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Meaning of "category killer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CATEGORY KILLER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CATEGORY KILLER

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Category killer is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CATEGORY KILLER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Category killer

A category killer is a product, service, brand, or company that has such a distinct sustainable competitive advantage that competing firms find it almost impossible to operate profitably in that industry. The existence of a category killer eliminates almost all market entities, whether real or virtual. Many existing firms leave the industry, thereby increasing the industry's concentration ratio. An example of a category killer is a big-box retail chain that is focused on one or few categories of merchandise and offers a wide selection of merchandise in these categories at relatively low prices. The emergence of such stores has taken a toll on specialised local stores in the same market, but also affected many larger department stores. An example of a category killer business is eBay. The online auction site has a near-monopoly because buyers and sellers naturally gravitate to the largest, most liquid market. As a result, the site has almost no competition and has forced similar auction sites into a very small portion of the market. Jupiter Communications has estimated that eBay earned 90% of all revenues in the consumer-to-consumer auction market in the year 2000.

Definition of category killer in the English dictionary

The definition of category killer in the dictionary is a person, product, or business that dominates a particular market.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CATEGORY KILLER

categorematic
categorial
categorial grammar
categorially
categoric
categorical
categorical imperative
categorically
categoricalness
categories
categorisation
categorise
categorist
categorization
categorize
category
Category A
Category D
category management
category mistake

WORDS THAT END LIKE CATEGORY KILLER

biller
bookseller
chiller
distiller
driller
dusty miller
filler
griller
Hiller
killer
miller
painkiller
rotary tiller
Rototiller
schiller
serial killer
spiller
stocking filler
thriller
tiller
willer

Synonyms and antonyms of category killer in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «category killer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CATEGORY KILLER

Find out the translation of category killer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of category killer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «category killer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

品类杀手
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asesino de categoría
570 millions of speakers

English

category killer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

श्रेणी हत्यारा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فئة القاتل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

категория убийца
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

category killer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিভাগ হত্যাকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

catégorie tueur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kategori pembunuh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kategorie Killer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カテゴリーキラー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

카테고리 킬러
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kategori pembunuh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giết chết đối thủ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வகை கொலையாளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

श्रेणी किलर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kategori katili
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

categoria assassino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kategoria zabójca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

категорія вбивця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

categorie ucigaș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατηγορία δολοφόνος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kategorie moordenaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kategori killer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kategori drapsmann
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of category killer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CATEGORY KILLER»

The term «category killer» is normally little used and occupies the 129.894 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CATEGORY KILLER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about category killer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CATEGORY KILLER»

Discover the use of category killer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to category killer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Category Killers: The Retail Revolution and Its Impact on ...
Retail is a dog-eat-dog world—and nobody has cannibalized market share more ruthlessly or influenced consumers, communities and competition around the world more profoundly than category killers like Wal-Mart, Toys R Us, and Costco This ...
Robert Spector, 2005
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Competing with the Retail Giants: How to Survive in the New ...
COMPETING AGAINST THE CATEGORY KILLER STORES Category killer stores are usually large stores that have a narrow line of merchandise, but have a very large selection. These stores were discussed previously, but include stores ...
Kenneth E. Stone, 1995
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Retailing in the 21st Century: Current and Future Trends
The category killer concept originated in the U.S. owing to an abundance of cheap land and the dominant car culture. A category killer is a kind of discount specialty store that offers less variety but a wide assortment of merchandise in the  ...
Manfred Krafft, Murali K. Mantrala, 2009
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Retailing Management: Text and Cases
Toys R Us is a good example of an international category killer. Nalli's in Chennai can be termed as a category killer in sarees, as also the Chandana Bros saree chain in Andhra Pradesh and Toys Kemp in Bangalore. Mumbai has one such ...
Pradhan, 2009
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Business
59% 41 % Yes No Source: Accenture Consumer Luxury survey of 1,002 adults. off-price retailer a store that buys manufacturers' seconds, overruns, returns, and offseason merchandise for resale to consumers at deep discounts category killer  ...
William Pride, Robert Hughes, Jack Kapoor, 2011
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Retailing Triumphs and Blunders: Victims of Competition in ...
Some apparel stores have elaborate fixtures and upscale merchandise for affluent customers, while others have a discount orientation for price-sensitive consumers. A new type of specialty store known as the category killer is gaining strength.
Ronald D. Michman, Alan James Greco, 1995
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Marketing
Category Killers Over the last 20 years, a new breed of specialty retailer, the category killer, has evolved. A category killer is a very large specialty store that concentrates on a major product category and competes on the basis of low prices ...
William Pride, Ferrell, 2008
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Specialty Retailers: Marketing Triumphs and Blunders
TOYS "R" US: THE CATEGORY KILLER The first category killer store, Toys "R" Us was established in the late 1950s. A category killer store offers an exhaustive selection in a single product line. Toys "R" Us features relatively low prices, and ...
Ronald D. Michman, Edward M. Mazze, 2001
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Pride-Ferrell Foundations of Marketing
traditional specialty retailers Stores that carry a narrow product mix with deep product lines category killer A very large specialty store concentrating on a major product category and competing on the basis of low prices and product availability ...
10
Shopping Center and Store Leases
Department stores of the 1990s consciously assign their leaseholds to category killer merchants when assignment suits them. Moreover, some department store chains have divisions in the category killer business themselves and have seen ...
Emanuel B. Halper

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CATEGORY KILLER»

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NO SALE Incentives for retail a slippery slope
And retail centers often bring in "category killer" box stores that cost retail jobs elsewhere in the local economy. There's also a fairness issue. «Paducah Sun, Jul 15»
2
IndieVice Inc. Changes the Game in the Video and Camera Industry …
IndieVice Inc. is launching their new Universal SmartBody device for smartphones that creates a NEW Category Killer in the competitive ... «Business Wire, Jun 15»
3
Alarm.com Went Public Today & is Up Over 20%
... does not a public company, its hard to argue that this company would not have had the success it had without the category killer domain. «TheDomains.com, Jun 15»
4
Jobless rates hit record low in May
“Columbia County has more of the category killer stores, or the big retail stores that push everyone else out,” Groden said. “I'm talking about the ... «The Register Star, Jun 15»
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Perich family increases Freedom Foods stake in shadow of a2 …
UBS analyst Jordan Rogers said a2 was a "category killer brand with growth options in new geographies and categories", considering it has ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
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Apple's Beats1? Beats me
Not because iTunes Radio is so much better than them – it's good but it's no category killer - rather, because it is seamlessly integrated into ... «Radioinfo, Jun 15»
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Didn't buy an Apple Watch? Here's why you're a winner
Some people put off buying a smartwatch for a long time because they expected the Apple version to be a category killer. Here's some choice ... «The New Daily, Jun 15»
8
How Domino's is dominating fast food
When you invest $1.5-$2 million on a freestanding category killer, it wiped out the little guys. “In the old world, that whole homogenised, ... «NEWS.com.au, Jun 15»
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Merwin's Wharf offers stellar view of Cuyahoga River revival in …
... when it comes to the Happy Hour ratings book, but this patio -- and the sights and sounds you experience from it -- make it a category killer. «cleveland.com, Jun 15»
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Analyst Downgrades Southwest but Sees Gains at American, Delta …
"A lack of 'category killer' in U.S. airlines, including Southwest, is likely to sustain higher margins over the cycle and very likely {produce} a ... «TheStreet.com, Jun 15»

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