When downtown Sears opened, it was the Amazon of 1929. And it was huge
It was big news on Aug. 7, 1929, when Sears, Roebuck & Co. was getting ready to open its first store in Louisville — a $1 million art deco beauty at 8th and Broadway — as it shifted from a mail-order business to brick and mortar buildings in more ...
Sears Hometown Store still serving community
"Are y'all going to close?" a man asked while paying at the Sears Hometown Store on Downing Pines Road. "No, we'll still be here," said store manager Michelle McIntosh. The franchise, owned by brothers-in-law Richard Turnley and Jim Slaughter, is going ...
Stanley, Sears to have competing Craftsman tool brands
Plenty of consumers know Sears' iconic Craftsman tool brand. Now they'll have to get to know its doppelganger. When Stanley Black & Decker bought the Craftsman brand from Sears Holdings Corp. last year, the deal — valued at $900 million — let both ...