I have the same question about Sears inventory. Three years ago, I visited the last remaining Sears in New England (which as far as I can tell is still operating). At the time, the majority of their floor space seemed to be devoted to hundreds of pieces of a single SKU. Like literally what used to be an entire department would just be a single coat, faced dozens of times. I doubt much has changed since I was last there.
Scaling down a large company has many drawbacks, but I am guessing logistical costs alone are enough to make their prices non-competitive. No shipper pays for full tariff on their freight, but discount rates are negotiated. Smaller volume shippers attract the lowest offers for discount by common carriers.
That is so weird. Do you have any idea why they bother to keep them open and not just close them all and sell them off? I get that Lampert was one of these private-equity sell-it-off-for-parts guys, but it seems like he could have done it much faster and more painlessly
Architecture is not my bag, but I am not clear why we should interpret this style of building as McMansion 2.0 instead of Mid-century-Modern Revival. Second, using small lots for development sound like threatening me with a good time. I like architects and architectural historians, but sometimes I do not understand what makes them cranky.
For anybody interested the YouTube channel Ray out There has done a couple of good videos on the last remaining Sears stores.
I have the same question about Sears inventory. Three years ago, I visited the last remaining Sears in New England (which as far as I can tell is still operating). At the time, the majority of their floor space seemed to be devoted to hundreds of pieces of a single SKU. Like literally what used to be an entire department would just be a single coat, faced dozens of times. I doubt much has changed since I was last there.
https://heathracela.substack.com/p/the-last-sears-in-new-england
Scaling down a large company has many drawbacks, but I am guessing logistical costs alone are enough to make their prices non-competitive. No shipper pays for full tariff on their freight, but discount rates are negotiated. Smaller volume shippers attract the lowest offers for discount by common carriers.
That is so weird. Do you have any idea why they bother to keep them open and not just close them all and sell them off? I get that Lampert was one of these private-equity sell-it-off-for-parts guys, but it seems like he could have done it much faster and more painlessly
Architecture is not my bag, but I am not clear why we should interpret this style of building as McMansion 2.0 instead of Mid-century-Modern Revival. Second, using small lots for development sound like threatening me with a good time. I like architects and architectural historians, but sometimes I do not understand what makes them cranky.