Businesspundit notes that Wal-Mart will not immediately see a smaller Sears/K-Mart footprint:
To be successful, Kmart and Sears need to find (or establish) a niche and fill it. I don't see them beating WalMart at low prices. I don't think they can beat Target at cheap chic, and they are too big to mess with a small retailing niche.He foresees a corporate death... and the commenters are not to positive...
Posted by Kevin on March, 25 2005 at 04:18 PM
The Eclectic Econoclast wrote:Back in November, when the merger was first announced, I recommended shorting them:
http://the-econoclast.blogspot.com/2004/11/k-mart-and-sears-merge.html
-- March 26, 2005 08:04 AM ∞
Steve Lee wrote:I shopped at the recently remodeled K-Mart in Torrance California and they had my (average-most popular-most likely to be out-of-stock) sizes in socks and underwear in stock, so there is hope for them.
I assume they sell the same stuff as Wal-Mart so it gets down to which one is closer and can you get what you need and get out fast.
Steve Lee http://polyscibase.blogspot.com-- March 26, 2005 02:12 PM ∞
