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Sears took the same approach starting over 100yrs ago of bundling a bunch of disparate services - clothes, tires, appliances, etc. At the time it seemed equall
by dadoge 7y ago
Sears took the same approach starting over 100yrs ago of bundling a bunch of disparate services - clothes, tires, appliances, etc. At the time it seemed equally all consuming.
We’re basically seeing another iteration of this now with Amazon, Google and Facebook
- hanniabu 7y agoSears was ahead of its time but then never embraced technology. Makes me wonder where they'd be now and what they would be offering if they did.
- sct202 7y agoThey had some bumbled early attempts to get online that probably were held up as examples of why their retail business would succeed. Sears was a co-founder of Prodigy the online service and had a web store on it in the late 80s/early 90s.