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Re: Christmas has been cancelled
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lugnet.loc.ca
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:31:28 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.ca, Jude Beaudin wrote:
> I cannot believe it, but it is true.
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> I get home to see the Sears Wishbook. And just like I always do, I opened it up
> to the back and look at the toys.
> ...
> Jude
Gee, I thought the Wishbook disappeared when Sears ended (most of) their catalog
operations in the early 1990s.
(It always seems to me that if Sears had waited 5 years and had a little insight
(OK, 2 big ifs) that they could have preempted Amazon. They had all the
warehousing and supplier connections in place (for 100 years!) plus retail savy
and dedicated customers. What a blown opportunity! (And, they could have segued
into it by putting the catalog on CD instead of paper just to save trees and
score environmental points, which would have had them instantly ready to go
HTML.)).
-Ted
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| (...) Please note that this is for Canada (hence the group I chose). Sears have not stopped catalog operations here. I have used it several times over the last few years specifically for LEGO and regularily receive catalogs. Along with that they (...) (17 years ago, 30-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Christmas has been cancelled
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| I cannot believe it, but it is true. I get home to see the Sears Wishbook. And just like I always do, I opened it up to the back and look at the toys. I think, what exclusive LEGO sets do they have this year. But... I could not find any LEGO at all (...) (17 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.ca) !
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