On 12/28/2011 9:10 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
"Existential Angst" wrote in message
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On 12/27/2011 10:58 PM, oldyork90 wrote:
I'm reading bad news about Sears/KMart. If Sears goes tits up, I hope
they hand off the Craftsman line. I always had good luck with their
hand tools.

Don't worry, some Chinese holding company will buy them out. The new
stores will be Shears and Claymart. ^_^

Or, equivalently, HF will expand.....

I could be wrong, but I doubt it. The profit taking that resulted in
their lower selection and greater number of listed items out of stock
doesn't leave them in much of a position to pick up market share.
Wal-Mart will likely continue to expand though.

That would really be a shame if Sears were to disappear. I agree,
Craftsman tools are one of the best buys for do-it-yourselfers who don't
need top of the line tools but want good tools for weekend work around
the house.

I can remember when Sears was the biggest retailer in the world, as well
as when K-mart first displaced them; Wal-Mart was #3 then. I always
hated K-mart, the same as I hate Wal-Mart today: junky products badly
stocked - **** just tumbling off the shelves into the aisles - and an
utterly trashy, down-market clientele. Particularly in Southern
California, who among those who were adults 25 years ago can forget that
priceless gag:

Q. What are the first English words learned by Hispanic children?

A. "Attention, K-mart shoppers..."


Sears stores are still far more pleasant places, have better products,
and a much better product mix than Wal-Mart. Their sales associates are
also much nicer and more knowledgeable. One place I don't quite get is
their Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH) subsidiary, which also carry
Craftsman tools and other high quality products. The stores are very
nice and far more accessible in every way than Home Depot, but the
employees...yikes...they all seem like people who failed the drug test
at Home Depot.