Sears was once a retail giant with over 3,500 stores, a number that included Kmart locations after its 2005 merger. But today, it is a mere shadow of what it once was, and people are wondering if it will live to see Christmas 2026.

"With other both brick and mortar and online retailers with better product selection, location advantages and better convenience, Sears just can’t compete anymore," said Dan Hamilton Rice, director of E. J. Ourso College of Business Behavioral Research Lab and an associate professor of the Herbert Huey McElveen Developing Scholar & Leslie and Dal Miller Professor,

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