Both of his closest competitors sounded skeptical that he could be caught.

In that election, he gained 48.4% of the vote, 22% more than his closest competitor.

It still has an above-30pc market share with its closest competitor at 17pc.

"Natural Glow gave us double the sales of our closest competitor," he says.

She's trying to decide whether to come here next year or sign up with our closest competitor.

In 2006, the company recovered 187 million pounds of electronics, 73 percent more than its closest competitor.

Its closest competitor was the business services sector, at $3.5 billion in added earnings.

The resulting company was (measured by sales) one and a half times the size of its closest competitor, Word.

First, build stores two and three times the size of your closest competitors.

Its closest competitors had about a sixth as many tickets.