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The Beginning of Sears
This was when Richard Sears sent out his first watch through mail order -
Expansion
Sears went from a catalog that only sells jewlery to a 532 page catalog that sells a lot more that jewlery -
First Brick and Morter Store
This was the day Sears opened their first store, previously they did all their sales by mail and they thought rural communities were their consumers -
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Sears booming
In the 1920's Sears was opening a new store every other buisness day -
Sears Starting to Sell Less
Around 2008 was when Sears started to loose sales to online shopping and is no longer one of the biggest department stores in America -
Sears Today
Now, because of online shopping, Sears has more stores closing than ever before. They are on the brink of bankrupcy and cannot stay much longer