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Lands End

goldensrbest — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:10:04 GMT

What is going to happen to this line ,now that sears is going under? They have some good sales going on.

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Krimpette — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:11:12 GMT

The Sears store in my area is still going strong. I'm sure the Land's End line is a good reason why.

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CAMOGIRL — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:16:07 GMT

Probably nothing.

I shop Land’s End online, nothing to do with Sears.

i receive their catalogs and emails also. I don’t think they Sears to survive. The Sears stores that I ever did happen to go in and see what they had in this line had next to nothing compared to what was actually available thru catalog/phone orders or online orders anyhow.

At least I hope nothing happens. I buy several things from there.

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goldensrbest — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:19:39 GMT

Our lands end here ,is inside the sears store,it is closing.

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geezerette — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:23:51 GMT

Here is an article from Fortune dated January 9, 2018:

Add Lands’ End (LE, +2.00%)CEO Jerome Griffith to the list of people not banking on Sears’ future.

The clothing maker, best known for its kids’ uniforms and outdoor clothing, plans to open as many as 60 of its own stores in the next five years, up from a current count of about 14 globally, to reduce its reliance on Sears (SHLD, +0.00%), its one-time sister company whose sales are in free fall.

As of now, Lands’ End has shops at 180 Sears stores, down from 227 two years ago, and Griffith is not holding his breath for things to get better there,

“It’s our expectation that our Sears business at a point in time will go away and that we’ll be talking directly to the consumer through our own stores,” Griffith said on Monday at the ICR investor conference. Online sales and direct sales represent the lion’s share of Lands’ End total revenue but retail remains a key source of business.

Sears Holdings (SHLD, +0.00%), which bought Lands’ End in 2002 for about $2 billion and then spun it off in 2014 as part of the bid to raise much needed cash, last week announced the closing of 103Sears and Kmart stores, and last year admitted in its annual report that many had doubts about its future viability. Comparable sales declines have grown worse of late.

The trickle-down effect on Lands’ End has been brutal: revenues fell in each of its last five full fiscal years though Wall Street expects sales to tick up slightly to $1.36 billion in the fiscal year ending later this months. And Griffith laid out his plan for Lands’ End to get up to between $1.8 billion and $2 billion within five years.

Before becoming part of Sears, a deal that at the time promised to vastly expand Lands’ End distribution, the company was innovative. “That kind of went away during the ownership of Sears,” he said but noted Lands’ End can be a pioneer again. He touted its recent partnership with the Weather Channel, whose meteorologists are clad in Lands’ End gear, as well as a new contract with Delta (DAL, -0.02%) to which it is providing uniforms.

Griffith, who took the reins last year after his predecessor’s attempts to take Lands’ End more upscale bombed, makes it clear the company will takes it fate in its own hands.

“We will not be relying on Sears in the future for growth fur us,” he said. “We’ll be relying on ourselves.”

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millieshops — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 13:41:04 GMT

I'm hoping not all that much because no Sears I've ever shopped had what I felt was the best of Lands End - too much looked to me like other companies' made-for-the-outlet quality.

I gave up looking for clothing at Sears a few years ago, but I will miss their Kenmore line. So few other appliance lines include the smaller models we who live small need - designers seem to think we need huge or too small. neither of which work in the spaces I live in.

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GSPgirl — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 13:41:05 GMT

I was told at my local mall, about 4 years ago, that we were getting a stand alone Lands End store. That never happened.

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Carmie — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:09:31 GMT

My local Sears store sells Lands End, but they do not offer petite sizes there. I go into the store to order from the catalog so I will not be charged shipping fees and also to return something so I don't have to pay shipping fees again.

If Sears closes, I will still buy from Lands End as I do now, but I will probably have to start paying for shipping.

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Snowpuppy — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:16:48 GMT

Never been in a LE store, nothing near me so I shop them online.

Decent quality, their 6oz flannel sheets are heavenly. Just refreshed my bed and they are so cozy.

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geezerette — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:30:41 GMT

@Carmie

They do offer free shipping for orders over $50, although you do have to still pay sales tax, if applicable.

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henderson — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:39:04 GMT

My Sears which is now closing, stopped carrying Lands End a few years ago. I don't buy much Lands End now because I have no store to return it if it doesn't fit.

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jubilant — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:48:00 GMT

I'm hoping they will open some stores. It looks like they will. DH loves their turtlenecks and they do carry some quality clothing. I would like to see some L.L. Bean stores, too.

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jonbon — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:02:11 GMT

@henderson wrote:
My Sears which is now closing, stopped carrying Lands End a few years ago. I don't buy much Lands End now because I have no store to return it if it doesn't fit.

Our Sears store closed a few months ago, and with it went my return point for Lands' End. My ordering (mostly for my daughter and husband) has gone down significantly now that I have to pay for return shipping -- I'm much less willing to try something about which I'm unsure.

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goldensrbest — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:34:08 GMT

Come up to maine, freeport is just great.

@jubilant wrote:
I'm hoping they will open some stores. It looks like they will. DH loves their turtlenecks and they do carry some quality clothing. I would like to see some L.L. Bean stores, too.

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ALRATIBA — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:39:25 GMT

From an article in 2014 from Consumers Reports ... Entitled Lands End Divorce From Sears Complete But They're Still Roommates:

After twelve years together, Sears and Lands’ End have officially split. They’ve been through a lot together: Sears bought the former sailing gear retailer in 2002, before the formation of the sprawling disaster that is Sears Holdings. For a while at least, absolutely nothing will change for consumers.

consumerreports dot org/consumerist/lands-end-divorce-from-sears-complete-but-theyre-still-roommates/

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ALRATIBA — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 22:09:45 GMT

Lands End has been opening Pop-Up stores around NYC for the past few years.

There was a NY Times article about the stores.

nytimes dot com/2015/12/03/fashion/lands-end-updates-its-image.html

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Carmie — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:49:02 GMT

@geezerette wrote:
@Carmie

They do offer free shipping for orders over $50, although you do have to still pay sales tax, if applicable.

If the order is under $50, shipping is $8.00.

In Pennsylvania where I live, we pay no tax on clothing or shoes. Yeah!

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Twins Mom — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 01:12:37 GMT

@ goldensrbest

I am right with you. Love Lands End clothing but I have to try on to see how things hang, etc. I have ordered without trying if not st store but I could previously return to store. My Sears just closed and i refuse to pay shipping!! Their flannels and down are super,

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CalminHeart — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 12:13:44 GMT

Lands End is my favorite shopping website. I know how most of their clothes fit and I like a lot of what they offer. I always get my jeans and tee-shirts there, along with a number of other things. I probably spend more there than anywhere else....or every place else combined. I hope it stays in existence.