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69. The target market for Sears is the high paid working class

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Mon Dec 8, 2014, 01:49 PM

Dec 2014

Their customer base has been offshored and decimated. I'm surprised Sears lasted this long.

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Sears Closing Hundreds Of Stores, Many KMart Stores Going Out Of Business As Well [View all] Purveyor Dec 2014 OP

That catalog came out the year I was born! Archae Dec 2014 #1

I've got 3 years on you and yes all the Sears/Penny catalogs were a delight with Purveyor Dec 2014 #9

I still have a 1970 JC Penney Christmas catalog. Archae Dec 2014 #12

I can't remember the year but must have been around '68 when the Spring/Summer Purveyor Dec 2014 #16

I loved flipping thru the "wishbook" as a child Liberal_in_LA Dec 2014 #77

Here is a link to mine Duckhunter935 Dec 2014 #15

More, more mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2014 #67

lol. little girl ski pants - pants with the thing that went under your foot. I had those. Liberal_in_LA Dec 2014 #78

I did too. My mom got the Penney's catalog. AngryOldDem Dec 2014 #87

IMO the worst thing for Sears LiberalElite Dec 2014 #2

Ha...I was just reading this to my coworkers and saying the same thing davidpdx Dec 2014 #4

Indeed. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2014 #30

sears stores are a mess JI7 Dec 2014 #3

True, but not easy to do when you've cut staffing to the bone. MANative Dec 2014 #7

I worked at a Sears store for almost a decade weeks shy of that Kalidurga Dec 2014 #28

IMO Sears and KMart both preyed on poor people with high prices and easy credit. djean111 Dec 2014 #5

Where Kmart seemed to fail in my opinion... Blanks Dec 2014 #65

They had multiple failures like not investing in the stores themselves cstanleytech Dec 2014 #70

I guess Randian philosophy doesn't work in the real world n2doc Dec 2014 #6

Yeah, I remember hearing about that awhile back Bradical79 Dec 2014 #64

Great article.. sendero Dec 2014 #88

I guess the vulture capitalists have stripped that carcass clean. nt JeffHead Dec 2014 #8

Eddie Lampert is a vulture capitalist adieu Dec 2014 #10

that is interesting information glinda Dec 2014 #13

Not so much Downtown locations, but the suburban STRIP malls happyslug Dec 2014 #41

The deals at our local Sears are amazing du_grad Dec 2014 #47

Sears clothing Freddie Dec 2014 #53

Growing Up Sixties RobinA Dec 2014 #59

I did NOT say the clothing was bad, it had to be good for the "Blackmail" to work happyslug Dec 2014 #76

The point is adieu Dec 2014 #50

My point was the land was purchased in the 1950s and 1960s in suburbia. happyslug Dec 2014 #75

They were killed by Amazon. kwassa Dec 2014 #11

Amazon is even beating Ebay. L0oniX Dec 2014 #19

That is amazing RoverSuswade Dec 2014 #33

Half the things I just bought were cheaper on Amazon. L0oniX Dec 2014 #35

I guess it depends on what you're buying. RoverSuswade Dec 2014 #38

Ebay is a marketplace of individual sellers thesquanderer Dec 2014 #39

Many businesses now sell on ebay. New products. At fixed prices. Demit Dec 2014 #43

Sure. But you're still buying from those businesses, not from eBay. thesquanderer Dec 2014 #48

I see a lot of Best Buy retail on Ebay. L0oniX Dec 2014 #66

if you really look you can find places that beat both Skittles Dec 2014 #51

ebay let businesses mix with regular listings, all ebay has left is paypal convenience Sunlei Dec 2014 #63

I disagree. Feron Dec 2014 #25

This Was My Experience RobinA Dec 2014 #60

My washer broke. Lid switch. christx30 Dec 2014 #36

WalMart and BestBuy did far more damage than Amazon. Xithras Dec 2014 #74

They just wanted the properties to sell - let both Sears and K's inventory and stores turn to poo lunasun Dec 2014 #14

Just yesterday got a good deal there on a great Nordic Track winter jacket HomerRamone Dec 2014 #17

Have a happy Walton merry christmas. L0oniX Dec 2014 #18

The CEO is a total Ayn Rand lunatic. Bleacher Creature Dec 2014 #20

The boycotts worked yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #21

Big Box retail is dying. nt bemildred Dec 2014 #22

Not at Costco it isn't tularetom Dec 2014 #24

Costco is not Sears by any means. bemildred Dec 2014 #27

Costco is also union and takes care of it's people Kennah Dec 2014 #42

Quite. Not dumping on Costco. bemildred Dec 2014 #54

Only a few Costcos are organized, most are not. Ikonoklast Dec 2014 #57

Seriously? I thought they were unionized in all their stores. Kennah Dec 2014 #82

Regardless.. sendero Dec 2014 #89

Wasn't that Gemco? bobalew Dec 2014 #91

That one was different than Fedco. There were a number of such stores before Raygun. nt bemildred Dec 2014 #92

Today was the last day ours was open... ileus Dec 2014 #23

Ours closed two years ago. n/t moondust Dec 2014 #45

Thank you, Walmart! sadoldgirl Dec 2014 #26

I thoughts Matt had a big deal with Rosie oDonnell a while ago...did they let that go Township75 Dec 2014 #29

iirc it was Rosie who let it go Terra Alta Dec 2014 #32

Sears made their big mistake when they almost eliminated catalog sales csziggy Dec 2014 #31

I used to pore over the Sears catalog, and... 3catwoman3 Dec 2014 #34

yes, the catalogs were useful Liberal_in_LA Dec 2014 #79

You mean the Ayn Rand, libertarian model has failed??? rpannier Dec 2014 #37

I used to buy items that you couldn't find in a department store from Sears catalogue. No Vested Interest Dec 2014 #40

We were in Sears a few days ago Kennah Dec 2014 #44

Sears fucked itself over. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #46

Our Sears is really very nice. SoapBox Dec 2014 #49

20 years ago, the gateway Sears building in Northeast Philly was demolished BumRushDaShow Dec 2014 #52

Are NewEgg and Amazon going to kill Best Buy next? IDemo Dec 2014 #55

From My Standpoint RobinA Dec 2014 #61

At least you got "help." AngryOldDem Dec 2014 #86

Quite frankly, I'm surprised Best Buy is still around. n/t AngryOldDem Dec 2014 #85

Give it 10 years, and the only place left is gonna be WalMart. blkmusclmachine Dec 2014 #56

Gee . . . I wonder why. My recent Sears experience: Vinca Dec 2014 #58

Both never could adapt fast enough to online growth & got steamrolled by the others who did. Sunlei Dec 2014 #62

Home Depot's saving grace is they sell stuff you can't really buy online jmowreader Dec 2014 #71

I used to live about three or four blocks from Sears. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2014 #68

The target market for Sears is the high paid working class mb999 Dec 2014 #69

Sears was the net 100 years ago olddots Dec 2014 #72

Dang, I like Sears. Owl Dec 2014 #73

Sears used to be a wonderful place blackcrowflies Dec 2014 #80

Sears was the Amazon of one hundred years ago .... kwassa Dec 2014 #81

Yes...I used to live in a house which was, back in the 1920s, ordered from Sears... GReedDiamond Dec 2014 #83

and did it cost you $2,316.00? kwassa Dec 2014 #84

This particular house is in Sierra Madre, which is... GReedDiamond Dec 2014 #90

I really miss our K-Mart - I spent three hours yesterday traipsing around a huge mall hedgehog Dec 2014 #93

If you service the Middle Class, your business is in big trouble. nt TeamPooka Dec 2014 #94