Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Not long ago, the Sears, Roebuck and Co. mail-order catalog was the ultimate ...

This week's announcement that Sears is closing its Mankato store no doubt brought a flood of memories for anyone over the age of 35. I pick that age because most anyone younger than that remembers ...

For so many people who grew up before the internet, the Sears catalog WAS the internet. The thick, heavy books had tools, dishes, TVs, clothes, appliances and just about anything else you’d need ...

In yesterday’s editions, the Sept. 2 New Jersey Pick 6 lotter number was incorrect. The correct number was 15 26 35 36 40 46. + The Sun regrets the errors. NEW YORK — Just months after it broke 97 ...

One thing that's a bargain at Sears Roebuck & Co. these days: stock prices. Sears is now 35 cents a share — a drop of 16 percent since the fabled 126-year-old retail giant announced it had filed for ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — Sears was founded in Chicago and ...

Sears, Roebuck and Co. will close the last of its catalog outlet stores – including three in Orlando – by the end of September, the company said Monday. Sears, which abandoned its 106-year-old catalog ...

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 ...

Retail giant Sears has filed for bankruptcy. Historian Louis Hyman of Cornell reflects with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly on the impact the Sears catalog had for African-Americans during the Jim Crow era.