1.   While they might have looked out of place next to the modern heavy metal, they are vying for a lucrative market.

2.   Doc Martens is about to enter the lucrative clothing accessory market and intends to open its own superstore in London next year.

3.   ELECTRICAL components group Volex has doubled its pre-tax profits after plugging into lucrative overseas markets, it was revealed yesterday.

4.   Oxford Medical has fought off worldwide competition for a major slice of the lucrative American market where health is big business.

5.   American businesses, like American farmers, see post-Castro Cuba as a potentially lucrative market and do not want to concede it to foreign competitors.

6.   American, a longtime major international carrier, is the latest airline to upgrade its international business service in an effort to snare more of that lucrative market.

7.   AMD chips were relegated to the entry level computers, while Intel dominated the lucrative high-end market.

8.   An even more lucrative market is for console games of all platforms.

9.   Analysts also believe that to be in the big leagues, the company should venture into the lucrative market for dynamic random access memory chips, or DRAMs.

10.   And as research shows that gays are increasing their share of the travel business, more mainstream companies are courting that lucrative market.