[neverevergiveup]

In my humble opinion, the demise of Sears speaks volumes about why you shouldn't trust your business to those whose qualifications are essentially their college education in ‘business’. Sears was well positioned to compete with Amazon and others who targeted online sales. With their distribution network, history/consumer credibility, and a bricks and mortar component to allow people to actually go and see what they were buying - if they wanted to, they were way better positioned than Amazon. But they blew it. I truly believe that if the general Sears consumer had been surveyed regarding what to do moving forward, they would have identified the proper path to solvency and growth. It's a shame.

[crz]

I agree with you in total.

Went into a Sears a couple years ago and not one GD floor person came up to ask if we needed help. They acted like we should be in honor in being in there.

If they would have continued with their catalog sales and actually sent them out like they used to-to customers who went to their stores at least, they could’ve advertised the fact that they still send out catalogs so you could actually see what you are looking for without taking a chance at being hacked online. IMO, this could have worked. But hey! The pencil pushers know better right?

Harbor Freight does that and you can turn through the pages and see what kind of cheap crap they have for sale. Northern tool also.

[TheNext]

Geat point. If your company’s executives have “business” degrees in their background, run away.

Just like when your kid’s school teachers have education degrees. Your kids are learning from dumbbells.

Or like Apple corp beling handed over to a gay guy because he is gay. That was Apple’s downfall.

Trump you notice has a finance and military background. It makes for a great President instead of a Poly Sci know nothing.

The degree type, matters.