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 ...

Sep. 5—TAMAQUA — Jim Hain believes his grandparents, Charles and Catherine Houser, ordered a new house from a Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog in the late 1920s or early 1930s. "The house was complete, ...

For nearly 100 years Sears, Roebuck & Co. was America’s greatest retailer and consumers loved them. Hard to believe today? Well here’s a bit from a 1949 song by Ray Gilbert, William Okie, and Al ...