{"id":8,"date":"2008-02-29T13:50:52","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T12:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/0050c0a.netsolhost.com\/thelastword\/archives\/8"},"modified":"2013-09-21T17:14:26","modified_gmt":"2013-09-21T16:14:26","slug":"a-sharp-merchandiser-could-cure-shld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/0050c0a.netsolhost.com\/thelastword\/archives\/8","title":{"rendered":"A Sharp Merchandiser Could Cure SHLD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHLD is a languishing star and needs a good kick up the backside.\u00a0 No yard sale can cure its ills.\u00a0It has strong core assets &#8211; Lands End, Craftsman Tools and Kenmore Appliances are stalwarts.\u00a0 The problem is\u00a0lack of investment in people, property and merchandising.<\/p>\n<p>Go into a Sears store and you will not find anyone to help\u00a0you and those souls stuck at the till are forced to\u00a0do nothing but ring up the sale.\u00a0 No knowledge is being deployed on the floor or off.\u00a0I tried to find infant clothes for a one year old child while shopping this Christmas.\u00a0 Other\u00a0than seasonal garments, I found the organisation of apparel appalling.\u00a0 It was impossible to find light cotton clothing in an infant\u00a0size 1.\u00a0 What I wouldn&#8217;t have given for a properly organised display and some help on the floor.\u00a0 The sales floor was completely empty.<\/p>\n<p>Properly trained and motivated staff on the floor could go a long way to stem the bleeding.\u00a0 Add a\u00a0touch of merchandising and a\u00a0little spit and polish and SHLD will sparkle brightly again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHLD is a languishing star and needs a good kick up the backside.\u00a0 No yard sale can cure its ills.\u00a0It has strong core assets &#8211; Lands End, Craftsman Tools and Kenmore Appliances are stalwarts.\u00a0 The problem is\u00a0lack of investment in people, property and merchandising. Go into a Sears store and you will not find anyone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hot-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/0050c0a.netsolhost.com\/thelastword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/0050c0a.netsolhost.com\/thelastword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/0050c0a.netsolhost.com\/thelastword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/0050c0a.netsolhost.com\/thelastword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/0050c0a.netsolhost.com\/thelastword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/0050c0a.netsolhost.com\/thelastword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/0050c0a.netsolhost.com\/thelastword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/0050c0a.netsolhost.com\/thelastword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/0050c0a.netsolhost.com\/thelastword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/0050c0a.netsolhost.com\/thelastword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}