When I was a kid, nothing announced the holiday season like the arrival of the Sears Christmas catalogue. So special, so ...

What do you remember when you hear the name Sears? The answer may depend on how old you are - and if you’ve been keeping up with the news. In recent years, Sears has made headlines as a struggling ...

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 ...

Sears' declaration of bankruptcy this week was entirely expected, a train wreck long in the making. What might have caught many by surprise were the immediate reflections by African-American scholars ...

Just three months after acquiring catalog powerhouse Lands’ End, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. spun off a catalog of its own. In September the department store giant mailed the 40-page Sears Catalog: Fine ...

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 ...

Leafing through a Sears catalog, circling what you want, may be the brand's biggest gift to our cultural zeitgeist. The telephone-book sized anthology of anything you'd ever need or want stands either ...