[CSMastermind]

KMart famously aquired the much larger Sears (and then destroyed it)

[jorvi]

Same for McDonnell-Douglas and Boeing.

[ceejayoz]

Well, that, and the CEO of Sears was an Ayn Rand fan who decided departments needed to fight each other over everything.

[throwaway5752]

As a matter of fact, ESL had bought Kmart and used it as a vehicle to acquire Sears. It was the same person.