"Catch your man with taste-tempting donuts!" That was an actual ad from the '50s or '60s urging women to trap men with baked ...
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When the Sears Wish Book made Christmas magical

The arrival of the Sears Wish Book catalog was always a monumental event at Christmas, and for kids like my brother, sister and me, it was pure fun. We eagerly flipped through the pages, marking all ...
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Sears Roebuck was once one of the nation’s leading retailers. Currently, just a handful of Sears stores remain open across the country, and news reports suggest they might not ...
Rural King will open in the former Sears location at the Anderson Mall, which has been vacant since 2018. The farm and home store is expected to increase foot traffic and help revitalize the shopping ...
CHESTERTOWN — Local singer/songwriter Ashley Chapa recently released two Christmas singles, "Christmas When We Were Together" and "A Love that Feels Like Christmas." These songs cap off an incredible ...
The current Sears store count is five, and this year’s Black Friday will probably be its last. Sears could not defend itself from startups Walmart and Amazon. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement?
Sears was once a retail giant with over 3,500 stores, a number that included Kmart locations after its 2005 merger. But today, it is a mere shadow of what it once was, and people are wondering if it ...
Sears, once America’s largest and most important retailer, could very be going into its last Christmas shopping season. The Sears chain had 2,000 stores as recently as 20 years ago and more than 200 ...
When Paul Meltzer bought his colonial revival house on Denton’s Oak Street, he was told his new property was a catalog home. His research revealed that the home, built between 1926 and 1927, was a ...
There was a time when one could not think of Craftsman without also thinking about Sears. That is because Craftsman was originally established as the department store's in-house tool brand, but that ...
It’s a move that might seem old school, but it could improve the shopping experience big time. Catalogs evoke nostalgia and can capture children's attention, even in a digital age. Retailers like ...
Walmart is experimenting with paper catalogs. Yes, you read that correctly. The retail giant that helped drive countless catalog companies out of business is now testing the very medium many ...