Sears

Sears, Roebuck and Company
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Retail
Fate	Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Founded	1886; 138 years ago (legacy); 1892; 132 years ago (first incorporation); 1906; 118 years ago (second incorporation); Chicago, Illinois
Founders	Richard Warren Sears; Alvah Curtis Roebuck;
Headquarters	Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States
Number of locations	13 (December 2023)
Area served	United States;
Products	Clothing; footwear; bedding; furniture; jewelry; beauty products; appliances; housewares; tools; electronics;
Revenue	US$ 13.8 billion (2016)
Operating income	US$ -1.448 billion (2016)
Parent	Sears Holdings; (2005–2019); Transformco; (2019–present)
Subsidiaries	See below
Website	sears.com

Sears, Roebuck and Company, usually called Sears, is a department store chain with about 13 stores in the United States, 12 in the mainland United States and 1 in Puerto Rico.^[1] The first store opened in 1906. It was the biggest retailer in the country until Walmart had more sales in October 1989.^[4]

Sears Essentials store in West Palm Beach, Florida

Sears had to close all 140 of its stores in Canada in 2017.^[5] Its 75 stores in Mexico have been operated by Grupo Carso since 1997.^[6]

Sears filed for bankruptcy on October 15, 2018.^[7]

On June 3, 2019, the Sears assets were purchased by Transform Holdco.^[8]

Sears Media

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Alvah Curtis Roebuck
The exterior of the former Sears Merchandise Building Tower, now the John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Tower
Sears Catalog Distribution Center and Retail Store in Memphis, Tennessee
Art Deco 1930s Sears store in Brooklyn, New York City
Store in Raleigh, North Carolina (c. 1952)
Typical Sears mall anchor store in the Lloyd Center in Portland, Oregon
Sears at Bello Monte in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1950
The former Sears Tower, now the Willis Tower in Chicago
A closed Sears store at Stones River Town Centre, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in April 2019, with signage still intact. The store closed two months earlier, in February 2019.