Retail
The Long, Hard, Unprecedented Fall of Sears
An icon of 20th century American retailers laid low.
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In 1989, Sears Roebuck & Co. ruled America as its biggest retailer. It loomed over rivals from a perch high above Chicago, inside what was once the world’s tallest building—one bearing the company’s name.
The fall from that height may finally be nearing an end.