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The retail apocalypse is the closing of numerous Northern American brick and mortar retail stores, especially those of large chains, starting in the 2010s. The 2020s saw more store closures as a resul
Entrance to a former Sears store at Hudson Valley Mall in Ulster, New York, closed in 2018. It had been the mall's last anchor store.
A permanently closed mom and pop health food store in Port Charlotte, Florida
Sears
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Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores and online retailer. The company was founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and rei
Retail apocalypse
…by declining real wages and rising costs creating a middle-class squeeze, resulting in large-scale closures of retailers such as Macy's, JCPenney, and Sears which traditionally relied on spending from this market segment. Particularly in rural areas, variety stores such as Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and…
Willis Tower (previously Sears Tower), corporate headquarters from 1973 to 1995.
Richard Warren Sears
Alvah Curtis Roebuck
The exterior of the former Sears Merchandise Building Tower, now the John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Tower