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Sears

American department store chain

Also known as Sears, Roebuck and Company · Sears, Roebuck and Co. · Sears, Roebuck & Co.

Founded: 1892
Founded by: Richard Warren Sears
, Alvah Curtis Roebuck
Headquarters: Hoffman Estates(since 1993)
, Willis Tower(1974–1993)
, Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex(1906–1974)
Country: United States
Industry: retail
CEO: Eddie Lampert(2013–2018)
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1.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/10/15/Sears-files-for-bankruptcy-plans-to-close-142-more-stores/8161539597835/
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Listed on: Tokyo Stock Exchange(until 1996)
, New York Stock Exchange(1910–2005)
Parent: Sears Holdings Corporation

Overview

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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 reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald. The company began as a mail-order catalog company and opened its first retail locations in 1925. Through the 1980s, Sears was the largest retailer in the United States, but was surpassed in 1989 by Walmart.

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71 statements · 24% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Formed in: Chicago
Official name: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
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Sources
1.Stated in MobyGames“Sears, Roebuck and Co.”Retrieved 2018-09-07
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Social media followers: 195,746(February 4, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 19464428
198,500(March 1, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 19464428
203,552(January 6, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 19464428
Partnership with: Freedom Quilting Bee
Different from: Sears Holdings Corporation
Archives at: University of Maryland Libraries object named as: Sears Roebuck blueprints collection
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1.hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1450Retrieved 2022-08-29
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Native label: Sears
Legal form: Delaware corporation
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Sources
1.Stated in Global LEI IndexRetrieved 2024-09-17
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