Sears to Accelerate Closings, Shutter 235 Stores
December 5th, 2014Via: CNBC:
Sears shares fell Thursday, after the struggling department store announced an adjusted net loss of $296 million—in line with the updated guidance it gave in November.
The retailer also said it’s accelerating the number of stores it plans to close this year, boosting its list from the 130 underperforming stores it announced in its second-quarter earnings release, to a total of 235 stores.
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I work next to a Sears. One thing that would make me hestitate before buying something there is their practice of requiring cashiers to offer you a credit card, and then collect your phone number and email address before ringing the purchase. When you give them a fake number, their computer tells them that you haven’t registered at the store before and prompts them to start a new file for you. Our store also has a guy walking the aisles trying to interest customers in a roofing service. Anyway, someone must have run the numbers and found this is a way to earn more http://www.indeed.com/forum/cmp/Sears/hate-sears/t41606/p2
I refuse to do business with any bricks and mortar retailer that requires a phone number or email address from me. I always say, “I decline to give that information.” If they insist, I simply ask the cashier to inform her supervisor of my objection, and then I leave the merchandise on the counter and head out the door. I don’t even own a phone, so no one believes me when I state that I have no phone number.