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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
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