Eventually Craftsman tools will be sold off for cash.
I have always preferred Craftsman tools over snap on/off. When a craftsman wrench goes missing you just go and get another one. When your snap on/off goes missing you call the cops after you uncurl yourself from the fetal position.
The Craftsman brand is already being diluted as it's now available at Ace Hardware stores across the country.
The "big money" in Sears Holdings happens to be primarily in real-estate, followed by their more popular brands including "Craftsman" and "Kenmore."
Craftsman hand tools are top notch, especially with the lifetime guarantee. The Craftsman power tools not so much.
As for the "Kenmore" brand -- anyone who's ever worked for Sears as I have (ironically doing repairs on washers, dryers, dishwashers as I was putting myself through college) knows that "Kenmore" is really nothing more than cheapened Whirlpool appliances as they were made by Whirlpool -- at least in the mid 1980's when I worked for Sears.
I’m keeping my 80s era Craftsman hand tools.
BTW I still have most of the two Sears brand (not Craftsman) cheapos bought in the early 80s as kid, I’m keeping them too. They have been used once in a while and have held up.