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Civic Justice

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20. I was not speak only of racism diversity, but age diversity, style diversity, etc..
Fri Jun 1, 2018, 01:27 PM
Jun 2018

and many other forms of diversity... and to address that... I advocated to go to black colleges and give some of those business majors and Phd's and MBA and etc....a chance to address all the categories of diversity that go far and beyond race... needed.

Including as one poster address the mess made mixing Kmart with Sears, and let them reverse that, and actually reshape the industry and the nature of Big Top stores like Sears and move Kmart out in areas to compete with things like Family Dollar and Dollar General, it was not in the league with Sears and only diminished the Quality Standard that Sears earned in its hey do.

Sears could also have focused on American Producers of Quality Durable Goods.... Many America's would support that, ( not cheap made non durable american stuff), but Quality American Goods, with many categories that "were repairable". people will buy that, because if it breaks they can find the part, and likely, upgrade what they have with new products that come out, to fit the base model.

Now, there is 50 version of the same item, from ultra cheap, to pure crap, to the overly exaggerated high price for even medium quality, and the real quality is not even affordable or advertised to the general public.

But .. when companies made High Quality, with a few Models with variations, but the quality was high" American goods then were sought by people all over the world.

Now, not even American want many American made goods... and that's a very bad sign for the future of America.

The demise of "Sears" [View all] Civic Justice Jun 2018 OP
A big part of it is the convienence of online shopping bearsfootball516 Jun 2018 #1
The only major disadvantage to online shopping Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2018 #5
This wonkwest Jun 2018 #7
Sears was a go-to for durable products - I never understood buying clothes from them. LeftInTX Jun 2018 #23
Craftsman was the big one wonkwest Jun 2018 #25
When I was growing up, I had lots of clothes from Sears. LisaM Jun 2018 #26
I will miss them Cosmocat Jun 2018 #31
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
Great insight and informative article LeftInTX Jun 2018 #22
Last things I bought at Sears were appliances ten years ago csziggy Jun 2018 #43
I remember ordering drapes from Penney's and having them delivered to the store. LeftInTX Jun 2018 #24
Seems to me,it was and is all about the Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #2
Exactly. Sears (and KMart) were purposely destroyed. LisaM Jun 2018 #27
Sad to say,so many Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #28
While he walks away a billionaire. smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #38
That appeared to be his game play Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #40
If it were up to me, I would have these greedy pigs executed. smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #41
Exactly DeminPennswoods Jun 2018 #46
JC Penny too..... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2018 #3
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
As stated above.... The Sear's Catalog setup... magicarpet Jun 2018 #6
Blockbuster could have done the same thing Kaleva Jun 2018 #11
Borders Books also did themselves in by not embracing online sales. muntrv Jun 2018 #30
Craftsman hand tools were made in the USA then they made them overseas. pwb Jun 2018 #8
Craftsman tools will outlive Sears Brother Buzz Jun 2018 #10
Sears was designed to fail pimpbot Jun 2018 #9
Lack of diversity did not kill Sears Kaleva Jun 2018 #12
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
You're advocating for race-based hiring practices? Mosby Jun 2018 #17
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
W. T. F. nt Dreamer Tatum Jun 2018 #21
One of their recent CEOs, Lampert, was an Ayn Randian TlalocW Jun 2018 #29
With bare respect, this is a leap too far. procon Jun 2018 #32
Think broader... I said, they should go to the black colleges and seek people to run it Civic Justice Jun 2018 #34
You're using race as the exclusive criteria that would have saved Sears. procon Jun 2018 #35
Let' me help you understand... Civic Justice Jun 2018 #36
So its like, "What have you got to lose?" procon Jun 2018 #39
Who said anything about passing a Law, if people here are so democratically minded, Civic Justice Jun 2018 #42
Corporations don't work like that. procon Jun 2018 #44
I don't care to spin in a endless circle, think as it best suits Civic Justice Jun 2018 #45
Demise of Sears Yuorik57 Jun 2018 #33
Oh, please. Time marches on. That's all there is to it... CTyankee Jun 2018 #47
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