Yeah, what the fuck is up with that? One day, I read that KMart is filing for bankruptcy, the next I hear about it is that their plan to emerge from bankruptcy is to buy Sears.
Not go to Sears and buy a calculator to help them manage their money better. Buy SEARS. ALL of it. The whole company.
I haven’t been to a Sears or KMart in probably close to a decade. But Ace Hardware carries Craftsman now, and I have one just a few blocks down. They’re a little spendy, but closer than Lowe’s or Home Depot. AIUI, Ace does not service warranties on Craftsman tools, though; that’s still through Sears (and now Kmart).
Last week I went to Walmart for the first time EVER. For the longest time, they were the largest retailer in America, or something like that, yet I’d never even seen one. Now I’ve been. It was a lot like Kmart.