Sears’ Seven Decades of Self-Destruction

TĐH: Good lesson on business failure

SIGN OF THE TIMES: A closed Sears location in Nanuet, N.Y., in January. Photograph by Mike Segar—Reuters
Sears’ Seven Decades of Self-Destruction

Sears’ bankruptcy filing last year sparked torrents of criticism for its current leaders. But the problems that brought down this former Fortune 500 stalwart date way back to the Eisenhower era. Here’s what leaders can learn from an icon’s slow-motion collapse.

By Geoff Colvin and Phil Wahba

May 20, 2019

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