In 2005, Sears Holdings was one of the largest retailers in the world with more than 3,400 Sears and KMart locations combined ...

Only five Sears stores remain in the country, with the end likely near for what was once the mightiest American retailer.

Sears is closing at least 42 stores, including 33 Sears stores and nine Kmart stores. The closing stores span 26 states including Arizona, California, Florida, Missouri, Ohio, and Minnesota. Most of ...

Sears is closing 64 Kmart stores and 39 Sears stores.

Sears, once the world's largest retailer: Sears, Roebuck and Co in El Paso, Texas circa 1940. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images) The names of what were once two of U.S. retail's biggest names look to ...

This Black Friday could very likely be the start of the final holiday shopping season for Sears and Kmart, two brands that once proudly dominated the US retail landscape. The two chains are only a ...

Sears, the 133-year-old company that was once the jewel of American retail, continues its slow and precipitous decline. It keeps shuttering Sears and Kmart stores, even after emerging from a ...

NEW YORK -- Sears continues to shrink. The once iconic American retailer is closing 28 more of its Kmart stores later this year. The new store closures are on top of 180 Sears and Kmart locations that ...

(CNN) — This Black Friday could very likely be the start of the final holiday shopping season for Sears and Kmart, two brands that once proudly dominated the US retail landscape. The two chains are ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- It's yet another sign of how tough it is for former retail giants to compete in a world now dominated by online shopping. Sears said Thursday it would close 108 Kmart stores and 42 ...

In one of the largest retail mergers in recent memory that could alter both the world of traditional retail and the e-commerce landscape, Sears Roebuck & Co. has agreed to merge with the resurgent ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about department stores; past and present. Transformco, the parent company of Kmart and Sears, quietly advertised ...