Sears had horizontal market where all of it did basically the same thing. Samsung is a huge conglomerate of several completely different vertical with lots of redundant components.
Sears was hardly horizontal. It was also Allstate insurance and Discover credit cards, among other things.
Ok. And if it did divide on the borders of insurance and payment services, the reorganization wouldn't have been complete bullshit and may even have been somewhat successful.
Sears was hardly horizontal. It was also Allstate insurance and Discover credit cards, among other things.