A complete waste of your time -- he has no influence whatsoever. For all his misinformed and simplistic slams on otherwise accomplished local executives, I wonder if he realizes he's totally irrelevant? |
Anybody who had this happen to them, we're going to put the funds back into their accounts and reimburse them for any bank fees they incur. |
Every retailer does this every year. They look at the stores to determine if they're providing the appropriate customer service, and if they fit in with the strategy. |
Following the merger last year, we are integrating the brands of both. |
I can confirm that it will be converted to a Sears off-mall format. |
It wasn't something that was intentionally done. |
It will be a single level, race track design with central cashiers. |
It's going to be mostly reduced frequency out of our hubs, not huge numbers. |
It's not worth the incremental investment to carry three names when we believe two will do. |
Part of this process is looking at staffing needs going forward. We believe the changes will allow stores additional flexibility ... to serve our customers. |
Some stores aren't impacted at all, some stores need some more people and some stores will adjust their numbers based on their particular needs. |
Stupid is as stupid does. |
The differences between Sears Grand and Sears Essentials are not that great. It made sense to have a single name for our off-mall stores. |
There are so many similarities that it doesn't make sense to carry two off-mall format names. The [Essentials] format has been retooled and we're giving it a new name. |
There has been a lot of hard work to improve the way they shop. |