Sears, Roebuck and Co. was once the world’s largest retailer, operating nearly 3,500 Sears and Kmart stores. Now, only 22 stores remain in business after the company’s massive downsize.

TUKWILA — Even with the wreaths ... Founded in the 1880s as a mail-order watch business by Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck, Sears gradually expanded into a full-line retailer whose popular ...

TUKWILA, Wash. — Once a mainstay of American retail, Sears has closed its last remaining store in Washington. It had been an anchor store at Southcenter Mall in Tukwila for 30 years.