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		ars on March 20, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon Has Considered Buying Some Toys ‘R’ Us Stor... Claire's and Sears were killed by the exact same thing.

jstarfish on March 20, 2018 [–]

Sears already had a mail-order business that sold literally everything from hand tools to houses. The venerable Sears Catalog was amazon.com in printed form.

A bust-out scheme is the least of their failings.

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