Talk:Category killer

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I'm not the person who tagged the list as being questionable, but quite a few of the American "category killers" are not universally so. That is, they may be regional category killers, but not nationwide, which makes the list appear misleading. The following companies are ones that I've never seen (and, with the exception of IKEA, never heard of):

Hobby Lobby

The Rag Shop

IKEA

R.E.I.

Eastern Mountain Sports

AlphaGraphics

Dick's Sporting Goods

Now, admittedly, I'm in Florida, which is a bit out-of-the-way as far as retailing goes, but these stores aren't nationwide category killers to the extent of some of the others. The Dark 13:25, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

I am from Nebraska, and we have both Hobby Lobby and Dick's Sporting Goods here, and they are big-box stores. I usually define "category killer" as a type of superstore that is not a hypermarket, but more like a specialty big-box store such as Best Buy. Tuxide 09:06, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree, this article needs a lot of clean-up, I think the list should be removed, only a few companies are true category killers. 70.146.81.193 15:12, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

There's one very easy solution. And I'll implement it, and probably have it immediately reverted. Lexicon (talk) 16:11, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

No that is exactly what needed to happen. 70.146.81.193 15:47, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Scope of article

Perhaps if the article focused on the terminology "Category Killer" rather than trying to list and justify them all, this will be a better article. As it is, it's perhaps best to start over. None of it's referenced anyway. Shame, since it could be a great article. Any other thoughts on a reboot, and what direction that should go? --BizMgr (talk) 05:44, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Incorrect info

As mentioned above, I think this article needs a whole rewrite that I don't have the time to do right now. If someone tackles it, here are two major problems I have with it right off the bat:

1. eBay is not a Natural monopoly, and is currently under terrific pressure from the Amazon.com marketplace, as well as losing market share to Craig's List (the 2000 reference cited barely post-dates the dotcom bubble, and is wildly misrepresentative of the c2c marketplace today).

2. Walmart's emergence as a superchain had little, if anything, to do with the decline of the traditional department stores. In fact, Walmart could technically be considered a department store.

That article doesn't touch, and should:

• Software CatKill (such as Microsoft Office), especially in relation to business models or techniques used to achieve and maintain that CatKill status.

• Monopoly and Trust terms, and their correlation to CatKill. Especially if someone is willing to tackle the legal remifications and differences between them.

Whew! Good luck! Lemme know if I can help. --BizMgr (talk) 05:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)