The irony is that, as founded in 1893, Sears was the innovator. It was the Amazon of its day, with the concept of people being able to open the Wish Book and SHOP FROM HOME!
Eventually, they became a stodgy old dinosaur who even gave up the original concept that shot them to the top in the first place, when they discontinued their mail-order catalog (ironically doing so in their centennial year, 1993) and failed to keep up with the NEW “shop from home” system, the Internet.
The irony is that, as founded in 1893, Sears was the innovator. It was the Amazon of its day, with the concept of people being able to open the Wish Book and SHOP FROM HOME!
Eventually, they became a stodgy old dinosaur who even gave up the original concept that shot them to the top in the first place, when they discontinued their mail-order catalog (ironically doing so in their centennial year, 1993) and failed to keep up with the NEW “shop from home” system, the Internet.