[Baz]

Maybe this is what they are doing to try to survive.

The way box stores have taken the retail market - gotta get part of that, perhaps?

Years ago I worked for a company and we manufactured and were the only outlet for our professional grade fertilizer. All of a sudden some bigwig makes a deal with HD to become a retail outlet for our product. It really pulled the rug out of many customers and sales associates. Our company has since been sold a couple times and IMHO that decision was the beginning of the end, unfortunately.

I truly hope Sears fares better....