The guy in charge never had a good plan, a real plan, or a clue to a plan. His “attempts” were no greater than throwing darts at a dart board and hoping some would score big. None ever did. Why? He had no real vision of how to totally remake Sears.
The biggest threat to Sears was that his merging it with K-mart was the opposite of any salvation. It was a stop-gap, a n expensive diversion, and a pretense behind the lack of any real clue.
Corporate Raider rule #1:
Sell everything that isn’t nailed down.
Corporate Raider rule #2:
Get a crowbar.........................