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Right but if SBD believed that Sears could revamp their business model when they started planning their factory, they could have factored in the sales of Craftsman at those stores into their overall sales numbers to make this factory viable. It's called forecasting. Craftsman is only in...

I do think there are some problems with how Craftsman is now kind of like the house brand of Lowes even if it's along side Kobalt. There are people who will only shop at Home Depot or Lowe's so they might see a push in marketing can only go so far in growing the brand in the US. If they can't...

I think there is a segment that will buy Made in America Craftsman tools and would view it in a tier above Kobalt, Husky, etc and would accept paying a higher price point. The problem I don't think SBD has a brand in their portfolio that they could also market to sell similar tools to in a...

Im guessing some specific process isn't working as plan and it could be holding back production of certain tools. They are going keep the factory open for another year and a half to keep producing some products so that leads me to believe that they are able to produce some things as planned...

There are a couple posts about how many people they were expected to hire vs how many were hired. From those numbers, I suspect they weren't running anywhere close to the capacity of the plant. Really items like tools need to be manufactured at the capacity of the factory to be cost effective...

Husky makes some thin wall impact sockets but I think they are only 3/8" drive.

One thing about small compressors is that people buy them then realize they can only run a limited amount of things with it. It's something that pops up on the used market alot because people decide they need a bigger one to run a tool they want. I had a small one that I sold when I got a...

I would also think they have data on which locations sell more higher end tools or regular craftsman tools. No purpose in putting high end craftsman v-series tools in a location that high end tools or normal craftsman tools just sit especially if they don't have enough inventory to roll it out...

Sears is the only place I can remember that would put tables in the middle of walkway in front of the exit and put clearance, open box, or scratch and dent items on it. Some had a clearance area in the back isle too which was just stuff they couldn't get rid of at the tables out front. Both...

Right, Sears didn't die just on its own bad choices. Alot of their model was tied into the success of other businesses. The Sears in the malls seem to survive longer than the rest of the mall but they were reliant on customers going to other businesses to come through their store.

The thing with tools though if you break it, you most likely need to replace it to finish what you were doing. It's either have a second set just in case or run out and replace the item. They were still making money off those customers. They were expanding their tool sets and staying loyal to...

Buying habits definitely changed for alot of people once their local sears closed down. The sears at my local mall was basically one of the entrances for the mall and the tool department was where you walked to get to the exit. I would always take a couple minutes to look around before going...

I think that was the real abuse of the lifetime warranty. The broken socket, ratchet, etc from using something in an unintentional way might have cost them some money but it also made them money because it brought someone into the store who could potentially buy other tools. The guy who was...

I also think the American tool consumers talking down American tools so much from the older made tools that it basically helped kill a lot of the market. With each generation people kept hearing how the quality has gone down and at some point people were just like if the quality of American...

I think the problem for Craftsman (or SBD) and companies that are trying to reshore USA tool making is they basically have divided the population into a segment that is fine buying lesser quality tools and a segment that wants USA made tools but have found the easiest way to get them is on the...

So I can explain some of this in a broader sense. I have not compared HF sockets to gearwrench but Apex is a big manufacturer of tools in general. Most likely HF isn't taking second unless Apex is sorting through for imperfection before engraving everything. What is most likely happening is...

From what I've gathered Companion was sold until around 2008. I remember buy this ratchet in a sears around that time. I may have bought it when all the companion stuff went on clearance.

So i came across this trying to find the manufacturer of this since companion has been retired and I was trying to find if I could get a rebuild kit for it. This is one of my favorite ratchets. I've searched and I'm 95% confident it's an offset version of the gearwrench 45 tooth flex head...