Sears

Sears, Roebuck and Company, colloquially known as Sears, is a chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1893, reincorporated by Richard Sears and new partner Julius Rosenwald in 1906.

(source: sears.com)

Sears Boosts Amazon Partnership To Include Batteries And Tires
Sears Boosts Amazon Partnership To Include Batteries And Tires
December 15, 2017  |  Retail

Retail store chain Sears Holdings Company is extending its partnership with eCommerce giant Amazon to sell goods from the DieHard brand on the marketplace’s site. The...

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Sears Strikes Back Against Slack Sales With Specialization
Sears Strikes Back Against Slack Sales With Specialization
November 30, 2017  |  Retail

Sears has had an extremely difficult last few years, marked by hundreds of locations closing nationwide and sales figures that continue to trend downward. But, according...

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Wayfair Adds GE To Its Appliance Lineup
Wayfair Adds GE To Its Appliance Lineup
November 17, 2017  |  Retail

Those looking for better options to buy appliances — specifically GE appliances — have some good news as of this week. GE and GE Profile washers,...

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CEO’s Hedge Fund Bails Sears Out With A Cash Injection (Again)
CEO’s Hedge Fund Bails Sears Out With A Cash Injection (Again)
October 06, 2017  |  Retail

Eddie Lampert — and his checkbook — really, really believe in Sears. In fact, according to a recent report from Chain Store Age, Lambert believes so much...

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Sears’ Payment Default Risk Has Suppliers Fleeing
Sears’ Payment Default Risk Has Suppliers Fleeing
August 28, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Some Sears suppliers are refusing to work with the company, while others are demanding more favorable payment terms, as they struggle to find affordable accounts...

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Sears Holdings To Shutter 28 Kmart Stores
Sears Holdings To Shutter 28 Kmart Stores
August 25, 2017  |  Retail

Sears Holdings will close 28 more Kmart stores as the firm looks to further cut costs. The upcoming closures will come in addition to 300...

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Local Retailers, Surviving or Dying in Retail’s Evolution?
Local Retailers, Surviving or Dying in Retail’s Evolution?
August 10, 2017  |  Retail

At the basic level of retail industry chatter online, much of the focus is on the battle between brick-and-mortar versus eCommerce. While the closing of...

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Voice-Activated Tracker: Smart Home Edition
Voice-Activated Tracker: Smart Home Edition
July 27, 2017  |  Retail

Nearly two decades ago, Disney debuted its “Smart House” movie in which a young boy wins a computerized home. At the time, it may have felt...

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Retailers Raise Concerns Over Potential Border Tax
Retailers Raise Concerns Over Potential Border Tax
July 24, 2017  |  Retail

The retail industry is going through a rough transformation. This shift in the way that retailers operate is evident from consumers’ shift to more online...

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