Description: A caption on top of the picture says “Earth is littered with the ruins of empires that believed themselves to be endless.”
Underneath is a picture of an abandoned store, on five slabs of concrete the name “Sears” is still visible.

  • RidderSport@feddit.org
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    4 months ago

    Ah I see, quite interesting to see that it died in the USA, but there are similar companies that still exist outside of the USA - though by going with the times and going online.

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      4 months ago

      They shifted too hard into the retail market. They refused to do an online store and actually discontinued their mail catalog in the 90s.

      They had the infrastructure in place, the experience, and more. They should have taken over the online world, but left the door open for Amazon.

      People would mail-order houses from them in their prime.

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      4 months ago

      Sears was Amazon a century before Amazon. Their mail order business drove the lions share. They thought they were invincible.