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Never heard of him. But I'm more surprised that someone who saw the Internet in 1998 would say that!
by betaby 2y ago
Never heard of him. But I'm more surprised that someone who saw the Internet in 1998 would say that!
- red-iron-pine 2y agothere was a lot of skepticism, and from some heavy hitters. Sears famously laughing at online orders is a great example. They already had the mail over market owned, and already had the distribution, sourcing, and utterly dominant brand recognition in that space. People used to order homes from Sears! They just needed the online catalog. But the CEO was a psychopath Randian who thought the internet was a fad and now Amazon runs things. Same with Toy R Us, and Radioshack, which did a lot of mail order.
- thijson 2y agoSears HQ walkthrough near Chicago before its demolition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yX9D3h2F_0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yX9D3h2F_0 Ironic that Sears back in the day got started with mail order. Seems like bad management is a cancer on a lot of organizations. Their size protects them for a while, but eventually they get outcompeted.