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Sears---why don't they change?
beneteau
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I've never understood why Sears hasn't gone the way of Amazon. Online sales only.
Close those (100's) costly retail stores. Possibly convert some of the larger ones into a distribution centers. It would have to be more profitable.
They've had financial problems for the past several years.
They have name recognition and they have established product lines.
Why continue doing business the same way as they have for over 100 years?
2015 sales: Sears---31.2B Amazon---107B
Doesn't make any sense.
Close those (100's) costly retail stores. Possibly convert some of the larger ones into a distribution centers. It would have to be more profitable.
They've had financial problems for the past several years.
They have name recognition and they have established product lines.
Why continue doing business the same way as they have for over 100 years?
2015 sales: Sears---31.2B Amazon---107B
Doesn't make any sense.
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but they do have an online option for most other products
Eddie Lampert raped them, and made $2 billion. He doesn't care. Same with K-mart.
The whole Sears/K-mart buyouts were as crooked as they come. Screw the shareholders, and get rich!
Merc
i dont think usps can deliver a refrigerator or riding lawnmower
but they do have an online option for most other products
Amazon sells refrigerators and riding mowers.
quote:Originally posted by 1911a1-fan
i dont think usps can deliver a refrigerator or riding lawnmower
but they do have an online option for most other products
Amazon sells refrigerators and riding mowers.
they are drop shipping from stores that have established businesses, they are not actually selling it to you from their distribution center, profit is not the same as retail at all
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
I've never understood why Sears hasn't gone the way of Amazon. Online sales only.
Close those (100's) costly retail stores. Possibly convert some of the larger ones into a distribution centers. It would have to be more profitable.
They've had financial problems for the past several years.
They have name recognition and they have established product lines.
Why continue doing business the same way as they have for over 100 years?
2015 sales: Sears---31.2B Amazon---107B
Doesn't make any sense.
Ironically, Sears was way ahead of its time. Growing up we order many things from the Sears Catalog, and either had them mailed to us or would go down to the catalog center and pick them up when they arrived.
Communication was by mail for the most part. The order was mailed in with a check, the notification of receipt of the order came by mail, if I remember correctly, the notification that the order had been received at the catalog center came by mail if the item was too large to mail itself.
Brad Steele
quote:Originally posted by 1911a1-fan
i dont think usps can deliver a refrigerator or riding lawnmower
but they do have an online option for most other products
Amazon sells refrigerators and riding mowers.
Last fridge I bought was from Amazon delivered for FREE!
I love Amazon!
I have a reproduction catalog from the mid 1800s.
Huge shopping malls used to be built with Monkey Ward's as the anchor.
Seems they didnt even bother to compete against the likes of Walmart and Amazon.
All of them around these parts shut down many years ago.