when lots of products, not just Craftsman, went down the tubes to MBAs
with LBOs. RubberMaid (

Clearly not confined to Craftsman. However, in my younger days Sears the
borg stores were less common. For a young startup, Sears offered a good
variety of tools and in a sense was a woodworking borg.

Granted there were industrial and tool stores available but many of us
hadn't discovered them yet..