On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:45:26 -0800 (PST), Uncle Monster
wrote:

The irony in this whole thing is Sears was principally a catalog
operation from the beginning. It should have been easy for them to hit
the internet ground running if they just had a few of those old mail
order guys around to push them off in that direction. They could have
easily been Amazon. You used to be able to order everything from
underwear to car parts to complete house kits from Sears,

Didn't Sears once sell prefab homes that came in a crate or two? Is that the house kit you referred to? ?(?)?

Yes. There are still some of them around.