He's the CEO of a failing company, but in it failing, he still makes a ton of money because his hedge fund is in a position to make gains from the company failing.
That would explain why my local Sears location seems to have suffered a perpetual tornado-strike ... empty shelves and product strewn everywhere. Every time I go in. Nothing interesting is ever in stock. How that place is still open amazes me...
They save a ton of money on labor. It's easy for sales to cover salaries if you have no employees to pay.
That's the weird thing, staffing wasn't too bad. There were people around most of the sales posts. Good luck finding someone in the aisles though.