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In reply to the discussion: Sears wins reprieve from liquidation as Chairman Lampert makes last-minute bid on bankrupt company [View all]KWR65
(1,098 posts)12. Lampert is a Libertarian Jerk
Good lord. Investors get what they deserved by having a jerk at the helm of the Sears/Kmart ship.
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Sears wins reprieve from liquidation as Chairman Lampert makes last-minute bid on bankrupt company [View all]
Zorro
Dec 2018
OP
I went to sears today and talked to a worker who said she thinks her job was safe.
kimbutgar
Dec 2018
#2
Sears did at least as much for America as the auto industry. It should've been the original Amazon.
ancianita
Dec 2018
#3
It was, and should've stayed that way. Amazon got to exist in the red for ten years before
ancianita
Dec 2018
#10
Thanks. I taught film for ten years and never came across that one. Much appreciated.
ancianita
Dec 2018
#16
I'm aware. I'm not saying Sears is due any sympathy, and I know "It's just business" is a thing.
ancianita
Dec 2018
#20
I do know that term. I think it's what Romney's Bain Capital was about. Who decides it's a crime are
ancianita
Dec 2018
#29
Let's hope. One never knows when it comes to management or Bain Capital types.
ancianita
Dec 2018
#30
I always experienced that they had not only the longest lasting appliances, but best repair.
ancianita
Dec 2018
#31
Closing the Sears at Towne East Sq in Wichita next year--last Sears store in Kansas
Bengus81
Dec 2018
#21
Sears is surely going down and Lampert is doing a contr.olled burn to maximize the return to himsel
keithbvadu2
Dec 2018
#27