Sears Canada seeks liquidation

Sears Canada wants to liquidate its remaining stores. With three days to go before its next court date, the company has said it plans to shut down entirely.

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[ericcornish]

The end of an era, i used to work for sears back in 2006 for approximately 1 year i didn't like the way they treated me as an employee and they were very quick to make their employees push their damned sears credit cars on every customer that came through the store! I quit them in 2007 and just knew and felt that the store and the company as a whole has changed and not in a good way either! The comment below mine is pretty relevant also, people now have the convenience of buying anything they need or want online, as my favorite author William Gibson stated we are headed for something that isn't legislated change or even controlled it is something that will happen whether we like it or not! I believe he meant that the emergency technology known as the internet we have today is whats causing alot of these old stores that have been around for more than 50-60+ years go bankrupt, its taken about 35 years for the net to evolve into what it is today which is vastly superior to the net we had 25-30 years ago! Long story short retail businesses just can't keep up with the way business os beimg done on the internet!

[karanpreetkaler]

I work as a truck driver for sears and they owe me 125, 000 dollars and they said that they probably won't be able to pay me

[heatherbowlan]

It's to bad, very sad, also no more wish books, for the children to wish APON, that was a small part of Christmas for the little ones .

[daniellongsworth]

It's a shame, and I'm pretty worried about where people will get jobs now.

[LouAntonioGiordano]

Fact is that it’s mostly people who are 55+ going to Sears these days. And they only buy like one new piece of clothing a year.

[lovethwillock]

They should put a Walmart where Sears used to be. That will make people go crazy.

[facelesscorporation]

retail is dead. the economy is about to collapse.

[costantinorizzotti]

if the Canadian government can help bombardier an GM why can't they help SEARS

[LowLightVideos]

Blah stuff mostly (a few great things) at moderate prices (and nowhere near the selection of US Stores).

Beggars and choosers during Interviews, many on GlassDoor report rudeness or calling you in to tell you the position is filled.

The Store Manager pay is not awful but no doubt it's the _reward_ for decades of brown nosing and not an easy job.

Associate (got to love that word, it means you're garbage) pay is poor but better by a couple of pennies than elsewhere (but elsewhere sells for far less).

Head of Dept. pay means you're a loser to have stayed in Retail too long, and your family lives like beggars.

If you could say "you worked there" and when you went for an Interview elsewhere people cared but they don't - they'll start you back at the bottom to save a buck.

All these places take up space that could be filled with businesses that offered stuff we need - either great stuff to buy or a great paycheck to take home. Either is a rarity at Sears (but London Drugs is far worse) at least Sears was dulldrums of the doldrums.