Richard Sears, who was born into a wealthy Minnesota family that lost its fortune in a speculative stock deal, was working as a station agent in 1866 when he began selling watches in a side business ...

Sears didn’t just sell washing machines and Craftsman tools; it built the way America shopped, then slowly dismantled it. Its story is loaded with business plays that today’s brands should either ...

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