To land his first copywriting job, my father was asked a question that still resonates today. In my father’s recently released memoir on his 50-year career in advertising, “Pickett, Plunkett and ...

When I was a little girl, I spent hours poring over the Sears catalog. I had my eye on a Holly Hobbie Oven. And aside from the fact that you could bake real cakes in it, what I loved about shopping ...

Sears, the iconic retailer that has been struggling with slipping sales and fading relevance, is tapping into nostalgia to woo back shoppers — with a modern twist. For the first time in six years, ...

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 ...

Thanks to the Internet, you can buy just about anything online and have it shipped to you in a few days or less. The process is reminiscent of the early 1900s, when people turned to mail-order ...

Sears, Roebuck and Co. confirmed Tuesday that it would eliminate nearly 7,000 more jobs in a consolidation of duties that will take effect April 1. Beginning then, staff on the selling floors of Sears ...

Sears won't be printing its iconic holiday Wish Book this year. It printed the catalog from 1933 to 2011, and once again in 2017. This year, it will only be available online, the Chicago Tribune ...

NEW YORK, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Sears Holdings Corp has named a non-retail executive, Lou D'Ambrosio, as chief executive, concluding a three-year search for a new CEO of a once iconic American retailer ...

But the Hoffman Estates-based retailer, which on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, will once again have a digital version of the Wish Book, spokesman Larry Costello said. This year’s ...