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SWBTATTReg

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18. Sears did themselves in. I recalled when I worked for JCPenney's, that Sears, the opposite anchor store in our local

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Dec 27, 2025, 05:38 PM

5 hrs ago

mall, was already experiencing the thralls of dying slowly. They dominated back then (in 70s), but that was when Walmart's, and other store chains started going. Sears was already seen as arrogant, didn't have a good attitude. Kind of did themselves in.

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Sears on verge of fading away after closing more than 3,000 stores [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 8 hrs ago OP

I find it incredibly sad. hlthe2b 8 hrs ago #1

I loved the sears catalog UpInArms 8 hrs ago #2

one bathrm in house, yikes! msongs 6 hrs ago #11

Trust me you can survive 😄 zeusdogmom 3 hrs ago #23

Sears was a victim of bad management Keepthesoulalive 8 hrs ago #3

I worked for Sears when I was moniss 8 hrs ago #4

When we were first married (dinosaurs still roamed the earth), Sears was where you went to get everything. Vinca 7 hrs ago #5

The acquisition by K Mart was not a very good idea MichMan 7 hrs ago #6

Was Kmart sandbagged with a goal in mind? bucolic_frolic 7 hrs ago #7

General Motors UpInArms 6 hrs ago #17

Some of us may remember using a outhouse with a Sears catalog Kaleva 7 hrs ago #8

Sear grew into a marketing suburban powerhouse after WWII bucolic_frolic 7 hrs ago #9

Sears should have been looking Greg_In_SF 6 hrs ago #10

Yep, they had everything in place to give them a leg up on it misanthrope 6 hrs ago #15

Wasn't it Sears that had the Ayn Rand-worshipping dickhead CEO Aristus 6 hrs ago #12

That's makes no business sense to me JI7 6 hrs ago #14

Or to anyone else with a functioning brain. Aristus 5 hrs ago #19

Didn't they go out of business a few years ago ? JI7 6 hrs ago #13

I sure thought so. News to me. B.See 6 hrs ago #16

Sears did themselves in. I recalled when I worked for JCPenney's, that Sears, the opposite anchor store in our local SWBTATTReg 5 hrs ago #18

The Sears Christmas Catelog was the boomers Google Norbert 5 hrs ago #20

Sears holiday portraits were a tradition Danmel 5 hrs ago #21

I thought they already went out of business. Jacson6 4 hrs ago #22

Sears went down not to one bad decision... Xolodno 48 min ago #24