The one sears store left here looks as though it hasn't been remodeled, no,
make that cleaned, in 100 years. Why would one shop there. And K Mart? those
places have been the walking dead for 20 years.
The demise of these is because they became owned by investors that drained
ever drop of blood from the turnip, and then wonder why they are left
holding the bag, blaming it on every one but themselves.
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From: Tina Manley
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 8:53 AM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Speaking of Nostalgia...
The last time we were in a Sears store, the one clerk on the second floor
was overwhelmed with a long line of people trying to buy and/or return
clothing in the men's section. Downstairs in the appliance and TV section,
there were 20 clerks standing around doing nothing. Online shopping is so
much easier, I almost never go in brick and mortar stores.
Sears had a long history of popular catalogs but they never really caught
on to online shopping.
Tina
On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 2:05 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I am surprised it has taken this long. I have visited the US every summer
for the past several years, and inevitably I have been dragged into
shopping malls by my wife. If by accident I entered a Sears store, I would
be struck by how forlorn, tired and EMPTY it looked, regardless of where
it
was (the states I have visited in recent years include California,
Florida,
New York, Pennsylvania, NJ and Illinois, although I have not been in a
Sears in every one of them). A department store without customers in it
obviously does not have much of a future.
Cheers,
Nathan
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> On 22 Mar 2017, at 14:55, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This is very difficult to believe, even though it's been on the
horizon for years:
>
> http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sears-may-close-substantial-doubt/
>
> My workshop is stuffed full of Craftsman tools, which have been
available at ACE Hardware for a number of years now.
>
> Chris
>
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