五家西尔斯商店仍然存在,因为连锁店在数十年的衰退后崩,结束了零售时代. Five Sears stores remain as the chain collapses after decades of decline, ending a retail era.

只有5家Sears商店留在美国,预计很快会关闭,标志着零售商在20年下降后告终。 Only five Sears stores remain in the U.S., with closures expected soon, signaling the end of the retailer after a two-decade decline. 风险投资基金领袖埃迪·兰珀特 (Eddie Lampert) 在2005年收购,并于2015年创建了由沃伦·巴菲特的伯克希尔·哈撒韦支持的房地产信托基金Seritage Growth Properties. The downfall followed hedge fund leader Eddie Lampert’s 2005 acquisition and the 2015 creation of Seritage Growth Properties, a real estate trust backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. 尽管提供了20亿美元的贷款和一项重新开发Seaers场址的计划,但双方利益冲突,时机不成熟,使这项工作失败。 Despite a $2 billion loan and a plan to redevelop Sears sites, conflicting interests and poor timing doomed the effort. Lampert既控制着Sears和Seritage,又领导了Sears的贷款人,他因将个人收益放在优先地位而遭到批评。 Lampert, who controlled both Sears and Seritage while leading a lender to Sears, drew criticism for prioritizing personal gains. 由于Sears失去竞争对手的地盘并申请破产,其剩余资产被出售。 As Sears lost ground to competitors and filed for bankruptcy, its remaining assets were sold. Seritage现正清算以偿还债务，标志着未能适应零售趋势变化的战略崩溃。 Seritage is now liquidating to repay its debt, marking the collapse of a strategy that failed to adapt to shifting retail trends.