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Cappy
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 Posted: 11/17/04 - 12:53 Post subject: Look Out Wal-Mart
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cherylpf
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Posted: 11/17/04 - 12:58 Post subject:
They took away all our Kmarts (out of the whole state I believe) a couple years ago. Unfortunately too, most of the Kmarts here in town are not only still vacant buildings, but the entire shopping center they occupied is a ghost town now too as the smaller shops couldn't survive once the big draw was gone (or the other major shop in many of them was the also long gone Service Merchandise). So its been a bitter loss all around. I liked Kmart. 
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Pug
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Posted: 11/17/04 - 12:59 Post subject:
K-Mart is still in business?
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jrjo
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Posted: 11/17/04 - 12:59 Post subject:
NO WAY!!
What did I just say in that other Wal*Mart thread?.. that you can count on America to change and Wal*Mart won't top the charts forever. This is probably 'the event' that people will look back on in ten years and call it the beginning of the end. 
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HighHeat
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Posted: 11/17/04 - 13:01 Post subject:
Sounds to me like it's just a plan for Sears to expand into existing KMart buildings, while still being able to hold on to some of KMarts exclusive products.
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Running Brewer
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Posted: 11/17/04 - 13:02 Post subject:
Actually I see this as copying Target & Marshall fields (Daytons and others). This could be a good move for them, but only time will tell.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 11/17/04 - 13:03 Post subject:
Does that mean I'll be able to get that hot line of Kate Jackson clothing at my fine Sears establishment now?
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Cappy
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Posted: 11/17/04 - 13:04 Post subject:
| Running Brewer wrote: | | Actually I see this as copying Target & Marshall fields (Daytons and others). This could be a good move for them, but only time will tell. |
That is how I read it too.
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Sahara
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Posted: 11/17/04 - 13:04 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | Does that mean I'll be able to get that hot line of Kate Jackson clothing at my fine Sears establishment now? |
yeah... and Martha Stewart dishes next the Lands End turtlenecks.
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Laurie Ellen
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Posted: 11/17/04 - 13:05 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | Does that mean I'll be able to get that hot line of Kate Jackson clothing at my fine Sears establishment now? |
You sound all delirious! I don't think she makes your size.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 11/17/04 - 13:13 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | NO WAY!!
What did I just say in that other Wal*Mart thread?.. that you can count on America to change and Wal*Mart won't top the charts forever. This is probably 'the event' that people will look back on in ten years and call it the beginning of the end. |
I wish, but I doubt it. Both Sears and Kmart have struggled in the last several years. So there isn't one strong brand here to meld with and carry the other. Second, and as a result, combined they still only make a distant 3rd in US retailers, behind monster Wal-mart and Home Depot. Third, they will remain independent brands (ie, sorry PH and Sahara but you'll still have to go to Sears for your Lands End turtlenecks and then drive to Kmart for your Jaclyn Smith collection). So, in areas like mine where Kmart is gone and Sears is hard to find, Wal-mart will still dominate.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 11/17/04 - 13:19 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | (ie, sorry PH and Sahara but you'll still have to go to Sears for your Lands End turtlenecks and then drive to Kmart for your Jaclyn Smith collection). |
Holy COW! Do all the Angels have a line of clothing at K-Mart?
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Posted: 11/17/04 - 13:21 Post subject:
| Laurie Ellen wrote: |
You sound all delirious! I don't think she makes your size. |
Don't worry for PH, they can make those blue shirts in any size, with any fabric.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 11/17/04 - 13:25 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: |
Holy COW! Do all the Angels have a line of clothing at K-Mart? |
pssst, sabrina never had a clothing line, just kelly...
why do I know this?
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airehead
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Posted: 11/17/04 - 14:08 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: |
I wish, but I doubt it. Both Sears and Kmart have struggled in the last several years. So there isn't one strong brand here to meld with and carry the other. Second, and as a result, combined they still only make a distant 3rd in US retailers, behind monster Wal-mart and Home Depot. Third, they will remain independent brands (ie, sorry PH and Sahara but you'll still have to go to Sears for your Lands End turtlenecks and then drive to Kmart for your Jaclyn Smith collection). So, in areas like mine where Kmart is gone and Sears is hard to find, Wal-mart will still dominate. |
If they want to survive, a website and mail order are the way to go.
In Alaska, Sears was one of our mainstays, especially for equipment and tires.
Walmart has been slowly expanding their website. Before they didn't offer clothes, and now they even have textbooks for sale.
Sears is slowly starting to expand their website, too, but they need to get on it in order to keep/attract some more customers.
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