MrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago18 April 1987sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1446arrow-down14cross-posted to: explainlikeimcalvin@lemm.ee
arrow-up1442arrow-down1image18 April 1987sh.itjust.worksMrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: explainlikeimcalvin@lemm.ee
minus-squareBubbleMonkey@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months agoTo be fair, they are still around in a heck of a lot of places. As old abandoned building husks slowly deteriorating in a very late-stage-dystopia sort of way.
minus-squareZorque@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months agoI think K-mart still exists, in Australia (I think run by a different company), and to a lesser extent in the rest of the world. Sears is full on dead, though.
minus-squareColeSlothlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoFun fact: K-mart actually purchased sears about 20 years ago. Then Sears went bankrupt in 2019.
To be fair, they are still around in a heck of a lot of places.
As old abandoned building husks slowly deteriorating in a very late-stage-dystopia sort of way.
I think K-mart still exists, in Australia (I think run by a different company), and to a lesser extent in the rest of the world.
Sears is full on dead, though.
Fun fact: K-mart actually purchased sears about 20 years ago. Then Sears went bankrupt in 2019.