In the UK, out-of-town superstore retailers, such as IKEA, could be described as categorykillers.
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CategoryKillers find their roots in the bazaars and marketplaces of the ancient Middle East.
The present day CategoryKillers are a collection of companies that tend to be either newcomers or longstanding companies with rich retail history.
A CategoryKiller is defined as a specialty hard goods retailer that a) usually stocks specific categories of merchandise, and b) is a dominant player in that category of merchandise.
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An examples of a categorykiller includes high-feature cell-phones.
The constant rise in features on cell-phones during the late 1990s and 2000s began including capabilities like mp3 player, PDA, and pocket gaming eliminating the need for users to buy other devices with those function.
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Discount Store News: Waccamaw unveils new home decor category killer - Waccamaw Corp.'s prototype home decoration ...(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In an exclusive interview with DSN, Waccamaw executives said that whole categories were jettisoned to make room for a more aggressive categorykiller approach to home decor.
Changes to the format also allowed for a 50% decrease in stockroom space, while increasing the actual number of stockrooms; three small stockrooms are positioned to enable more efficient stocking.
Category adjustments in gadgets, bath accessories and furniture are scheduled, said Andrew Owczarek, retail operations.
The furniture category is not beyond the sprawl of these categorykillers and big box retailers.
Categorykillers such as Rooms to Go, Ethan Allen, Levitz Home Furnishings and La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries are all listed among Furniture/Today’s top 25 furniture retailers, yet none of them sell futons.
Despite early premonitions and undercurrent fears that big box sprawl into the futon category would crowd out local specialty stores, today’s retail landscape shows that there is room both inside and outside the big box for the futon category.
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One day after the anniversary of that event, an appellate court has ruled that the issue of whether the Department of Public Safety illegally destroyed records pertaining to their search for those legislators is still an open question which must be decided by a lower court.
Finally, on an administrative note, this will be the last Killer D's entry that isn't about the court case.
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Categorykiller -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Many existing firms will leave the industry, thereby increasing the industry's (additional info and facts about concentration ratio) concentration ratio.
An example of a categorykiller business is (additional info and facts about eBay) eBay.
Hospitality Net - Industry News - Bear Stearns Report Names Lowestfare.com a 'Category Killer' Among Online Travel Sites(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
NEW YORK -- Lowestfare.com (www.Lowestfare.com) was named a "categorykiller" in the online travel industry in a recently released Bear Stearns equity research report.
According to the Bear Stearns report, Lowestfare.com represents the next generation of travel sites because of its greatly diversified business model that enables the company to control the markup and distribution of its products.
In March 2000, in consideration of recent mergers, Lowestfare.com was ranked third of the online travel agency sites in the travel/tourism category by Media Metrix.
MMR: 'The category-killer killer'.(News/Retailer Of The Year)(Wal-Mart)(Brief Article)(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
It does not of course; it is just not the Wal-Mart way to bluster or brag.
But as the past several years have shown, Wal-Mart methodically becomes a major force--if not the dominant one--in every general merchandise category on which it sets its sights.
Whether or not that retailing category already plays host to a categorykiller or two does not matter at all.
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Trans fats -- a category of vegetable fats that act like artery-clogging saturated fats in the body -- are about to be wrangled out of the dark and into the glaring fluorescent lights of grocery store aisles...
It used to be that America's food giants were incredibly slow in responding to emerging and important trends, often beaten to the marketplace by faster-moving smaller companies unencumbered by layers of bureaucracy.
Trans fats -- short for trans fatty acids -- fall into the category of "killer." Martin calls it "toxic garbage" and wants it banned altogether.....
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Amazon.ca: Books: Category Killers(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Spectors strongest sections chronicle the rise of key players in various categories and describe the influence, both good and bad, of the ultimate discount superstore: Wal-Mart.
At a time when Wal-Mart and other big retailers are being demonized for allegedly stifling competition and short-changing workers, Spector takes an evenhanded approach, reviewing the criticisms while noting that discount retailers have brought previously expensive goods within reach of average shoppers.
This book explores how they did it, what other companies can glean from their killer strategies, and what’s next in retail’s future.
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As A Grocer, Wal-Mart Is No Category Killer - Forbes.com(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
As A Grocer, Wal-Mart Is No CategoryKiller - Forbes.com
As A Grocer, Wal-Mart Is No CategoryKiller
The widely held belief that Wal-Mart's grocery business is a deadly threat to established supermarket chains may be only a myth.
TIRES AND BATTERIES: SEARS SEES A CATEGORY KILLER(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
TIRES AND BATTERIES: SEARS SEES A CATEGORYKILLER
Sears, Roebuck & Co. is merging two of its tire-store chains into a new "categorykiller" that it hopes will dominate the market for tires and batteries.
All existing 275 Tire America and NTW stores will be converted into the new format, called National Tire & Battery, by August.
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