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1887 Sears published a mail-order catalog offering watches, diamonds, and ... 
This A.C. Roebuck & Company later became Sears, Roebuck and Company and 
in ... In 1886, while working for a railroad company, he obtained permission to 
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name to Sears, Roebuck and Co. in 1893 and began selling not only watches but 
... After his death in 1924, Rosenwald's son Lessing succeeded him as ... Lessing 
led the charge behind the company's shift from predominantly a mail order 
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Richard got his opportunity to get into the mail-order business in 1886 when a ... 
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It was a mail-order operation selling watches and jewelry under the name of A.C.
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... his substantial fortune in a stock farm venture; his father died two years later. ... 
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Question: He began selling watches by mail order in 1886 & later hired a repairman named A.C. Roebuck to work for him
Answer: Richard Sears