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In reply to the discussion: The demise of "Sears" [View all]bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)1. A big part of it is the convienence of online shopping
Its not just Sears thats struggling, Macys, JCPenny are closing stores at high rates too. People love to shop online now. When a person sees a cool shirt on the Macys website, why drive to the store, spend time looking all over the store only to find out that specific store doesnt carry it, and the drive back home when you can click a few buttons on your mouse and the shirt is on your doorstep in less than a week?
Brick and mortar stores cant compete with that.
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Sears was a go-to for durable products - I never understood buying clothes from them.
LeftInTX
Jun 2018
#23
It's also difficult to assess the quality of online clothing unless you are very familiar with the
smirkymonkey
Jun 2018
#37
Sears' biggest mistake was closing their catalog division just as online sales got started
csziggy
Jun 2018
#14
I remember ordering drapes from Penney's and having them delivered to the store.
LeftInTX
Jun 2018
#24
Sears could have been a leader into the future, but IMO it's a typical example of management
RKP5637
Jun 2018
#4
You're so right. The distribution centers and catalog could've morphed into their...
brush
Jun 2018
#15
I was not speak only of racism diversity, but age diversity, style diversity, etc..
Civic Justice
Jun 2018
#20
malls killed the Main St stores....now online shopping is killing the remaining brick/morter dept st
Rene
Jun 2018
#13
Civic Justice, if you had said that about any other company I'd agree with you
jmowreader
Jun 2018
#16
if that's how you see it, but the Point is INCLUDING whom has been previously OMITTED AND IGNORED.
Civic Justice
Jun 2018
#19
Sears was doing mail order shippments before anyone knew about an internet.
Civic Justice
Jun 2018
#18
Think broader... I said, they should go to the black colleges and seek people to run it
Civic Justice
Jun 2018
#34
Who said anything about passing a Law, if people here are so democratically minded,
Civic Justice
Jun 2018
#42