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Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears (/ s ɪər z / SEERZ), [5] 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 ...
Sears Holdings Corporation was an American holding company headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. It was the parent company of the chain stores Kmart and Sears and was founded after the former purchased the latter in 2005. [7] It was the 20th-largest retailing company in the United States in 2015. [8]
Sears, American retailer of general merchandise, tools, home appliances, clothing, and automotive parts and services. Until the 1980s it was the largest retailer in the United States. Sears is a subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corporation, which, following a bankruptcy auction, was purchased by a hedge fund in 2019.
Sears, Roebuck and Company is a retail giant with 19th-century roots as a mail-order business operating in rural America. Sears grew into one of the nation’s largest corporations, redefining the...
Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc. was an American retail company that sold home appliances, lawn & garden equipment, apparel, mattresses, sporting goods, & tools. [ 3 ][ 4 ] The company had four subsidiary store formats: Sears Hometown, Sears Outlet, Sears Hardware and Appliance, and Sears Home Appliance Showrooms. [ 5 ]
By the early 20th century, Sears was already a household name across the United States, one that represented rural thrift and industry as well as material abundance and consumer pleasures. The ...
Sears, Roebuck and Company, usually called Sears, is a department store chain with about 13 stores in the United States, 12 in the mainland United States and 1 in Puerto Rico. [1] The first store opened in 1906.
A complete account of Sears' rich and extensive history is beyond the scope of this web site. Nonetheless, Sears Archives offers a brief narrative on key events as well as chronological listings of events.
Sears is flailing. As it fights for its life, here's a look at the company's rise to becoming the nation's top retailer, and its fall. 1886: Richard W. Sears, a railroad agent, starts selling...
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with self-proclaimed Sears scholar and historian Jerry Hancock about the company's national impact and business struggles. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Sears, the...