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Are they building a monopoly akin to AT&T or Microsoft? Wal-Mart's Next Victims The world's largest retailing machine is always looking for new worlds to conquer. Here are 5 that look particularly vulnerable, including banking and electronics. When Toys 'R' Us said in August that stiff competition from mass merchant Wal-Mart Stores was making it consider exiting the toy business, the news struck fear in the hearts of retailers everywhere. After all, Toys 'R' Us (TOY, news, msgs) pioneered the 'category killer' concept that's now employed by big-box specialty stores like Best Buy (BBY, news, msgs), Home Depot (HD, news, msgs) and Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY, news, msgs). The notion of creating giant specialty stores that cater to a particular product segment has become a staple of the U.S. economy. But Wal-Mart (WMT, news, msgs), the antithesis of a category killer with aisles stocked with a vast spectrum of products, is posing a dire threat to this way of business.
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