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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
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
Sears Holdings
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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 pu
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…in the United States, but was surpassed in 1989 by Walmart. In 2005, Eddie Lampert took control of the company through Kmart. The merger resulted in Sears Holdings. Sears' parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 15, 2018. After the bankruptcy, Transformco has shifted focus onto managing and selling…
The exterior of a typical Sears Essentials store
An older Sears exterior with newer signage at Hawthorn Mall in 2006. This location closed in September 2018.