The chain that once dubbed itself "where America shops" is increasingly a place shoppers avoid. Despite its much-publicized recovery efforts, investors should consider steering clear, too. Sears Holdings Corporation (NYSE: SHLD) has been in the news a great deal lately, announcing awful sales results and planning yet another stock buyback to prop up its flailing price.
The recent store changes have not worked, and neither will the financial engineering. This company is on its way down, and a visit to a local store showed me why.
Sears used to be the General Motors (NYSE: GM) of retailers -- an apt analogy when both were all-American giants, and just as apt today as both struggle. Sears had completely lost its way when vulture investor, Eddie Lampert, bought the company in late 2004 and combined it with Kmart. Wall Street analysts went nuts, pushing the stock price to $192 a share.
Today, Wall Street has lowered that price to near $40.
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