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20. I'm aware. I'm not saying Sears is due any sympathy, and I know "It's just business" is a thing.

Sat Dec 29, 2018, 07:22 AM

Dec 2018

Sometimes, rather than have capitalism de-institutionalize the country with "free market" values that disrupt, I entertain a silly notion that Main Street capital entities themselves might have enough historical significance to become institutions of mainstream culture, rather than transactional profiteers.

The worker and management have nothing in common.

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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 saw they're closing the Sears at the Mall of America NickB79 Dec 2018 #1

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 the Amazon of its day localroger Dec 2018 #7

It was, and should've stayed that way. Amazon got to exist in the red for ten years before ancianita Dec 2018 #10

In any film, the "maguffin" is the goal localroger Dec 2018 #13

Thanks. I taught film for ten years and never came across that one. Much appreciated. ancianita Dec 2018 #16

The term, if not the concept, originated with Alfred Hitchcock. Aristus Dec 2018 #25

Sears was seriously mismanaged. sfwriter Dec 2018 #19

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

Do you know the term "creative destruction?" sfwriter Dec 2018 #28

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

I have a metal lathe sold by sears/craftsman in the 1960's gay texan Dec 2018 #11

They could have been the Amazon of today calguy Dec 2018 #15

CEOs are paid big money to anticipate trends and guide their corps... brush Dec 2018 #26

Let's hope. One never knows when it comes to management or Bain Capital types. ancianita Dec 2018 #30

He'll finish selling off of the remaining assets, pocket the dough and the guruoo Dec 2018 #4

Yep, exactly. That's been talked about for some time. Lining his pockets. SharonAnn Dec 2018 #14

There's plenty parts of Sears that make money. mwooldri Dec 2018 #5

I had great experiences with the Sears appliance repair Delarage Dec 2018 #22

Sears had the worse appliance repair service I ever had to deal with flyingfysh Dec 2018 #23

I guess I meant their self-service parts dept. Delarage Dec 2018 #24

I always experienced that they had not only the longest lasting appliances, but best repair. ancianita Dec 2018 #31

Up til the early 1980's my father repaired Washers and dryers for Sears Raine Dec 2018 #34

I was at the mall yesterday... MountCleaners Dec 2018 #6

Sears as a company could go bankrupt and close but at140 Dec 2018 #8

I used to love the Sears catalog as a child. Liberty Belle Dec 2018 #9

We live a couple of miles from a Sears store radical noodle Dec 2018 #18

Lampert is a Libertarian Jerk KWR65 Dec 2018 #12

This makes me so sad radical noodle Dec 2018 #17

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

Fuck capitalists like Lampert. ancianita Dec 2018 #32

And Mitt Romney keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #33

Tough to compete with online commerce.. Maxheader Dec 2018 #35