World's unFair

Home Depot signals the market that it ain't so great indoors.  Home Depot, the rabbit in the "under-one-roof-design-concept" race is shutting down 15 EXPO Design centers and converting an additional 5 locations into Home Depot Stores.  For those keeping track, these moves represent nearly 40% of all EXPO locations, leaving only 34 stores to carry the flag.  The Sears Great Indoors, the turtle in this race, closed or converted 4 of its 21 stores back in August of 2003.  
For me, "self-immolation" runs a close second to "pick out wallpaper, colors, and hardware for the new bathroom" when considering what to do on a Saturday.  I can appreciate the advantages of this one-roof concept.  Why is it failing?  Buying from and managing a thousand suppliers is something these guys know how to do.

An idea from the Advisor:  Between 1908 and 1940 Sears sold 75,000 - 100,000 complete home kits, shipping customers the plans as well as the lumber, pre-cut and numbered, ready for assembly.  Could this service succeed in some way today?  Home Depot is well placed to close the loop by promoting new construction, offering a batch of quality home designs, assembled from manufactured-housing sourced sections with Home Depot's assembly services, and topped off with interior design consulting and materials supplied by EXPO Design.  One Saturday afternoon sitting with an EXPO design consultant, 9-12 months later moving in.  
Isn't it about time the Home Depot lived up to its name?
UPDATE:  Nov 7:  We don't see dead people, but we can see the future.