exactly! I raised my boys in Sears clothing, on Sears bikes, in a home filled with Kenmore appliances, that was in part built with Craftsman tools. Nothing was glamorous, nuttinfancy, but the quality was damned good and solid, dependable. Their credit policy and sloppy accounts department lost many, many customers, including me. I think I would be happy to go back to shopping Sears “catalog” on-line.
I once worked for a manufacturer who made Sears brand merchandise-—the QC was ten times higher for Sears than for Neiman-Marcus.
Who had hand-me-down Toughskin jeans? THIS GUY!