Sears/Kmart quickly disappearing

[Gale Hawkins]

Do you see the same for Walmart now that several generations are in the mix?

Without any question! I have had to start shopping at Krogers again because of the food items they are discontinuing.

 

[Doofy]

When Sears closed down catalog sales was the end for me. I switched to Penneys for shirts and jeans and when my favorite jeans went bye bye so did I.

 

[Jstpssng]

Nope. They have a brilliant CEO and excellent managers. They are a little cautious but fast learners. The CEO of that company has saved tens of thousands of jobs and billions of consumer dollars by his savvy. This is why good CEO's get paid so much; they're worth it.

That could also be said about Sears at one time.

 

[Oldoak]

Sears never "sold" credit cards but it is their credit division that kept them alive this long.

Yes, technically they gave them away so they could make money on the finance charges. The point is they failed to focus on their core business which was merchandise. Tough to buy a lawnmower from their credit division.

Even tougher for most people to buy a lawnmower without using their credit division.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

That could also be said about Sears at one time.

It seems WM can not figure out how to deal with the Dollar General type stores in rural America.

While Walmart may have a much shorter life span than Sears they will around for a long time. Sears has been on life support for 40 years.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

36 years ago, Sears was looking for a roofing company to install roofs and accessories.

I had 5 friends who were full time roofers, and I had helped them install a few roofs.

I went down to Sears and spoke with the person who was charged with trying to find roofing firms. The good point was that Sears was willing to finance the roofing jobs to qualified people, but the bad part is they wanted 30% of the total price of the job, plus, we had to buy all the supplies through them at their prices. OMG, it added at least 50% to the average roofing job. I told the lady, good luck finding a roofing company and people willing to pay those prices.

 

[ultrarunner]

When Sears closed down catalog sales was the end for me. I switched to Penneys for shirts and jeans and when my favorite jeans went bye bye so did I.

Me too... but then Penney stopped selling my favorites... now, mostly I use Carhart... but still like BigMac the best.

 

[Doofy]

St John's Bay jeans were comfortable and I could get my short inseam anytime. Not so much anymore. Not sure what other short people do.

 

[tjkubota93]

St John's Bay jeans were comfortable and I could get my short inseam anytime. Not so much anymore. Not sure what other short people do.

My brother in law takes pants to have them hemmed up.

An idiot co worker who looked the part rolled his pants with a 3 or 4 inch cuff at the bottom.

 

[sixdogs]

UOTE=tjkubota93;5188681]My brother in law takes pants to have them hemmed up.

An idiot co worker who looked the part rolled his pants with a 3 or 4 inch cuff at the bottom.[/QUOTE]

Back in the mid-late 1950's, the uniform for JD's and wannabes was Sears jeans with that 3"or 4" cuff, "engineer" leather boots and an "engineer's" leather jacket. Watch The Blackboard Jungle for pointers.