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Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears (/sɪərz/ SEERZ),[self-published source] is an American chain of department stores and online retailer. The company was founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald. The company began as a mail-order catalog company and…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sears | Area served | United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Defunct | March 24, 2005 (21 years ago) (2005-03-24) (as Sears, Roebuck and Company) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Fate | Merged with Kmart to become Sears Holdings | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Founded | 1886 (140 years ago) (1886) as R.W. Sears Watch Company 1892 (134 years ago) (1892) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Founders | Richard Warren Sears | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Founders | Alvah Curtis Roebuck | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Headquarters | Hoffman Estates, Illinois (originally Chicago, Illinois), U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Industry | Retail | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Number of locations | 5 (2026) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Operating income | US$@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Operating income | US$−$1.978 billion (2016) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Parent | Sears Holdings (2005–2019) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Parent | Transformco (2019–present) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Products | Clothing | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Products | footwear | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Products | bedding | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Products | bath | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Products | furniture | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Products | jewelry | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Products | beauty products | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Products | electronics | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Products | appliances | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Products | housewares | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Products | tools | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Products | toys | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Products | auto repair | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Revenue | US$16.702 billion (2017) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Revenue | US$22.138 billion (2016) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Subsidiaries | Kenmore | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sears | Subsidiaries | Craftsman (1927–2017) | 1.00 | infobox |
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