I haven't worked for Sears for months, but recently had an interview with a company that used to be a vendor. You would not believe the comments everyone had, even more entertaining was my interview with a financial director. He told me that they had to cut Sears off because they couldn't risk Sears not being able to pay... he even stated that Sears threatened legal action but don't belive they ever followed thru with it.
Either way, everyone had heard horror stories of Sears and mentioned that they always see them in a bad light in the news. .. maybe its Sears way of getting free publicity ;)