Thread regarding Sears layoffs

There were 25 locations up for consideration but now they are not. No lease was signed. The fact that store was posted means it was been approved through capcon. An old PM had it assigned a store number and gave it a date way back. Those stores were scrubbed in the system but they must have missed one...those were k–led before March. So no. NOT above my paygrade. ;)

The address that was on Sears.com is a building that has 7,000 retail square feet for lease. It is across the street from an old full line store that actually did pretty well in a class A mall. They may not have changed their mind but it was clearly looked at it.

Probably isn't going to happen. I keep hearing a rumor that starting next year the left over Kmarts and Sears are going to be converted into Sears Home and Life because it is the most "profitable" source for the company. I take this with a heavy grain of salt though.

@2ops There was one slated to be open. It no longer is. Apparently that decision was above your pay grade.

@2ops and everyone else doubting this, how do you explain this?

http://web.archive.org/web/20190710054854/https://www.sears.com/stores/massachusetts/burlington/0001724.html

@1nek I worked on that team and was laid off. There is no longer a team working to open new stores. There was never any discussion about opening a store in Boston.

@1nek yeah, because everything posted on an anonymous rumor site is accurate

@1ayc Yeah, sure there wasn’t

https://www.thelayoff.com/t/ZXFN10g

Not true. No 4th Home & Life location was scheduled for Boston.

Issues with suppliers and deliveries is costing them customers. The numerous complaints from customers will doom them.

Home and Life is just the latest failed concept is all. No inventory, no advertising, no support, terrible logistics and failure to deliver, and no brand management to erase the perception that Sears is doomed.