“My dad thought Craftsman hand tools were the best for home use until Sears bought K-Mart”
Had friends who ran an auto repair garage. Once a year they’d collect all the broken Craftsman wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers, etc. and swap them out at Sears for new ones.
I went through two Craftsman 100’ steel tape measures a year for 15 years and only had to buy two of them; the first purchase and once more when I lost one.
As odd as it may seem, it was the other way around, K-Mart bought Sears.