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Thread Number: 70892
/ Tag: Other Home Products or Autos
Clock is ticking faster for Sears/Kmart |
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| Post# 938852 5/16/2017 at 16:25 (2,529 days old) by washman (o) | ||
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And as per usual, Eddie remains tone deaf about the problem. | ||
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Post# 938923 , Reply# 1 5/17/2017 at 01:26 (2,529 days old) by Frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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I'll have to check out the inventory health of the Sears in Mankato, MN, next time I'm there. I picked up bags for a shop vac 2 years ago and wandered through the store a bit; looked fine at that time. Honestly don't know that I've been there since.
Sears was the Amazon.com of its time. Sad but probably inevitable that it will evaporate. | ||
| Post# 938945 , Reply# 3 5/17/2017 at 06:43 (2,529 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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I think Eddie's job was complete two years ago. Nothing will change, nor is desired to change. Once companies are past their prime, they are piece mealed off, or milked by top exec's until the final year of operation. | ||
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Post# 939028 , Reply# 5 5/17/2017 at 15:29 (2,528 days old) by Mrsalvo (New Braunfels Texas) |
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Shopped at Sears a couple of weeks ago to buy some clothes on sale. The amount of selection is definitely dwindling. This was at Rolling Oaks Mall in San Antonio. They were pushing their 25% credit cards hard. Seriously, who would sign up for one of those? They carry the David Taylor line of men's clothes and I do like it. | ||
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Post# 939093 , Reply# 6 5/17/2017 at 21:00 (2,528 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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Here in SE Michigan we're in a very slightly stronger market for K-Sears than much of the rest of the country--only this year have they been closing most locations. Sears peaked in about 1972...it's been downhill since then for them. They shut the catalogue in 1992...had a colleague then who was RIFed from them down in Dallas. They had a revival in the 1990s (Softer Side of Sears) but really started the decline 20 years before...the KMart merger didn't do them any favors. They had started a division called Sears Grand which actually had some promise before merging with KMart...KMart got distracted with their diversifications (would have been much better with just Pace and Super KMart (which were actually quite pleasant stores)...
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| Post# 939336 , Reply# 8 5/19/2017 at 07:24 (2,527 days old) by Wishwash (Indiana) | ||
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This is too bad. When I went shopping for a socket set a few years back, Sears Craftsman sets had plenty of 6 point sockets, so I got them. I've never had luck with the 12 point sockets, and the Kobalt sets are full of those. I've always preferred Craftsman hand tools. | ||
| Post# 939347 , Reply# 9 5/19/2017 at 10:01 (2,527 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Six point sockets are better than 12 point. Craftsman always had both, and the 6 point costed more. I think 12 points maybe could get at rusty or odd bolts. | ||
| Post# 940775 , Reply# 10 5/29/2017 at 08:59 (2,517 days old) by cornutt (Huntsville, AL USA) | ||
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The Sears here closed in February. (The mall it was in is being torn down.) The newspaper mentioned that this is the first time in about 75 years that there has not been a Sears in town somewhere. JC Penny was in the same mall and it is also now gone from town, for the first time in a very long time. | ||
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Post# 940798 , Reply# 12 5/29/2017 at 13:49 (2,517 days old) by Imperial70 (MA USA) |
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this is a very serious paradigm shift Sears, JCPenney, Macy's. All anchor stores that made the indoor shopping mall what it is/was. | ||
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