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Another piece of my childhood falls
Posted on 10/15/18 at 2:04 am
Posted on 10/15/18 at 2:04 am
$SHLD (SEARS) files for bankruptcy.
I remember going through the Sears Christmas Catalog every year as a kid, circling all of the things I wanted Santa to bring me. Wow, It's crazy to think all these years later that they are going under.
I never got my G.I Joe Aircraft Carrier
LINK
I remember going through the Sears Christmas Catalog every year as a kid, circling all of the things I wanted Santa to bring me. Wow, It's crazy to think all these years later that they are going under.
I never got my G.I Joe Aircraft Carrier
LINK
This post was edited on 10/15/18 at 2:06 am
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Posted on 10/15/18 at 2:34 am to dbuchanon
Hopefully they can restructure and turn things around
Posted on 10/15/18 at 3:00 am to dbuchanon
Sears is an iconic piece of Americana. I'd hate to see it die
LINK ]Mr Sears Catalog
One of my favorite American Experience documentaries. Ostensibly a biography of Richard Sears, this is actually the story of how the "Wish Book" brought the world to isolated rural farmers around the turn of the last century. The Wish Book and The Bible were often the only two books in some farm homes.
Richard Sears
Read the 1902 Sears catalog online
Sears catalog houses
Wiki article
LINK ]Mr Sears Catalog
One of my favorite American Experience documentaries. Ostensibly a biography of Richard Sears, this is actually the story of how the "Wish Book" brought the world to isolated rural farmers around the turn of the last century. The Wish Book and The Bible were often the only two books in some farm homes.
Richard Sears
Read the 1902 Sears catalog online
Sears catalog houses
Wiki article
Posted on 10/15/18 at 5:36 am to Kafka
Man homes were affordable back in the day 
Posted on 10/15/18 at 5:41 am to dbuchanon
Kmart in Alliance gonna close now
Posted on 10/15/18 at 5:43 am to dbuchanon
Sears didn’t hit me quite like Service Merchandise did
Posted on 10/15/18 at 5:44 am to dbuchanon
quote:Any one born in the twentieth century in the US could have said this.
Another piece of my childhood falls
Wal-Mart passed Sears in 1989 (in sales volume). That Sears’ demise has been so long and drawn-out is a testament to how big and strong the firm actually was. It took decades of mismanagement to burn through all of its resources.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 5:56 am to Kafka
I had no idea you could buy houses from the Sears catalog at one point.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 6:06 am to Kafka
It’s a shame that the pioneer of the buy anything from home model could not adapt to the online world of shopping. Not to mention their base of “die-hard” loyal Sears customers are dying off at a rapid rate.
One of my great-great uncles had one of those Sears houses. Still standing strong.
Or the space shuttle.
One of my great-great uncles had one of those Sears houses. Still standing strong.
quote:
I never got my G.I Joe Aircraft Carrier
Or the space shuttle.
This post was edited on 10/15/18 at 6:07 am
Posted on 10/15/18 at 6:11 am to dbuchanon
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I remember going through the Sears Christmas Catalog every year as a kid, circling all of the things I wanted Santa to bring me.
Gets huge catalogue. Immediately turns to back 1/10 to where the toys are.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 6:16 am to dbuchanon
Yeah so crazy that a company that didn't bother innovating is going under
Posted on 10/15/18 at 6:16 am to dbuchanon
Toys R Us is coming back so you never know
Posted on 10/15/18 at 6:22 am to dbuchanon
Sears always had the biggest brassieres....
Posted on 10/15/18 at 6:26 am to dbuchanon
Sears was the first Amazon.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 6:33 am to dbuchanon
My Sears catalog always had pages stuck together.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 6:33 am to SundayFunday
quote:
Gets huge catalogue. Immediately turns to back 1/10 to where the toys are.
And then retired to the bathroom with the lingerie section
Posted on 10/15/18 at 6:35 am to dbuchanon
I always wanted the toboggan with a steering wheel. My parents thought having one was not practical living in south Louisiana.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 6:40 am to dbuchanon
I remember the their was a time that I would look at the Sears catalog for hours because of the toys. Then one day I came upon the women's bra's/lingerie and that peaked my interest more than star Wars action figures. Especially since they didn't air brush out the areola's and nipples.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 7:00 am to toosleaux
I thought a huge part of their issue over the last 20 years was the retirement packages they owe to all previous, full-time employees. They still have 100,000 people receiving retirement packages. They only employ 68,000 people currently between Sears and KMart.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 7:01 am to Kafka
Colonial homes are awesome. Never go out of style. I'd take this home right now.
Oh, and to the poster that sais "homes were affordable": If so, why didn't everyone own one of these? You have to recall that wages then were probably a few thousand a year, at best.
Oh, and to the poster that sais "homes were affordable": If so, why didn't everyone own one of these? You have to recall that wages then were probably a few thousand a year, at best.
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