[GreenLanternCorps]

Beat me to it.

If Sears had had some imagination, they could have done what Amazon did.

[BBell]

If Sears had had some imagination, they could have done what Amazon did.

The same can be said for Blockbuster video.

[TruthWillWin]

Blame Sears Retail Stores for the downfall of the Sears Catalog. They viewed the catalog division of the company as unwanted competition and did everything they could to eliminate it! They succeeded in 1993 and the catalog was no longer part of Sears. Huge mistake.

[GreyFriar]

And here are the ones they sold: http://www.arts-crafts.com/archive/sears/

I’m guessing that most of the Sears homes were larger than 320 sq.ft.

[cynwoody]

If Sears had had some imagination, they could have done what Amazon did.

Owners of well-established businesses almost always leave it to upstarts to blow up their business models.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“If Sears had had some imagination, they could have done what Amazon did.”

Sad isn’t it? But true.
Sears had the brand and the long history of selling remotely through catalogs. Their catalog system of 100 years ago is similar in many ways to many aspects of e-commerce.
Sears also has the brick and mortar.