Sears, Roebuck & Co.

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department store chain mail-order company retail company

Sears, Roebuck & Co. was a major American retail company and mail-order catalog pioneer that became one of the largest and most influential department store chains in the United States.

Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Sears 10
Sears, Roebuck and Co. 7
R.W. Sears Watch Company 1
Sears Auto Center 1
Sears Essentials 1
Sears Holdings Corporation 1
Sears catalog 1
Sears full-line stores 1
Sears, Roebuck and Company 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf department store chain ⓘ
mail-order company ⓘ
retail company ⓘ
acquiredBy Kmart Corporation ⓘ
brandOwner Craftsman ⓘ
DieHard ⓘ
Kenmore ⓘ
commissionedBuilding Willis Tower ⓘ
surface form: Sears Tower
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfAcquisition 2005 ⓘ
declinePeriod late 20th century ⓘ
filedForBankruptcy 2018 ⓘ
formerHeadquartersLocation Willis Tower ⓘ
surface form: Sears Tower, Chicago
foundedAs Sears, Roebuck & Co. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: R.W. Sears Watch Company
foundedBy Alvah Curtis Roebuck ⓘ
Richard Warren Sears ⓘ
hasOfficialName Sears, Roebuck & Co. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sears, Roebuck and Company
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
inception 1892 ⓘ
industry department stores ⓘ
mail-order ⓘ
retail ⓘ
keyPerson Edward Lampert ⓘ
Julius Rosenwald ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
legalForm corporation ⓘ
mergedInto Sears Holdings Corporation ⓘ
notableFor being one of the largest U.S. retailers in the 20th century ⓘ
pioneering mail-order catalogs in the United States ⓘ
notableProduct Craftsman ⓘ
DieHard ⓘ
Kenmore ⓘ
Sears, Roebuck & Co. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sears catalog
offeredService credit services ⓘ
home kit houses ⓘ
operatedStoreFormat Sears, Roebuck & Co. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sears Auto Center

Sears, Roebuck & Co. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sears Essentials

Sears Grand ⓘ
Sears Outlet ⓘ
full-line department stores ⓘ
operatedSubsidiary Sears Canada ⓘ
parentOrganization Sears, Roebuck & Co. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sears Holdings Corporation
peakPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
SearsTowerLaterRenamed Willis Tower ⓘ
servedArea Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
stockExchange New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
tickerSymbol S ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kmart Corporation → acquired → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
Sears Grand → brandFamily → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears
Montgomery Ward → competitor → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sears Grand → developer → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
Willis Tower → developer → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
Isaac Sears → familyName → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears
William R. Sears → familyName → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears
Jefferson Valley Mall → formerAnchorTenant → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears
Sears, Roebuck & Co. → foundedAs → Sears, Roebuck & Co. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: R.W. Sears Watch Company
Allstate → foundedBy → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sears Holdings Corporation → foundedBy → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Landover Mall → hadAnchorTenant → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears
Riverchase Galleria → hasFormerAnchor → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears
South Shore Plaza → hasFormerAnchor → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears
Cape Cod Mall → hasFormerAnchorTenant → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears
Sears, Roebuck & Co. → hasOfficialName → Sears, Roebuck & Co. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears, Roebuck and Company
Sears Outlet → inventorySource → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears full-line stores
Kmart Corporation → mergedWith → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
Sears Holdings Corporation → mergerOf → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Edward Lampert → notableInvestment → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. → notableProduct → Sears, Roebuck & Co. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears catalog
Sears Outlet → operatedBy → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
Sears, Roebuck & Co. → operatedStoreFormat → Sears, Roebuck & Co. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears Essentials
Sears, Roebuck & Co. → operatedStoreFormat → Sears, Roebuck & Co. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears Auto Center
Sears Grand → parentCompany → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
Sears Outlet → parentCompany → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
Sears Holdings Corporation → parentCompanyOf → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears
Sears Canada → parentOrganization → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. → parentOrganization → Sears, Roebuck & Co. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears Holdings Corporation
Sears Holdings Corporation → predecessor → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sears Grand → relatedBrand → Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sears