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filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy. To bad I liked to shop at sears for some things. Bought our washing machine about 6yrs ago and it works fine. Will maybe look to see what they have and the prices. I suppose this is the way with many stores now with the monster amazon.Still like to walk in a store in a wheelchair but you get the idea. Fun to touch things and just look.
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I have not shopped at sears for a long time. Kmart and Sears are closing a lot more stores than ever.
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I shopped at Sears for years and I got my first washing machine from them back in the early 90's.
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I shopped at sears for years and they moved to the mall I quit going.
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They closed in my area....always bought Diehard batteries from them for years.... :thumbsup:
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I'm sad to see that Sears is closing. My mom worked at the one near us for about 40 years. That is where I got my Washer, Dryer and Refrigerator and they are still going strong after all these years.
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One of many to come. Chapter 11 is a corporate restructuring of debt so they will still be around, for a little while at least. A lot of their stores should be closing as shopping malls begin to diminish and Sears has locations that do not make sense. For instance, we have a posh, luxury mall in Colorado and Sears holds a spot at this location. The retail rent is astronomical and met by stores like Nordstroms, Montblanc, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. The clientele is not looking for discount clothing, tools and appliances. It is, most likely, because of poor decisions like this that Sears needs to restructure. Internet shopping is killing brick and mortar locations by offering cheaper prices, convenience and crowd avoidance. Fulfillment centers can now cover larger ticket items.
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I heard this, so sad.
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Our local Sears store closed several years ago and the K-Mart closed over 15 years ago. They just can't compete with WalMart and Amazon.
Years ago the downtowns were thriving and then shopping malls sprang up and everyone was lamenting the decline of downtown shopping districts. These days in my area, downtown is starting to make a comeback, but the shopping mall is now losing many of its anchor stores. Locally we used to have JC Penney, Sears, Macy's, and Elder Beerman at our mall. Today only JCP is still open and the others remain vacant.
It's the ebb and flow of supply and demand and how and where people want to spend their shopping dollar.
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Our Sears closed. I loved Sears, like many others, I've purchased appliances from them for years. I also loved shopping there at Christmas time. Husband loved buying tools there. It was at our mall but I would go and park by Sears and only go to Sears. I'm sad it closed.
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Our Sears is still open, thank goodness. I don't shop there often but I do take my car there for maintenance and repairs. Hard to believe that Sears is more than 125 year old and at one time it was the most iconic retailer in America.
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It is so sad that all these brick-and-mortar stores are going out of business. First Toys R Us, now Sears. It's a shame that the online market has become a monopoly in the retail industry. I fear that one day, everything will be online. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good online sale every now and then, but I prefer to walk into a store and see what I want to purchase in person. I can physically examine it, make sure it is exactly the one I want. I can't do those things when purchasing online.
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replaced by online shopping haven't shopped at sears in several years.
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It saddens me too that Sears is closing. Our small Sears store closed years ago in my small town and now the big Sears store in the Mall Sioux Falls has closed. They cannot compete with online ordering.
I remember the big mail order catalogs that Sears, JC Penney, and Montgomery Wards sent. We browsed through them for things to order. These were the "Amazon" of yesteryear before there was an online
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Sears have been around for a long time. I don't shop there much, but hate to see them closing.
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I love sears for things. I just got a chain saw a couple months ago.
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Maybe Amazonn or Wallmart will buy them?
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Amaze they are still open after this long compare to others, Have not been to one in years.
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This is so sad, they were an icon store back in the day; I saw a list somewhere online of the ones slated to close and the one in our area is on the list so I will be looking out for some good deals; so many people shop online now days but I still prefer going to the physical store. I think a lot of major stores may follow as they can't seem to compete with the online stores and the numerous customers that prefer to shop that way.
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I never did shop for clothing or housewhole decor items. However, i did like their appliances. In my experience with them they last quite a long long time.
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I was in there about 5 months ago and they were going out of business then. Of course that was the one where I live, but I was told by an employee that it was all of them.
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Can't remember the last time I shopped at Sears. I feel bad for the workers who are losing their jobs.
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It's been a while since I have been there - know they have been around for a while...seems like more and more of these are happening
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I liked sears and Kmart. They just couldn’t survive with online shopping. Pretty soon shopping malls will be all restaurants.
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It's sad to see all the all time favorite stores filing bankruptcy now a days. It just shows you how much of a deficit this country is in! Sad!
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i am surprised it hasnt happened earlier. I have enjoyed them over the years i still have a washer and dryer i bought from them back in 1999 that is still working
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It seems as if a lot of physical stores are being shut down nowadays. If so, I guess that could save room for more private residences!
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Um There just closing some stores to restructure there not completely gone i hope they can turn it around they need to make an identity for them self again and stick with it. They shot them self in the foot by selling not just there products but a lot of other company's to which were cheaper then there's. Also there stint in malls have had a part in there decline to much to rent from the mall to even be there they be better off in an independent store lot compared to a mall. In retrospect sears failed to change with the times and now there being left behind
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Been a long time since I shopped there. Always liked the Christmas catalog.
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We got our dryer there a few years ago but other than appliances we never shop there.
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I use to like Sears and have bought several things from them. The last experience I had was with a local store and it was not a good experience. I would not go into a Sears store for a long time.
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I worked for sears for 17 years, until I got married and moved to town that didn't have one, always enjoyed my work. But it seems like when we closed the catalog department we started going down hill. The Sears store I worked at has finally closed. What a shame.
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I thought all of the Kmart stores were already closed until a holiday book came in the mail today. The one that was near my house closed and I miss it, I use to like their sales after the holidays.
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filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy. To bad I liked to shop at sears for some things. Bought our washing machine about 6yrs ago and it works fine. Will maybe look to see what they have and the prices. I suppose this is the way with many stores now with the monster amazon.Still like to walk in a store in a wheelchair but you get the idea. Fun to touch things and just look.
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I think in the future the majority of shopping is going to be done online. Majority of Brick stores will close to be found online. Which means a lot more unemployed people as stores close their doors. Maybe everything done online will be our future? :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose:
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For lots of people in small towns stores like sears and jc penney were the main shopping for instore and mail order, It is sad to see them go. I like going to the store to see and feel things n person, but a lot of people just do not have that kind of time anymore.
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It is sad that this happen to them after all these years on business.
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I haven't been to a Sears in years.
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filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy. To bad I liked to shop at sears for some things. Bought our washing machine about 6yrs ago and it works fine. Will maybe look to see what they have and the prices. I suppose this is the way with many stores now with the monster amazon.Still like to walk in a store in a wheelchair but you get the idea. Fun to touch things and just look.
Stores have done it to themselves. Poor customer service and rising prices. I am not sure why people hate Amazon so badly. Jealousy maybe? Use to be Walmart until Amazon got bigger. I personally like Amazon.
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One of many to come. Chapter 11 is a corporate restructuring of debt so they will still be around, for a little while at least. A lot of their stores should be closing as shopping malls begin to diminish and Sears has locations that do not make sense. For instance, we have a posh, luxury mall in Colorado and Sears holds a spot at this location. The retail rent is astronomical and met by stores like Nordstroms, Montblanc, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. The clientele is not looking for discount clothing, tools and appliances. It is, most likely, because of poor decisions like this that Sears needs to restructure. Internet shopping is killing brick and mortar locations by offering cheaper prices, convenience and crowd avoidance. Fulfillment centers can now cover larger ticket items.
Was Sears there first? A lot of times you have a store and then others come in who are competitors and can push them out. That is how it is in business. People are becoming more and more to where they just want to order it online and have it shipped to their home. I swear if I could work from home and order everything online and never go out in public again I just might take the option.
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I am sad about this. Great appliances, tools and even ladies fashions!
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There are so many stores going out of business. Not sure how bad it will affect the employees. It will affect shoppers at other stores because they raise their prices about 300%,
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I thought all of the Kmart stores were already closed until a holiday book came in the mail today. The one that was near my house closed and I miss it, I use to like their sales after the holidays.
Nope there is one in a town about an hour from me I didn't know still existed. I love their shoe department.
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I haven't been to Sears in a long time. I was a little girl when I went with my mother and father so it sad to see sears go into chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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It's a shame another closing. Trust me I love shopping online but I still love going into stores. Soon there will be no stores left. 😥
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sears has been around for a long time here...but heard they are closing here soon also...kmart held on as long as they could..but they were too close to walmart...sears and kmart have been in our town for over 50 years.
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They are closing a lot of stores and need to do something to keep up with wallmart and amazonn.
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Sears was great in the day with craftsman products, but they haven't changed with the time except with their products being made in China.
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It has been years since I last stepped foot into Sears. However, it is sad to see another staple of my childhood eventually go out of business. I felt the same way when I learned that Toys R' Us went out of business. WAH!
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I am very sad to hear that Sears was going out to business. I always loved that store.
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Too many businesses are closing these days because of a lot of factors. Low sales are one of them but high rent is also something that has to be taken into factor.
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I never shopped at Sears. Always thought they were to expensive.
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My mom worked at Sears for roughly 40 years before retiring. I got a lot of my major applicances there with her discount. Sad to see another big brick and mortar store bite the dust.
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Yes,indeed. I didn't expect to see Sears being on this black list.
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Sears was the first catalog buying store. Too bad they are closing. They should have been all over internet buying and beat Amazon out of it.
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It is too sad that they did not know how to take advantage of their products. I believe that if they had a better marketing department they could have done much better, specially with their Craftsman brand (which I believe they sold) along with the Kenmore should have been enough for them to stay afloat, their clothing and home decor has gone down of quality for a while, but a good marking would have done wonders
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Sears closing is sad. The end of an era.