They're no longer in the former Sears Tower, but what's left of their HQ is still based in IL. For now.
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If you dig into the recent history, their is/was a connection between Sears Holdings and the all but dead Radioshack.
It has to do with the well paid vampires that deal with the demise.
Craftsman is gone, but there are a ton of good US-made hand tool companies out there. Wright, SK (who recently emerged from French ownership, making stuff in Illinois again), Proto (a StanleyB&D holding, but one they've mostly not-fucked-around-with), Armstrong, Cornwell, and of course the Snap-On/Williams behemoth (which are mostly overpriced unless you need daily replacements).
Sears I suppose, has decided that it is against their policy to sell anything but the worst shit possible so just drop the one thing left that still stood for "some" thing. Quarterly profits over long term longevity. That is what caused the downward spiral into oblivion across the board.
Hell, 30 years ago it cost a fortune. I started on the tool trucks in '84 and then it was crazy expensive, but without a family to support I could justify the expense. If I had to start over again now it would be simply ridiculous. I don't know how these kids are doing it now.
Like most everything with the youngsters, they got to have it right now, can't wait, put it on the cuff.
I use to see these young kids with big houses, a car or two, a big diesel pickup, motorcycles, UTV, maybe a boat, and a toy-hauler. I can't believe all of these kids are independently wealthy, or have two 6 digit plus incomes. A guy I used to work with had all that stuff, and bought another house. The idea being to keep it for a short while, and then selling it for a lot more than he paid for it. When the housing thingy happened, he lost it all because he had no equity in any of it. Needless to say, he wasn't the only one wiped out. Now, with the apparent recovery, it seems like it starting all over again.
Actually, K-Mart bought Sears.
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