Sick of Christmas shopping? Take a look at photos from old RI toy stores

Over the years, much has changed − we went from newspaper ads to thick Sears catalogs to TV commercials and now constant ...
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From the Archives: Sears, Roebuck and Company

In the 1880s, Richard W. Sears started the R.W. Sears Watch Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company specialized in selling watches by mail order. Soon after, Sears moved his business ...