I bet this will be the last christmas season for them. Yikes

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/topstories

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I can't handle this.

I'm still trying to get over the loss of Marshall Field's (Screw you Macy's - go back to NY).

Now Searsss?

Holiday depression will hit early this season.

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Sears has been running on fumes for thirty years....

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I can't tell you the last time I was in a Sears. Even longer for a Kmart. No idea how they lasted this long. Same for JCP.

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Where will teenage boys find pictures of women in bras at Christmas time?

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The problem with Sears is that they are a jack of all trades and master of none. There is a more specific place to buy everything they sell. I sold electronics there in college. Even though it was pretty good money around the holidays, people clearly didn't think of Sears when they needed a new TV... Or a new anything.

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Didn't Sears invent pre-fab homes in the '30s? They had it all.

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I thought that was Wards. Maybe both did. I could ask the internet machine, but I'd rather keep typing this stupid reply.

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- Henry George

My wife worked at the local Sears part-time until they closed back in January of 2015. Her discount was good especially for when we bought big ticket things for the new house (refrigerator, washer, dryer, etc.).

That is what they should be retooled as, an appliance and tool store.

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Agreed.

The Internet has ruined misguided speculation.

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I feel a bit threatened that autocorrect capitalized Internet.

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Just checking God

OK. I guess we still have a chance.

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The halcyon days of making inane bar bets and waiting for the smart regular to show up to settle them have long since past.

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My favorite episode of Married w/ Children was the one where Al spent the bulk of the episode trying to figure out the name of a song despite numerous futile endeavors, including going down to the record store and asking the guy behind the counter who seemingly knew & recognized every song ever made even from the most oblique description (except, of course, for Al's lost song). I used to be that record store guy ... now, every schmuck has Shazam at their fingertips, and I've been relegated to the old man in the corner telling people why they shouldn't be listening to the crap that they're listening to.

By the way, the song was "Anna (Go to Him)".

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Too bad.
I love craftsman hand tools. If they break, which they don't, you get a new one.

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I recall at one point sears was so arrogant the only credit card they would accept was Sears and Discover Card (which they rolled out). Visa and Mastercard were not welcome. That was when I was done with them.

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Maybe something useful will be made of that monstrosity at Harlem/North.

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Sears won't be folding any time soon. Yes, the stores are abysmal. They made their money off charging higher prices to middle-class people who like to use their credit card frequently. Now they have changed their line to reflect their clientele, namely lower class Hispanics. That isn't meant to be prejudice btw, but the last two times I went into Sears, that was the makeup of 75%+ of the shoppers. My bet is that they will re-invent themselves as a web-only storefront. The thing is, Sears has been very innovative from a technology point of view. While it was a big mistake to have their corporate office in Hoffman Estates where most of the Chicago talent pool doesn't want to commute to from the city, they are on the leading edge with technology, especially their e-commerce sites. I've heard their practices are fairly crazy, like making people work 24 hour shifts to get releases out, but they are doing stuff that should make them more profitable than they are.

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Earlier than that, I think....

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Sears can stay in business as long as its crazy ass CEO continues to pump cash into the business:




from this week, Eddie's pumping another ~third of a billion into the failing biz, no idea why:

A friend of mine spent several years running their national appliance delivery/setup logistics, including the "white glove" turnkey services. Their back end processes are solid. They should have adopted a in-store model a little closer to Costco, fewer products, better prices, better customer service when something goes sideways.

My dad (early 80s, retired, frugal but not cheap, computer-illiterate) should be buying a lot of stuff from Sears. Nope, Costco is where he thinks of first. He buys most of his non-church clothes from Costco, even though they only have maybe 10 kinds of shirts out there at any point in time.

As far as Hispanics in a Sears, you can't take 4 steps in the Sam's Club in Northlake on a Sunday without running into three Hispanic families.

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And they all rode there together in a Chevy Cavelier.

I'll see myself out...

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Last I knew, Sears main e-commerce development teams were above the now-shuttered downtown Sears flagship store at State/Madison. Store's closed; but would think they still maintain the Sears/K-Mart et al sites out of that location. I think devs have the option to work at either downtown State Street or burbs; but the humongous Hoffman Estates campus is about the worst nightmare Office Space suburban environment one can imagine. Suicide would be preferable to having to work/live out there, I should think. They were expanding the downtown office space to a neighboring building as well.

A vote for me is a vote to make America Hispanic-free.
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Can't do that, where the fuck am I going to get an al pastor taco when I need it?

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Trump Tower Grill makes better Mexican food than Taco Bell even:

Sears founded some interesting businesses:

Allstate, Dean Witter, Discover, and National Tire and Battery (NTB). They also have famous brands, Kenmore, Die Hard, and Craftsman.

They devote too much floor space to products no one associates with Sears- clothing, shoes, jewelry electronics, etc. They should have shifted to something more akin to Home Depot with their clothing and shoe offerings limited to rugged stuff. It's too late now.

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No, please stay!