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In 1988 Freemans was purchased by Sears PLC, whose other investments included bookmakers William Hill and the controlling arm of Selfridges, turning it into one of the country's largest retail organisations. It also meant that Freemans could now easily source and stock popular high street brands and promote them in its catalogue.
The business was founded by John and William Sears in 1891 and initially traded as bootmakers under the name of Trueform. [1] Despite the company using the Sears name, it has no relations with Chicago, Illinois-based Sears Roebuck and Company and its 2005-2019 parent company, Hoffman Estates, Illinois-based Sears Holdings Corporation.
Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears (/ s ɪər z / SEERZ), [6] is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began as a mail ordering catalog company migrating to opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago. [7]
Born in Northampton and educated at the local elementary school, John Sears became an apprentice with the Manfield Company. [1] In 1891 he set up his own business as a boot-maker with the help of his younger brother, William, trading under the name J. Sears & Co. [1] In 1897 he opened his first retail outlet and by 1900 he had established his first shop in London. [1]
Richard Warren Sears (December 7, 1863 – September 28, 1914) was an American businessman who co-founded the department store Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Alvah Curtis Roebuck. Early life
University Physics, informally known as the Sears & Zemansky, is the name of a two-volume physics textbook written by Hugh Young and Roger Freedman. The first edition of University Physics was published by Mark Zemansky and Francis Sears in 1949. [2] [3] Hugh Young became a coauthor with Sears
William Rees Sears (March 1, 1913 – October 12, 2002) was an American aeronautical engineer and educator who worked at Caltech, Northrop Aircraft, Cornell University (as the J. L. Given Professor of Engineering), and the University of Arizona .
Freeman, a member or an apprentice who has been granted freedom of the company, is a rank within livery companies A person who has been awarded Freedom of the City Freeman, in Middle English synonymous with franklin (class) , initially a person not tied to land as a villein or serf, later a land-owner