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Topic	Sears Canada to CLOSE all of its Stores as 12,000 Jobs are LOST!!!
Zeus 10/10/17 9:58:14 PM #15:	dainkinkaide posted... Zeus posted... While Sears has had its issues, keep in mind that Canada even drove TARGET -- which is immensely successful in the US -- out of the country thanks to its onerous legislation. That's not why Target failed in Canada. Target failed in Canada because they didn't know how to appeal to Canadian shoppers. Corporate just kept running the stores and marketing like they were trying to sell to Americans. Sears failing is a whole other issue, that has to do with horrible mismanagement. They had individual departments within Sears stores competing with each other, which killed sales of Sears brands (e.g. Kenmore, Craftsman), further hurting their bottom line. Except no, Target was forced to make a lot of expensive, pointless changes for the Canadian market. VeeVees posted... Zeus posted... Dynalo posted... Zeus posted... Well, Canada makes things hard for foreign retailers to do business so this is unsurprising. While Canadians might whine about Trump, they're far more protectionist than he's advocating the US be. Even if true, it's not at all related to the Sears situation. Sears just refused to innovate and got left behind. Anything they sold you could get cheaper (and often better quality) somewhere else. Pretty much no one below the age of 50 ever stepped foot in the store anymore. While Sears has had its issues, keep in mind that Canada even drove TARGET -- which is immensely successful in the US -- out of the country thanks to its onerous legislation. Right...or it's because they sell the same shit as Walmart but more expensive. If you mean Sears, they have fairly different selections considering that Walmart doesn't even sell appliances or beds and then Walmart sells furniture whereas Sears doesn't. If you mean Walmart and Target, their prices are pretty similar although Target tends to carry nicer in-house brands. You'd know that if you ever tried assembling a Mainstays bookcase -- which, while slightly cheaper than Target's Room Essentials bookcase, is a colossal fucking headache and something I'll never try again. (And, in general, I should probably just try to buy used, assembled bookcases instead of DIY assembly ones.) --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash <cite>Zeus posted [p:888200720] in Sears Cana... [t:75865544]...</cite> <quote><cite>dainkinkaide posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>While Sears has had its issues, keep in mind that Canada even drove TARGET -- which is immensely successful in the US -- out of the country thanks to its onerous legislation.</quote> That's not why Target failed in Canada. Target failed in Canada because they didn't know how to appeal to Canadian shoppers. Corporate just kept running the stores and marketing like they were trying to sell to Americans. Sears failing is a whole other issue, that has to do with horrible mismanagement. They had individual departments within Sears stores competing with each other, which killed sales of Sears brands (e.g. Kenmore, Craftsman), further hurting their bottom line.</quote> Except no, Target was forced to make a lot of expensive, pointless changes for the Canadian market. <cite>VeeVees posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Dynalo posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>Well, Canada makes things hard for foreign retailers to do business so this is unsurprising. While Canadians might whine about Trump, they're far more protectionist than he's advocating the US be.</quote> Even if true, it's not at all related to the Sears situation. Sears just refused to innovate and got left behind. Anything they sold you could get cheaper (and often better quality) somewhere else. Pretty much no one below the age of 50 ever stepped foot in the store anymore.</quote> While Sears has had its issues, keep in mind that Canada even drove TARGET -- which is immensely successful in the US -- out of the country thanks to its onerous legislation.</quote> Right...or it's because they sell the same shit as Walmart but more expensive.</quote> If you mean Sears, they have fairly different selections considering that Walmart doesn't even sell appliances or beds and then Walmart sells furniture whereas Sears doesn't. If you mean Walmart and Target, their prices are pretty similar although Target tends to carry nicer in-house brands. You'd know that if you ever tried assembling a Mainstays bookcase -- which, while slightly cheaper than Target's Room Essentials bookcase, is a colossal fucking headache and something I'll never try again. (And, in general, I should probably just try to buy used, assembled bookcases instead of DIY assembly ones.) --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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