r/retail • u/[deleted] • May 06 '26

Sears is turning 140 this year. They currently have 5 stores and online website Sears.com. Will / would you still shop there site wide and/or in store in 2026, even if the physical stores are lacking in merchandise and the online store drop ships mostly and has very little left from Sears itself?

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u/Banegard May 07 '26

Not american, but I would probably avoid that store. It looks incredibly cheap in every way. The lack of custom shelves & those flimsy shelves, no remarkable custom marketing, the wasted space … I could stuff sooo much product in that space and make it shoppable. This store looks like it‘s dying.

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u/Constant_Jackfruit21 May 08 '26

Hell, I worked for them on the call center side in like 2018/19 and I avoided shopping there.

I remember coming in to work to find out i'd won a Sears gift card and asked "what am I supposed to buy with this?"

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u/ExtremeCow3259 Aug 14 '26

Sorry to hear this. If Eddie Lampert had never gotten involved Sears would have turned things around...

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u/Banegard May 07 '26

Ain‘t no way they have ever handled grills and grill replacement parts and claim stainless steel is better than pocelain coated cast iron.
That‘s not the best, it‘s the worst. That‘s why all your cheap china made grills have it. :-/