I have a few that found their way to my hands in December 2016. Within an hour I realized the utter pointlessness of the product. It's nothing new for Sears, a company that comes up with ideas they fail to execute properly and almost always abandon or let languish (mygofer, Shop Your Way Relay, the Shop Your Way "social network," etc.)
Alfie's flaw was that it didn't save anyone time or money. When you asked about a particular item you were looking for, a human would listen to the message and eventually type back to you a frustrating series of questions - one at a time, that had to be answered. It could take DAYS to narrow down something to recommend, and when they did, it was frequently priced significantly higher than the competition. The result: a 5-minute Google search got you a much better deal far faster on your own without bothering with Alfie.
For Alfie to be successful, it needed to give instant responses. Otherwise, you were better off doing your own shopping, which is exactly what most people did.
The whole thing was a colossal waste of money and resources, and I doubt any focus group testing this device would have found it very useful. The final design looked and felt cheap and lacked most of the features any other smart home device offered. It was quickly crushed by the competition and bad implementation.