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Sears (other)
Sears may refer to: Department store chains *Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, a chain of department stores in the US *Sears Mexico, a chain of department stores in Mexico * Sears Canada, a chain of department stores in Canada Related and unrelated businesses * Sears Holdings, former parent of Sears and other companies * Sears plc, a former British holdings company * Sears Seating, also known as Sears Manufacturing, an American designer and manufacturer Buildings * Sears Building, the name of several buildings * Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. * Sears Tower, the former name of the Willis Tower, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. People *Eleonora Sears (1881–1968), American national tennis champion *Ernest Robert Sears (1910–1991), American plant geneticist *Francis Sears (1898–1975), American physicist *Fred F. Sears (1913–1957), American film actor and director *Freddie Sears (b. 1989), English professional footballer *James T. Sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Co. ( ), commonly known as Sears, 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. In 2005, the company was bought by the management of the American big box discount chain Kmart, which upon completion of the merger, formed Sears Holdings. Through the 1980s, Sears was the largest retailer in the United States. In 2018, it was the 31st-largest. After several years of declining sales, Sears's parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 15, 2018. It announced on January 16, 2019, that it had won its bankruptcy auction, and that a reduced number of 425 stores would remain open, including 223 Sears stores. Sears was based in the Sears Tower in Chicago from 1973 until 1995, and is currently headquartered in Hof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
