They're on the verge bankruptcy now from what I've heard.
Yes, their current CEO is a “market uber allus” type former head fund manager, that has the various departments fighting amongst themselves for ad space, money, resources etc... survival of the fittest.....
Stupid. This is a great idea in the MACRO economic idea, but beyond stupid in the micro, if everyone isn’t collectively working together for a common goal, the company will fail... and has been... not only that, its been failing for so long now, an entire generation of people now exist that Sears has absolutely no identity to them as a brand anymore.