Oh, I hadn’t realized that Sears was one of those companies that got broken up and sold off, like Toys R Us. That always sucks.

The difference is that Sears wasn’t offering anything that you couldn’t buy from anywhere else, and was struggling against competition in the best of times, while Toys R Us pretty much owned the market, and was doing well when they were murdered as a company. Sears kind of deserved their fate, Toys R Us did not.

Also, it’s amazing that Penny’s, Sears’ primary competition, is still around and doing pretty well, or surviving at least, mostly because they made the jump to online sales in time.