Sears was started over 115 years ago and was a dominating force for most of those years. Walmart is responsible for the 7th, 8th and 9th largest fortunes in th

Sears was started over 115 years ago and was a dominating force for most of those years. Walmart is responsible for the 7th, 8th and 9th largest fortunes in the world built before modern monetary policy. Further they completely changed retail in America. Those seem like weird counter examples.