Harlingen Sears to close, retailer files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
No word yet on when the store will close. USA Today says liquidation sales at the additional stores are expected to begin within two weeks, according to a court filing. The company has struggled with outdated stores and complaints about customer ...
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 ...