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otacactus
Borders.
Xsiah
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
TCGView
Our local Sears isn't bad as far as customer service. It just simply makes no sense to pay $500 for a TV I can get elsewhere for $400.
vodkarockstar
Hello Amazon.
DankBot69
Not all of them are closing
kikiklas
The one in Saskatoon is supposed to stay open.
Marmaladebee
Remember being a kid and getting the wishbook in the mail before christmas? Loved that shit.
Voric13
Executives will still get their bonuses... just watch!
LecteurInfini
They are... bonuses too. They cut severances and pensions to do it.
Voric13
I know its why i stopped going there since the last cuts!
JesusMaximus
Also, Family Guy called it -https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/familyguy/images/8/8f/Sears2.png
JesusMaximus
Sears? You mean that large empty area that slated to become 18 separate Booster juice kiosks in a row?
thedarkcanuck
But how tight is Booster juice?
AkLonewolf
after just one serving https://imgur.com/Ss1Tla5
BoozeHound001
huh, I wonder how this will be millennials fault
UnfortunatlyIAmTheGodEmperorofMankind
I worked for Sears for almost two years. Worst job of my life. I was lucky and worked shipping and receiving. The amount of stupid shit the
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management pulled was staggering.
TJMack
I'm currently converting a Sears to an "At Home" a few miles from my house. I grew up with it and it's kinda a bummer. End of an era.
imaginaryupvote
You're not in Odessa, are you? They are doing that here also.
TJMack
Naw, near Detroit.
Roudy
Idk if I like at home or not... they have a lot of stuff but it's either crap or too expensive or craft that is too expensive
Kellboy69
Yeah I'll miss it too, now what store will i walk through to get into the mall because I parked on the wrong side of the parking lot?
McMasterx
Bealls, or Dillard's
GoooForPapaPalpatine
Always the emptiest parking lot
nvregen1
Sears has been a zombie for 20yrs. I was in the one in our town about 15 yrs ago. There was hardly anything on the shelves and what >>>
nvregen1
Was there was in terrible disarray. Couldn't find any one on the floor for assistance etc. Never went back. It FINALLY closed last yr.
butch3fan70
It seems like a Darwinian approach to retail. Survival of the most convenient.
Niddhoger
This is the entire point of Capitalism. The best adapted survive: the weak and obsolete die. The customer benefits from their struggle.
JollyRogarrgh
Still like making sure the fabric is the right color, fit and i like to leave fart traps and watch people walk into them and react
BallsackHippo
Walmart will never fall.
butch3fan70
Walmart is offering online sales and free shipping. I think they want to adapt and survive.
ThomasTheWankEnglne
Cockroaches always need more garbage
patrickswayzee
Ever since mean girls bashed Sears they haven’t been the same
DefinitelyNotDavidDuchovny
I really hope the Bay doesn't go out too. It's products definitely has more swagger than sears, but it's also the last big Canadian retail
edm2016
Meet a guy at a party in Toronto who worked for the Bay. Said they could move anything at their Edmonton South gate location.
BallsackHippo
Not only the last big Canadian retail but also the oldest company in North America. 1670
thedarkcanuck
What about Canadian Tire? Bit different business model I suppose but they're doing damn well
Ranhallen
Worked for sears corporate a few years back, wont be surprised if the whole company goes under.
jtearly
Huh. We know their hiring practices suck at least.
DukePhelan
A business take over by an Ayn Rand fanatic would be doomed to failure? Huh, well thats the free market for you.
Canadiangirl12
They deserve it. It’s like going back to ‘85 in a bad way when you step foot inside and the service is iffy at best.
superpaul79
Remember when Sears made the tallest building in the world? That was awesome.
FleetingExplative
I member!!
edm2016
There are opinions that the tower contributed to their decline as there were less serendipitous interactions than when they were a campus.
jolietjane
Didn't have to happen. Fuck Eddie Lampert and his libertarian horseshit. https://www.alternet.org/economy/ayn-rand-sears-and-eddie-lampert
WarmPotato9
Would you believe I still have a Sears, Kmart, Macy’s, and jcpenny within 20 minutes of me?
pemberton69man
I've still got all but the Macy's within 20 min of me as well
human8060
Yep, same here. Although the Macy's is closing. I can't imagine Sears being far behind.
klean9
Ah yes, buying online. Now our clothes and shoes don't fit since we never try them on and don't bother to send them back
Mgbox
Ah yes, sears is the only brick and mortar clothing store.
tuxedobob
Walmart, bro. $4 T-shirts.
jolietjane
There are other stores to buy clothes from in person. Sears couldn't even do that right.
J0EYGEN
Sears sucks, and has always sucked for that matter
BallsackHippo
Not as much as Zellers.
pilojo
Zellers was ok. They always had great sales on everything.
BallsackHippo
I miss Eaton.
Promethianfire
What about Zayers or Venture?
BallsackHippo
Doesn't ring any bells. I don't think they ever came to Canada.
chancetheauthor
I dunno. In my wee years in the early 80's those bra and panty sections kinda rocked
Promethianfire
Sears INVENTED the catalog service, which is what the internet took and ran with. They just sat on their ass like "who cares, we're Sears."
BallsackHippo
Sears could be Amazon if they didn't sat on their ass. They saw the internet and "Mehhh it won't fly".
Promethianfire
Even the interior of their stores felt like walking into a time capsule. They didn't adapt -anything-
C0dester
Worked for SEARS for 10 years. Was layed off 2 months ago when the store was closed. The whole company is going to shit.
BallsackHippo
Shame on the executives.
megmegmegmeg
As a Brit, everything I know about Sears comes from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Trimule
Rather like if British Home Stores or Woolworth's dissapeared but more so-mail order catalog was rural America's main retailer for decades
BallsackHippo
They still have Woolworths in Australia!
CatPackMaster
I used to work at a Sears hardware. It was the worst job I've ever had
CatPackMaster
All they wanted was for the employees to push the credit cards and would reprimand us if we didn't get at least 5 a month & get SPP's & PA's
XxbluefalconxX
Worked in sales at sears can confirm. Managers chewing you out for not getting someone to buy an 800$ PA on a 2000$ fridge... good times
CatPackMaster
Exactly! I was just a cashier but I would get shit on a daily basis just because I was the youngest employee
EnergyFiend
It makes me really sad that kids today won't know, and wouldn't appreciate, the joys of writing your santa list from the Sears Catalog .
jackboxs90
I totally forgot about the catalog, thanks for the reminder.
justanotherdescendingangel
Yeah i dont think thats what most kids used to use the sears catalogue for.........
Promethianfire
Sears is an object lesson in how not adapting to market changes is a very bad idea.
Hamncheezsandwich
FOR 25 YEARS. THAT'S HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN DYING.
QADA
supposed to get a mattress from sears Canada a few years ago long story short Sears Canada help center is in the Philippines
Housemaster
Seriously... I felt bad watching their employees struggle around their ancient register systems.
EF5Cyniclone
Abject
DamageAxis
Would Radio Shack be a lesson in not turning your back on your customer base? Or he'll don't turn your store into a big cell phone kiosk.
valen00
adafruit just bought radio shack lol
Promethianfire
Radio Shack used to be for A/V tinkerers. That market dropped dramatically, but as it did so, the market for computer tinkerers rose--
Promethianfire
They should have positioned themselves as the go-to place for computer hardware before the interwebs took over.
PardusXY
"Oh look at how profitable those 20 other chains doing electrical sales are"
goldfishcrackersbetweentheseats
And their photo studio is a lesson in how 'free' is not better than '%off' for your business.
clayrev
wasn't sears the original mail order company? or one of them?
EvilDeadTed
Yes. Which is why moving to e-commerce should have been obvious to them. But they got into it way too late. They should have become Amazon.
Promethianfire
Yep, going back to the late 1800's. They were clever. For example, as competition appeared, Sears & Roebuck always ensured that their--
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catalog was slightly narrower (in length & breadth, not thickness) than their competitors. Why? Because when you stack books, you put the--
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smaller one on top.
seedye
There's also the CEO, who ran Sears on the principles of Ayn Rand, making depts compete with each other, bloating uppper mgt.
Promethianfire
The internal competition isn't necessarially a problem (bloat is, but a proper Randian would see that).
seedye
Au contraire. Depts wouldn't discount items to draw traffic. They'd cut clerks knowing other depts would pick up slack. 1/2
Promethianfire
Well that's shit management. Such competition should stipulate staffing / quality of service requirements or that's what you get.
seedye
If the depts had identical wares, internal competition would make sense. 2/2
iamnotamerryman
There is a point where a corporation gets so big, it's impossible to adapt. You can't convince shareholders to change when everything is...
iamnotamerryman
going well. Likewise, it's too late to change when things start going south. This is one of the reasons why monopolies cannot actually...
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exist in a truly capitalist society.
Createausername101
Except.. cable companies
iamnotamerryman
That's kinda the point. There has never been a monopoly that wasn't created by the gov't. We subsidized the infrastructure.
namiasdf
Lol shut the fuck up.
dirtmonkey995
Mighty informative response right there
YogSoth0th
?????
melterj
Sears lasted longer the Target did in Canada, Target lasted only 18 months.
thadukes
That's nearly as long as the retail arm of best buy lasted in the UK
brassinpocket
I miss Zellers
NATA5
From what I read they also did a piss poor job at stocking everything before they even opened. Which was a factor in their downfall.
Housemaster
Expensive shit no one wanted on near empty shelves... solid business plan!
pilojo
Target came in thinking they could advertise American prices and give us marked up prices instead. That was their problem
nsdev
Their problem was assuming Walmart has the same stigma as in the US, also having products stocked for the few customers that went.
JesusMaximus
Every time I went there, they always had the same shit not stocked. Part of that space is going to be athrift store now, YAY ECOMONY!
Housemaster
Also, they ran out of everything because they couldn't figure out the logistics to stock their stores.
lurksohardmotherfuckerswannafindme
Holy shit really? What a fucking idiot move.
pilojo
Yup. That's what happened. They kept saying American prices, then marked them up(not just conversion rate)
BallsackHippo
Well Opening 133 store was a bad move. They should have done like Nordstrom and open a few, see how it goes.
pilojo
Yeah. They would have done fine if the prices were good, but Walmart was still consistently lower. And GT, too