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If you are looking for an example of how the retail world can be difficult for businesses of any size forkeep off, look no further than Sears. The emblematic retailer has gone from a shopping center center to empty relics while the company continues to reduce its formerly imminent presence. Despite changes and financial maneuvers, store places are now decreasing over time. And although they recently managed to get out of bankruptcy, the experts say that "the end" still arrives for Sears. Read the rest to see why some are convinced that the retailer's days are counted.

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Although it can be difficult for some people to remember the last time they set foot in a Sears, not long ago that the company dominated the American market. Even after having managed to become the largest retailer of the United States in the 1980s, the company saw its inverted fortune while sales had dropped in the following decade. In 2004, the company was bought by Kmart to try to help the two companies in difficulty revive. But after almost a decade and a half of store reduction, the companyBankruptcy of chapter 11 declared In 2018,Forbes reports.

Since then, the current parent company Transformco has attempted toMaintain businesses together With a "store strategy at the front for Sears and Kmart, it is operating a diverse portfolio made up of a small number of larger stores with a larger number of small stores", according to a declaration of the company atUnited States today in September 2021. Part of the plan included most than300 SEARS hometown stores which were opened at the time, which were "mainly exploited by independent dealers or franchisees of a transformco affiliate". However, the last months have seen a wave of closings for the company, withmore than 100 closing locations Last spring, CNN reported.

Sears problems were also not limited to its showcutal footprint in narrowing. Detris retail giantCase of bankruptcy in limbo For almost four years. In a trial brought by creditors and suppliers of the chain while waiting to be paid for the goods and funds provided in the months preceding Chapter 11, the complainants allege that "[a] LtoGether, Lampert caused billions of dollars in liquidity and other assets to be transferred to itself, to other shareholders of Sears Holdings and to other third parties, "Retail Dive reported in August.

The long legal impasse on the future of the company finally broke out at the end of August when a federal bankruptcy judge approved a$ 175 million regulations Between the CEO of Transformco CurrentEddie Lampert And Sears Holdings, Retail Dive reported. Consequently, Sears Holdings was finally able to implement its reorganization plan on October 29, bringing itflawless And starting a liquidation process for the remaining assets of the company, reported Fox Business.

But while the company in difficulty is ultimately able to move forward, years of closures have left it in a much more vulnerable position than before the start of prosecution. And with less than two dozen remaining retail sites, an expert says it is unlikely that the retailer will survive.

"They do not have an attractive value proposal to customers, and the amount of competition on the retail market offering similar goods means that the end will take place at a given time" "Ray Wimer, PHD, retail teacher at the University of Syracuse, told Fox Business.

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Even if they have set up in recent years, the company is not limited to store closures to keep the lights on. In 2019, Lampert also unloaded the pure car battery brand from the store store at the Advance Auto vehicle repair store. The company has also closed the last 15 stores of Sears automobile centers in January of this year, reports Fox Business.

Other windows areFind a new life as other projects in the hands of developers. The company has sold some of its only large spaces to be renovated in free training units, apartments, medical office parks and education spaces,The New York Times reported.

But according to Widmer, the current operation can be too stripped of pieces to have the hope of running for a long time in the future, he told Fox Business. He compares the current state of the store to other recent examples of retail implosions, which means that it is more likely that the Tout but Vanie of the store makes it an unquilled offer to all buyers potential that could help him ultimately avoid dying.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Without hometown stores, there is only22 stores on the left Extended in the United States, according to Brostocks. For the moment, there are complete Sears stores in Burbank, Concord, Stockton and Whittier, California; Miami, Orlando and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; Frederick, Maryland; Braintree, Massachusetts; Jersey City, New Jersey; Greensboro, North Carolina; Camp Hill, Pennsylvania; Tukwila and Union Gap, Washington; And San Juan, Puerto Rico. The company also operates several of its Home & Life stores in Anchorage, Alaska; Overland Park, Kansas; and Lafayette, Louisiana.

The company also fell to its last four seats of devices and mattresses. The remaining stores are in Fort Collins, Colorado; Honolulu Hawaii; And El Paso and Pharr, Texas.