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[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I used to work at Sears, and I could never figure out how a company that found its initial success in a catalog business didnโ€™t immediately see the opportunities the internet presented. Now Sears is all but gone, and Bezos gets to go to space with Shatner :(

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Eddie fucking Lampert.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They very likely saw, but very likely could not make the transition without causing revolt in its ranks and in its own middle management. Or even its own board directors.