Sears

[[Willis Tower]] (previously Sears Tower), former headquarters of the company from 1973 to 1995. 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.

In 2005, Eddie Lampert took control of the company through Kmart. The merger resulted in Sears Holdings. Sears' parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 15, 2018. After the bankruptcy, Transformco focus on managing and selling the remaining real estate assets.

From 2705 stores at its peak in 2011, only 5 stores are still open as of 2025. Provided by Wikipedia
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