Sears Was Once Bigger Than Amazon. Here's What Went Wrong

#Sears #retailcollapse #businessdocumentary Sears was the Amazon of its era — a catalog that sold everything from socks to entire houses, delivered anywhere in America, decades before anyone imagined online shopping. Then it destroyed itself from the inside. In this documentary we explain what happened to Sears. We cover the mail-order catalog that revolutionized American retail, the department store empire that followed, and the slow decline that began long before Amazon existed. We break down the 2005 merger with Kmart, the arrival of hedge fund manager Eddie Lampert, and the internal restructuring that pitted Sears divisions against each other and accelerated the collapse. We also cover the real estate spinoffs, the store closures, the bankruptcy filing, and where the remnants of Sears stand today. What You'll Learn: How the Sears catalog built a retail empire Why Sears was declining before Amazon existed The Kmart merger and what it changed Eddie Lampert's restructuring strategy and its results The real estate deals that stripped the company What's left of Sears today 👍 Like and subscribe — new business documentaries every week. 💬 Comment: Do you remember shopping at Sears? What killed it in your view? 0:00 The Rise and Fall of an American Retail Giant 1:06 The Visionaries Behind the Catalog 4:45 The Golden Age of the Wishbook 6:00 The Cracks in the Foundation 7:23 The Hedge Fund Manager and the Demolition #Sears #retailcollapse #businessdocumentary #stagresearch #EddieLampert #Kmart #businessfailure #retailhistory #corporatecollapse #riseandfall #businesshistory #americanretail #bankruptcy #departmentstore #businessstory