To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Sears could have been Amazon. They already had the legendary catalog And yes, the lingerie section rocked growing up in the early 80s. All they had to do was make the leap to cyber space and not bought Kmart. Which was the dumbest decision since Atari made the ET video game.
...
The CEO bought KMart for the real estate.
33 posted on
10/13/2018 12:37:22 AM PDT by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
To: Moonman62
Sears could have been Amazon...
It’s worse than that, They were also partners in Prodigy, one of the internet access companies from the dial up days.
They were perfectly positioned to dominate internet retail except they were to clueless to realize it.
37 posted on
10/13/2018 3:04:49 AM PDT by
5by5
(ad)
To: Moonman62
The CEO bought KMart for the real estate.
I believe it was the other way round—K-Mart bought Sears for the real estate. About 10 or so years ago, our local Sears moved into a brand-new building and called itself ‘Sears Grand’. You drive by and there might be 6 or 7 customers’ cars in the parking lot. If you go in you feel like you are in the building by yourself. Our local K-Mart will close next month and I have no doubt our Sears will soon follow.
My first rifle was a JC Higgins .22. As others have said, just about anything up to and including houses were for sale at Sears.
53 posted on
10/13/2018 5:39:14 AM PDT by
hanamizu
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson