.   Leahy has made a career at Airbus by getting loyal Boeing customers, such as United and British Airways, to switch to Airbus.

59.   Longer hours, especially on Sundays, hurt margins and lottery scratchcards, meanwhile, sapped loyal customers.

60.   Longer hours, especially on Sundays, hurt margins, while lottery scratchcards sapped loyal customers.