Do you feel Sears makes it to Christmas 2018?
I feel that they do, but barely (and with even fewer stores than this year). Kmart will be gone completely, with those stores closed or sold (with MAYBE a few converting to Sears). For the Sears brand, they will still be hanging on, but won't last much past Christmas 2018. However, I could see a SHLD bankruptcy filing early in 2018, which may lead to both Kmart and Sears shutting down next year. When SHLD files bankruptcy, Lampert should make a nice amount of $$ seeing as he is the primary lienholder.