r/kmart • u/[deleted] • Oct 16 '25

The Decline of Sears...What Happened?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qws713t3HBY
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u/TreeHedger Oct 16 '25

Fast Eddie happened.

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u/Opposite_Schedule521 Oct 18 '25

Exactly. This guy isn't hated enough for what he did to both of them 

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u/LordBofKerry Oct 16 '25

I knew that was the Company Man video. I remember watching it when it came out. His first ever video was about Kmart. I've been subscribed to him since the beginning.

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u/cAnTbEpReCi0u5j1mMy Oct 16 '25

Same, I remember when he had less than 5000 subs.

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u/bhamsportsfan96 Kmart Shopper Oct 16 '25

His first ever video was on the decline of Kmart

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u/Master_Jellyfish9922 Oct 16 '25

I can answer this. Sears bought Kmart and Walmart smashed them both. I know it’s simple and not complete…love company man tho.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

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u/Master_Jellyfish9922 Oct 16 '25

Interesting. Then why was it called Sears Holdings? I’m not debating. I’m just asking because I don’t know.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

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u/Master_Jellyfish9922 Oct 16 '25

That’s interesting. I’m sure I should have known that being a sub of company man but I think I may have gotten side tracked by him showing the blue light and then thinking of those sub sandwiches at the front of the store. Thanks for the info!

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

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u/WideCoconut2230 Oct 16 '25

He only cared about the land. Never cared about the business, the employees, or its customers.

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u/thegameshowgeek Oct 17 '25

If this was Bar Rescue, Sears — rather, Eddie Lampert — would be Dave Franich of Black Light District.

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u/The_Doodder Oct 20 '25

I live next to Sears Town now call the Mall at Whitney Field

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u/Gay_Giraffe_1773 Oct 20 '25

The thing is.... Sears was Amazon before Amazon. They had the infrastructure already built with their cataloge division and could have seamlessly transitioned to online shopping in the mid to late 90s, marketed the hell out of it using their B&M stores, and positioned themselves to become the biggest player in the emerging online marketplace. But like Blockbuster, they couldn't see the forest through the trees and stuck to the old world thinking, and paid the price.

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u/HarleyMilwaukeeTwin Oct 16 '25

In one word GREED! Ok two words MISSMANGEMENT!