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On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:40:27 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> Sears (once known as Simpsons-Sears) was a major player in Canada
> (remember the Sears catalogs?) when I was a child.  They folded a few
> years ago.  Lots of people out of work, lots of executives taking
> multi-million-dollar bonuses for running it into the ground.

My inlaws preferred Sears but we used the Montgomery Wards catalog for 
light reading. 

https://www.capdiz.com/landmarks/buildings/Montgomery_Wards_Building.php

The brick and mortar store was only a few miles away so you could phone in 
an order from the catalog and pick it up a few hours later. Of course you 
could also wander around the store, watch the ShopSmith demo, fondle the 
firearms, and in the spring look at the chicks and ducklings in the farm 
area.

At the time Sears was a small storefront in one of the malls where you 
went to pick up your catalog order when it arrived, not an actual retail 
presence. 

I think Sears did the same thing but for many items in the Wards catalog 
there was a ranking of good, better, and best. In my younger years I 
learned quite a bit about female undergarments from the catalog. 
Thankfully plus size models weren't a thing in the '50s.