Sears is closing more stores — here's the list so far

TheDan · Oct 22, 2018

Southpaw said:
And done!!!!! (kinda )

Sears files for bankruptcy protection, to close another 142 stores

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-sears-bankruptcy-20181015-story.html

Chapter 11... Definitely not the end, but Sears 2.0 will have to be different.

Kingarthur777 · Oct 22, 2018

TheDan said:
Chapter 11... Definitely not the end, but Sears 2.0 will have to be different.

LOL. Like K-mart 2.0?

F350-6 · Oct 22, 2018

Kingarthur777 said:
LOL. Like K-mart 2.0?

Maybe. Or like GM 2.0. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

If they can shed a bunch of retirement and benefit debt like GM did, then perhaps there's hope if they wake up and figure out how things are sold these days. (put the old catalog online in a manner where you can find stuff). If not, it will just be a train wreck in slow motion.

TheDan · Oct 22, 2018

Kingarthur777 said:
LOL. Like K-mart 2.0?

I dunno how or why, but there is still an operating Kmart in McAllen

Kingarthur777 · Oct 23, 2018

TheDan said:
I dunno how or why, but there is still an operating Kmart in McAllen

That is weird.

Vaquero · Oct 23, 2018

TheDan said:
I dunno how or why, but there is still an operating Kmart in McAllen

Russians

Kingarthur777 · Oct 23, 2018

Vaquero said:
Russians

LOL. It just means the Border doesn't catch up with the rest of the United States for awhile. By the Rio Grande downtown Laredo, there was still a Weiner's and a Menards.

Vaquero · Oct 23, 2018

So, is it weird or not?

Kingarthur777 · Oct 23, 2018

Vaquero said:
So, is it weird or not?

Yup.

Ruark · Oct 23, 2018

I have an old rod and reel I bought at Sears back in the 50s. I have many, many warm memories of "going to Sears" and of breathlessly opening the new big catalog when it came in the maiI and spending the next 6 months looking at it. I remember the thrill on mom's face when we got our new Kenmore washer that spun-dried the clothes.... no more cranking the wringer. Later, we got our first dryer. No more clotheslines! She was in paradise. Memories.

Kingarthur777 · Oct 23, 2018

Ruark said:
I have an old rod and reel I bought at Sears back in the 50s. I have many, many warm memories of "going to Sears" and of breathlessly opening the new big catalog when it came in the mail. I remember the thrill on mom's face when we got our new Kenmore washer that spun-dried the clothes.... no more cranking the wringer. She was in paradise. Memories.

Back in the days when you could buy a shotgun, no questions asked. Society went to hell after Kennedy, then you just couldn't mail order firearms to your home. Then in 1986 they essentially killed the 2A.

karlac · Oct 23, 2018

Ruark said:
I have an old rod and reel I bought at Sears back in the 50s. I have many, many warm memories of "going to Sears" and of breathlessly opening the new big catalog when it came in the maiI and spending the next 6 months looking at it. I remember the thrill on mom's face when we got our new Kenmore washer that spun-dried the clothes.... no more cranking the wringer. Later, we got our first dryer. No more clotheslines! She was in paradise. Memories.

My catcher's mitt, and Silvertone guitar.
Wasn't for Sear there would have been no store bought presents.

avvidclif · Oct 23, 2018

Bought my Cruisaire from Sears in 1962.

TheDan · Oct 24, 2018

Speaking of Kmart 2.0... They've been an online retailer since they declared bankruptcy about 15 years ago. Here's the funny part; Kmart bought Sears in 2004 right after they restructured, and renamed the "Kmart Holding Corporation" to the "Sears Holding Corporation".

I guess we're also heading towards a Kmart 3.0...

I think a company like Alibaba could buy Sears, convert it's larger retail stores into distribution centers, and give Amazon some trouble.

BRD@66 · Oct 24, 2018

Jeepers brand tennis shoes for back to school 4th grade.

Vaquero · Oct 24, 2018

Ted Williams hunting and fishing gear.

mroper · Oct 24, 2018

Toughskins Jeans for school change out of them once you got home

BuzzinSATX · Oct 24, 2018

Ole Cowboy said:
What killed Sears? ...

Sears died from a series of hits:

1. Best Buy ate away their appliance business

2. Lowe’s/HD hurt their tool business

3. The Pep Boys/Autozone/Firestone hurt their automotive business

4. The Internet shopping put the last nail in their coffin.

There are other issues for me...I don’t do Malls, which is where they insist on locating.

Never thought much of their clothing lines.

Sorry to see them go. I have lots of Craftsman hand tools from back in the day, and can still buy them at Lowe’s...

I swore by Diehard batteries...not so much anymore.

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TheDan · Oct 24, 2018

BuzzinSATX said:
Sears died from a series of hits:
...
2. Lowe’s/HD hurt their tool business
...
I have lots of Craftsman hand tools from back in the day...

They did that to themselves. Why buy tools from Sears when I can get the same chinesium from Horrible Freight for 1/3rd the price?

Southpaw · Oct 24, 2018

I can't seem to find the source that mentioned it, but in it, the article stated Sears over the years would put in less then $1 per $X (I forgot the exact number) back into the stores when their competitors were putting back anywhere from $5 to $15 back into keeping their stores up to date and current.

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