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I'm noticing a theme here. Sears owned Prodigy in the eighties, only to face certain bankruptcy because they were unable to adapt to the subsequent Internet.
by ashleyn 5y ago
I'm noticing a theme here. Sears owned Prodigy in the eighties, only to face certain bankruptcy because they were unable to adapt to the subsequent Internet.
- rasz 5y agoSears actually ran Amazon like online shopping thru Prodigy, so its not like they didnt try https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-19-fi-581-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-19-fi-581-st... Iv seen one video of this service in action recorded by some local access TV morning show once, but cant find it anymore :( It was all text based, but apparently featured all products available thru paper catalogs.