The arrival of the Sears Wish Book catalog was always a monumental event at Christmas, and for kids like my brother, sister ...

Sears’ bankruptcy filing on Monday drummed up plenty of nostalgia for its heyday as the world’s biggest retailer. As Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp. works to save its business, there’s no ...

We check in on an Iowa home or two ordered from a Sears Catalog in the 1920s. To commemorate Mail Order Catalog Day on August 18, we’ll check in on an Iowa home or two ordered from a Sears Catalog in ...

Sears sold mail-order kit homes from 1908 to 1942, ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. Few Sears kit homes were sold in Florida, likely due to shipping logistics and the homes' ...

Before Amazon became the one-stop shop for practically everything, there was the Sears catalog. With one-fifth of Americans as subscribers, the catalog dominated the market and impacted the lives of ...

Sears, as it limps toward the holiday season under bankruptcy protection, is seen as the great-grandma of retail - too old and stodgy to keep up in the age of Amazon. But back in its prime, Sears ...

Monday’s announcement that Sears would file for bankruptcy and close 142 stores came as little surprise to anyone who has followed the retail giant’s collapse in recent years. Still, the news inspired ...

When I heard the news that Sears may finally be going out of business, I had two reactions: 1) You mean it’s still in business? And 2) How are children supposed to learn about the world’s vast array ...