re: Sears down to last 24 hours

I buy some stuff from Amazon but I do my best to give some support to local businesses too. I buy most of our meat, wine, beer and some produce at Calandro's because I like the store and the service.

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Eddie Lampert

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Dude is a shyster as every Sears’ employee I’ve spoken to can’t stand EL. In order to keep Sears from hemorraging money, Lampert and his friends formed a real estate company that purchased the property (buildings) from Sears. Instead of updating and making improvements to the property, the RE company increased sq./foot lease prices. As mentioned earlier, every Sears store looks the same as it did in 1985. Once Sears finally closes, the RE company still owns all the properties which they can lease to future tenants.

Regarding the Auto Centers, Lampert bought tons of stock in Auto Zone. He then required that ALL the auto centers buy their products for service work from Auto Zone. Louisiana only has 2 remaining Sears auto centers: Shreveport and Baton Rouge. The Lafayette location was making money but shut down when Sears closed because it was located inside the Acadiana Mall. S’port and BR auto centers are separate satellite stores not part of the mall.