Our local Sears store is totally mismanaged and hires the dumbest workers in the world. Their clothing is crap, and except for their tools, nothing else is worth a thing. And now that they bought Orchard Supply Hardware, I can get the Craftsman tools there. Although, they've already brought down the quality of the OSH employees. Sears deserves what it gets, IMHO.
They just bought Land's End and all its distribution networks here in WI
hope they dont start cutting back here....to...
Many plant closings the last two years and not much growth so far...
Only 3,000 jobs - is McDonald's hiring?
Have you been to a Sears lately? How do these guys stay in business? There is nothing they sell that you can't find at a better price somewhere else. Twenty-Five years from now, and maybe sooner, nobody will even remember who they are.
So, that will drop the number of customer service employees in each to two. And, both of them will be at lunch or on break if I ever went into a Sears.
your first added link shows exactly why Sears is in trouble: they're buying stores form K-Mart. K-Mart's no good poorly run company that makes crappy decisions, if those stores were good places for department stores K-Mart wouldn't be wanting to get rid of them. Picking up K-Mart's dirty laundry is not a good way to build your business, there's a much better market in picking up K-Mart's disatisfied customers, which is what WalMart and Target have done quite effectively.
I can't remember the last time I went to Sears.
This is just the beginning, look for much more house cleaning to follow.
Oh but wait. Better jobs will be coming any day now, at least that's what we've been told by our leaders. "Americans have an opportunity to seek their creative potential"...so we've been told. I guess we're just not very creative as the record bankruptcy and foreclosure rates show. It would be amusing if it wasn't so downright frightening.
The ONLY reason why I enter a Sears store is for tools and every now and then for a sale on jeans. (usually with coupons)