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Re:Sears reports $748M net loss [pdf] by ssharp on Thursday December 08, 2016 @06:26PM (#13135301)
Sears is a jack of all trades store that doesn't have much value these days. Before Home Depot and Lowes were everywhere, Sears was a good option for appliances, lawn care, power tools, etc. They were good for fitness equipment before Dicks. They were good for electronics before Best Buy. I suspect a place like Kohls took over their clothing audience as well.

Of course the internet didn't help them much either.

I'm sure someone will gladly buy up Craftsmen when it goes up for sale but I agree with you that it's their only exclusive asset that sets them apart.

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Re:Sears reports $748M net loss [pdf] by this-dang-guy on Thursday December 08, 2016 @06:34PM (#13135358)
Sears died for me when the internet replaced the catalog.

As a kid, we'd spend literally hours pouring over the Sears Catalog to circle christmas/b-day gifts (each kid with a different color pen), and we'd actually fight each other to get to it first.

That culture doesn't really exist anymore, and Sears really didn't adapt to it. Amazon would be the modern version, I guess.

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Re:Sears reports $748M net loss [pdf] by btgeekboy on Thursday December 08, 2016 @09:20PM (#13136182)
The Sears catalog and the JC Penney Christmas catalogs. Such an amazing time of year.
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Re:Sears reports $748M net loss [pdf] by this-dang-guy on Friday December 09, 2016 @10:34AM (#13139270)
I still get a bit of a thrill from the Quadratec and Cabelas catalogs, but nothing on par with that. It was really the best.

My first Nintendo came from that Sears Christmas Catalog :)

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Re:Sears reports $748M net loss [pdf] by twblalock on Thursday December 08, 2016 @06:49PM (#13135453)
Someone may buy Craftsman, but all they'll get is a name. It's a house brand Sears puts on tools that are manufactured by a number of other companies, and whoever buys the name will need to make sure those business relationships continue. It probably wouldn't be easy.
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