Tracy Easterling spent about an hour Sunday shopping at Sears, which used to be one of her favorite stores. She ended up with nothing to show for it but memories. Easterling was at the Sears in her ...

Sears' mail-order catalogs from the 1950s and 1960s offered dogs, ponies, monkeys, and other animals for purchase. Sears offered live animals through its mail-order catalogs from 1956 to 1964. However ...

Artificial trees have become a favored option for many families. Overall, an artificial tree requires a lot less maintenance ...

Sears is scrambling to raise cash and cut costs after an absolutely miserable holiday season. Sales at Sears and Kmart stores plunged during November and December. At stores open at least 12 months, ...

Macy's Department Stores has agreed to return the phase "Merry Christmas" to store signage and advertising. The Committee to Save Merry Christmas announced and lauded the retailer’s decision today.

history columnWhen a million-dollar Sears department store opened in Glendale in the mid-1930s, it brought glorious wraparound windows to the corner of Central and California avenues. At Christmastime ...

Many readers are old enough to remember the days before online shopping when a highlight of the holiday season was the arrival of the Sears Christmas Catalog. There were other holiday catalogs, of ...

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 ...

Sears was once a powerhouse It has been a slow, quiet death for an iconic chain, whose groundbreaking catalog and anchor position at many malls nationwide once made Sears both the Amazon and the ...