Subject:
|
Re: Christmas has been cancelled
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.loc.ca
|
Date:
|
Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:28:44 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
8281 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.loc.ca, Ted Michon wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.ca, Jude Beaudin wrote:
> > 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.
>
> > ...
>
> > 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
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 have integrated the Canadian website into the distribution system. Also the
catalogs have been alternatively available on CD for the last few years. So I
guess they were better timed with some things in Canada than the US.
Jude
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Christmas has been cancelled
|
| (...) 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 (...) (17 years ago, 30-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.ca)
|
10 Messages in This Thread:
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
