Because they let their stores go downhill, fired so many workers there was no customer service. And they over expanded and cut their catalog out. All stupid management decisions, and they are doing again with this.
At one time getting that catalog kept you aware of what was in the store, what was new and you got the urge to buy. So they saved that and now you don't look at Sears, you go to the mall, where you can go anywhere, for anything. Sears didn't invest in itself, it wanted to maximize its return to stockholders, they let themselves go and taking over K-mart didn't help either of them.
Another common management problem was paying too much for acquisitions. Its not unions, its not the economy, and its certainly not Obama. Its lousy managment.
Its greedy stockholders that would rather the chain go under than update.
Two words: Open Market. You see, when companies have to compete against other companies, some wind up falling behind when they cannot compete. Sears and KMart compete against dozens of other retailers including WalMart, Target, Sam's Club and Costco.
See where this is going? Go into an average Sears store. It's like they are locked in a time warp as far as display space and sales personnel are concerned.
Too many people standing around the various departments. Too much inventory collecting dust because no one is buying at their retail prices.
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