No merchandise to buy = big profits for Sears! No more need to run crazy sales, 100% back in points, and 85% markdowns after Christmas!
They should have thought of this YEARS ago! Empty stores full of zombies would have lost less money than the current format.
@OP - "No merchandise to buy = big profits for Sears!" You truly are a Genius in the eyes of Eddie! You do know that it was Eddie that devised the revolutionary retailing paragon of, Zero Expenditures = Infinite Profits. If he would have known of your retail prowess before the bankruptcy, he would have kicked Leena to the curb and had you running the show. Unfortunately, it was her SYWR program that ran SHLD straight into insolvency. Unlike Eddie, Leena was not a retailing genius.