Here's what's killing Sears

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15. Lampert is a Ayn Randian

He decided it would be a good idea to introduce Objectivism into Sears resulting in different departments only caring about themselves and not the whole picture, the company itself.

Sears is one company whose downfall I've been able to watch in person. A company I worked for in the late 90s, when everything was booming, reserved Sears for a night in December for a Christmas event. They had roaming carolers, small bands, waiters with trays of snacks, and Santa, of course, and then coupons and deals for me and my shopping co-workers. It seemed like no expense had been spared, and while very capitalistic in nature, it felt old-fashioned Christmas-y. That Sears was in the neighborhood I lived in, and by the early 2000s, it was basically relegated to selling clothing returns. You would go in, and there would be boxes everywhere because there were hardly any workers who had no leadership directing them, lights were off, etc.

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