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This long MetaFilter comment from 2007 is my all-time favorite explanation about what Sears had, and what they could have become, and how they let it all slip a
by Asparagirl 11y ago
This long MetaFilter comment from 2007 is my all-time favorite explanation about what Sears had, and what they could have become, and how they let it all slip away:
http://www.metafilter.com/62394/The-Record-Industrys-Decline#1742245 http://www.metafilter.com/62394/The-Record-Industrys-Decline...
The catalog. Allstate Insurance. Coldwell Banker. Dean Witter. Prodigy! The Discover Card.
The goodwill, the name recognition, the money back guarantee. All gone now.
- marshray 11y agoThat was an amazing read. "In 1993, Sears had the most extensive and sophisticated mail-order retail operation on the planet and they closed it. Two years later, Amazon.com launched" That's got to go down in history.
- gregpilling 11y agoI have long wondered why they didn't do the 'same day delivery' thing once Amazon showed that people would pay for it. With all their locations and space, they have inventory near most of the population. Add some uber-contractors and voila! ,, well they could have tried it anyway.