Silicon chip. A silicon chip is an integrated circuit made primarily of silicon; silicon is one of the most common substances used to develop computer chips. The picture shows an example of a silicon wafer with dozens of individual silicon chips.
In the beauty, hair and personal care segment, Avon is a major competitor to Procter and Gamble as are Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Estee Lauder, Revlon (REV), Coty (COTY), Elizabeth Arden (RDEN), Inter Parfums Inc (IPAR). and Unilever. This segment accounts for 23% of Procter & Gamble's net earnings.
First, startups like Stripe and Square impinged on PayPalâs business (as did Venmo and Braintree, which PayPal now owns); now, with bigger companies like Apple getting more aggressive, he said, âThe competition from both startups and big companies is only going to get more intense.â.