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In reply to the discussion: The demise of "Sears" [View all]Civic Justice
(870 posts)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.