Craftsman tools... Whats up?

[ORIGLS6]

I bought my son a Craftsman roll-around chest for Christmas this year. The local store had what looked to be a normal inventory and some great deals on the tool chest combos. I was in two of the bigger stores in our area (each about 45 miles from where I live) and they both seemed to be stocked well at the time. Heck, they just built a new store about 30 miles South of me. Been open less than a year and my son just picked up an intermediate section for his box there between Christmas and New Years.

HOWEVER, there's a small family owned envelope company in my hometown. They've had a substantial contract with Sears for many, many years. Last November Sears told them they were done. This was upwards of 85% of the business. The owner told me that things had been going downhill ever since K-Mart bought Sears, and he wouldn't be surprised to see Sears absorbed into the K-Brand stores.