[Farmer Dean]

I think he’s watched Hillley Clinton too much.

[Col Frank Slade]

Destroy the company.

Blame others.

Must be a Dem.

[redfreedom]

I do not see Sears hanging on much longer. Their most popular and profitable line was Craftsman tools. So they sold it to Black & Decker.

Wouldn’t it make more sense to just reorganize, get rid of the departments that are not profitable and keep those that still draw customers?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

100 years ago the CEO of Buggy Whip, Inc said the same thing.

[VTenigma]

Yeah! That’s the ticket.

[DocRock]

How's that Proud to Give More" ad campaign working out? I notice only 70 people were at this "big" shareholders meeting.

[Arm_Bears]

Irresponsible media—Yeah, that’s it.

Considering I can find better quality at Dollar Tree than I can at K-Mart.

[bar sin·is·ter]

I know people that have worked for him... he’s an effing nut.

[Pollster1]

I blame Comey and Russian hacking for the failures at Sears.

[OpusatFR]

Sears was a wonderful retailer at one time. The stores have become ill-lit dumps, dingy and unappealing. The merchandise
seems like seconds in quality and appearance.

[Adder]

IMHO, Sears became fossilized.

They were the largest retailer and at one time up to 90% of America owed them money for purchases.

Inexplicably they gave up their base function: catalogue sales to concentrate on retail stores. Had they kept it they COULD have been as popular as Amazon became.

I have not been in a sears in forever. I occasionally look at their website but they just do not impress.

Another one bites the dust.

[KarlInOhio]

Last time I was in Sears was on Black Friday to buy a couple of tools for half price. On the busiest shopping day of the year I had to wait behind four people. They used to need employees to keep the line organized on that day.

[piasa]

I’m still mad at them for buying Land’s End and then ruining it. Land’s End catalogues were actually fun to go through, models looked like real people because they were Land’s End workers...something for everyone and a little humor thrown in; then Sears bought them and completely screwed up the catalogues so they looked like boring newspaper inserts. No indexes and targeted too narrowly, not for the whole family, and no humor.
They dropped every product I used to buy regularly.

[outofsalt]

He's trying to pass the Roebuck.
See what I did there?

[GOPJ]

Bring back American made Craftsman tools AND American made Washing Machines - machines that DON’T rely on fragil motherboards and interfaces etc etc... ( My Kenmore Elite Washer has been repaired twice in the last two months - and uses so little rinse water that cloths are filled with detergent unless washed twice. )

[GOPJ]

Bring back American made Craftsman tools AND American made Washing Machines - machines that DON'T rely on fragil motherboards and interfaces etc etc... ( My Kenmore Elite Washer has been repaired twice in the last two months - and uses so little rinse water that cloths are filled with detergent unless washed twice. )

Then Sears should hire AMERICAN call center workers so customers can understand what they're saying.... and STOP hiring 'contract' repair men who don't know what they're doing.

As far as the store is concerned I haven't been in one in years... horrible sales clerk training... Maybe they should go under...

[ClearBlueSky]

Sears will die because Sears stores have always FELT dead. Dull and drab with listless employees,and all the appeal of the GUM department store in 50's Russia. The only thing that kept them afloat was the dependable(if boring) quality of their tool and appliance lines. That is questionable now.
Once upon a time Sears had the catalog/buy by mail business to themselves. They were ahead of Amazon and had long term customers and a good name. Dumping that started the downfall. Walking into a Sears stores has been-for a long time-like walking into a vacuum. In retail it is more like the Farmers Almanac-it has basic stuff but feels like dry toast.Not what you choose in a retail market of better choices.

[PeteePie]

"That's not about denial; that's about caring," he said.

No, that's denial right there buddy. Add a dose of delusion while you're at it. Sears used to occupy an extremely strategic niche between the Nordstrom type and Kmart. They had vast financial resources and a loyal customer base. Why it had to end is a matter of pure incompetence.

[minnesota_bound]

Edward Lampert is ying to the yang Marissa Mayer.
(yahoo ref)
Both destroying companies while making lots of money for themselves at the expense of many thousands of people jobs.