[jzent]

I think the issue with Sears is they had a ton of large brick-mortar-stores (often the "anchors" at malls, which is another nearly dead industry with the last indoor mall built in the US in 2006). Remember the fear of Wal-Mart killing main street in the late 90s into the 2000s? Wal-Mart came in and killed the competition, which included Sears. Then Amazaon annihilated Sears further and took a huge dent in Wal-Mart. Sears had no choice but to implode. I imagine major horse and carriage companies suffered a similar fate with the invention of the automobile.

[KerrAvon]

You’d might think that — seems obvious, right? — but you’d be wrong! Private equity killed Sears.

https://prospect.org/economy/sears-gutted-ceo/ https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/16/investing/retail-sears-privat...

[vlark]

Eddie Lampert killed Sears, plain and simple: https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/2bsxn8l0u5yr6z...

[AlgorithmicTime]

> dead industry with the last indoor mall built in the US in 2006

Well that's straight up false.

The American Dream mall in East Rutherford, NJ opened in 2019.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream_Meadowlands