Sears, What Went Wrong...

[Flash Gordon]

List of 80 Sears, Kmart closings released ? USATODAY.com

[tw33k2514]

Ill tell you what went wrong.


They started selling Chinese crap...

[Flash Gordon]

Ill tell you what went wrong.


They started selling Chinese crap...

And their target audience seems to be 70+

[Porsche Pilot]

I have never understood the Sears business model. You can buy tires, lawn mowers, appliances and underwear...all within a few feet of each other. Every time I walk into a store, the smell of new rubber is overpowering. I think the big box stores killed Sears and K Mart many years ago but they are just now admitting it and thousands will be out of jobs. My heart goes out to the employees.

[5.4 Shelby]

Online sales. Brick and mortar stores cant compete with virtual stores. Cost of running the store is much higher than that of a warehouse.

[Flash Gordon]

They started selling Chinese crap...

I have never understood the Sears business model. You can buy tires, lawn mowers, appliances and underwear...all within a few feet of each other. Every time I walk into a store, the smell of new rubber is overpowering.

Funny thing is Wal Mart has done both these things and been quite successful ^

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Which bring me to another point

A few years back I was shopping for a t.v. The exact same model I purchased from Best Buy for a little over $600, Sears had it retailed for $1,100,

IMO they've failed to be competitive

[Shane731]

I guarantee it would make a comeback if Max was running the show.

[C. Charles Hahn]

I have never understood the Sears business model. You can buy tires, lawn mowers, appliances and underwear...all within a few feet of each other. Every time I walk into a store, the smell of new rubber is overpowering. I think the big box stores killed Sears and K Mart many years ago but they are just now admitting it and thousands will be out of jobs. My heart goes out to the employees.

Interesting; it must depend on the store, because I have never gotten that smell or impression in our local Sears store.

[Flash Gordon]

Online sales. Brick and mortar stores cant compete with virtual stores. Cost of running the store is much higher than that of a warehouse.

They failed BIG TIME in this area for sure ^

I think they should still have a brick and mortar prescence, just scaled back abit. Maybe thats what their trying to do now

I guarantee it would make a comeback if Max was running the show.

That Billionaire dude should've made a thread here 5 years AGO. He wouldn't be in the mess he's in if he hadda

[dougaross]

I just got a good deal on an installed garage door opener from Sears online