Stocks, not socks

30 March 2017 By Rob Cox

The original everything store is hurtling toward bankruptcy under hedgie Eddie Lampert. Its catalog, first published in 1888, is the stuff of retail lore. Sears’ empire also once spanned Allstate and Discover, which live on. That’s the history lesson for Amazon and Alibaba.

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