Sears has another chance to avoid closing down

Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by samfriedman on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @11:56AM (#18857056)

Upper class? It's true that those living in poverty often don't have the means to buy in bulk or pay a Costco membership, but I don't think the designation of "upscale" describes the store either. Many working class and middle class people shop there.

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Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by uxp100 on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:35PM (#18857466)

Upper class is a bad descriptor, and many working class people do shop there, but I think Costco does have a bit of an upscale connotation. A different one than whole foods or a natural food co-op, but I think it still has one. It's not the "normal" grocer.

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Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by bluGill on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:07PM (#18857166)

The poorest people in the US are still upper class. Except for a few homeless who refuse all support services perhaps.

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Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by moate on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:35PM (#18857471)

This basically renders your point meaningless, since now literally all businesses in the US are servicing the upper class.

There's relative poverty in the US still. Currency still has relative purchasing power. Saying a person living below the US poverty line should be put in the same class (upper class) as Jeff Bezos seems disingenuous as best.

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Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by wil421 on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:24PM (#18857340)

Your other comments contradict themselves.

Comparing the poor of a rich nation to everyone else is an apples to oranges comparison. The poop still struggle hard in the US.

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