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The birthplace of Sears, Roebuck & Co. was this railroad station, left, in North Redwood, Minn. A young station agent there, Richard W. Sears, right, launched the business in 1886 and moved to ...
By 1893, the successful watch sales partnership between Sears and Roebuck formally launched as Sears, Roebuck, and Company.
The Meriden .22-cal. rifle shown above sold for less than $3 in 1908. This article, written by Eugene L. Lyons, originally appeared in the February 1974 issue of The American Rifleman. To ...
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (CBS) --An era has come to an end in northwest suburban Hoffman Estates, as crews on Thursday were ...
The impressive comeback of Sears, Roebuck and Co. was one of the major success stories of the 1990s. Sears was losing billions of dollars a year in the early 1990s but recovered to become one of the ...
Hoffman Estates, IL, Mar. 11--Sears, Roebuck and Co. cut its work force by 17% in 2003, but turnover in its executive suite was twice that rate. Sears eliminated about 40,000 jobs in 2003 ...
Beginning in the late 1800s, retailers such as Sears, Roebuck and Co. sent out fat catalogs filled with everything from sewing machines and saddles to bicycles and baby buggies for sale.
Roebuck board. Sears Holdings will act as the holding company for the Sears and Kmart businesses, which will continue to operate separately under their respective brand names. Mr. Lampert said ...
Between 1908 and 1940, Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold nearly 75,000 kit homes through its Modern Homes program, which featured 447 styles of houses, ranging from large multistory dwellings to tiny ...