The failure of vision that led to the current state of Sears, rather than leveraging their vast catalog operations to become what Amazon has become instead, is a sad thing to ponder. They had practically all they needed, already in place.
They're on the verge bankruptcy now from what I've heard.
[[The failure of vision that led to the current state of Sears, rather than leveraging their vast catalog operations to become what Amazon has become instead, is a sad thing to ponder. They had practically all they needed, already in place. ]]
Buying Kmart was one of their bad visions.
One thing they had "already in place" was the catalogue. Its demensions were just a little smaller than the Monkey Ward catalogue. That way, when they were stacked on the end table or on a shelf, the Sears book was always on top. Pure genius.
Excellent observation!
Beginning of the end for Sears was their automotive repair service rip-offs that killed that part of the company. It went down-hill from there.