On 04/17/2015 02:54 PM, trader_4 wrote:
It's another great business story. How Sears was there long before
competitors like Walmart even existed. Yet Walmart has become hugely
successful and Sears is hurting badly. Unfortunately it may be too
late to save. No sign that they are even trying....

When I was a kid, the Montgomery Ward catalog was what you curled up
with, if only to peruse the lingerie section. There was a regional
distribution center about 8 miles away so you could call your order in
and pick it up in a couple of hours.

Somewhere along the way Wards took a wrong turn although the name lives
on as an internet retailer. It's too bad. They even survived near
nationalization by FDR.