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)

Marketplace Merchants Sing The Blues
Marketplace Merchants Sing The Blues
August 24, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

There’s a lot of sizzle in marketplaces. In fact, they have made tiny businesses into big ones, as even the tiniest one-man operation can gain the...

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Sears Looks To Shoes And Precious Metals To Jump-Start eCommerce
Sears Looks To Shoes And Precious Metals To Jump-Start eCommerce
August 07, 2018  |  Retail

For all of Sears’ many issues in recent days, one has to applaud their incredible persistence in the face of difficult odds. This week the...

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GasBuddy CEO: GasBack Is The New Cash Back
GasBuddy CEO: GasBack Is The New Cash Back
June 15, 2018  |  Payment Methods

With about 220 million drivers on the road, gas is a commodity that nearly everybody needs. The average American fills up their gas tank three...

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Retail Pulse: IKEA Axes New Store Plans To Focus On Digital Store
Retail Pulse: IKEA Axes New Store Plans To Focus On Digital Store
June 07, 2018  |  Retail

IKEA is slowing the growth pace it has sustained in the U.S. market, axing plans for new stores in three U.S. cities to focus on...

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Sears Given Two Extra Years To Pay Back Lenders
Sears Given Two Extra Years To Pay Back Lenders
June 06, 2018  |  Retail

Sears Holdings revealed in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that it has been given two extra years to repay lenders, including Eddie, Lampert,...

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Redeveloping Malls With Apartments, Hotel And Restaurants
Redeveloping Malls With Apartments, Hotel And Restaurants
June 04, 2018  |  Retail

As anchor stores scale back their brick-and-mortar presence in malls, is their departure necessarily a big loss for shopping centers? Class A malls might, in...

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Retail Pulse: More Closures And In-House Brand Sales For Sears
Retail Pulse: More Closures And In-House Brand Sales For Sears
June 01, 2018  |  Retail

Things are not looking good for Sears as 63 more stores hit the chopping block — although, if one is looking for a silver lining,...

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Five at Five: Walmart’s College Plan
Five at Five: Walmart’s College Plan
May 31, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news you might have missed. Today’s stories range from Walmart’s promotion of...

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