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Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned being a
director or officer, or both, of SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO., a New York corporation
(the Company), does hereby constitute and appoint ALAN J. LACY, GLENN R.
RICHTER, and THOMAS E. BERGMANN with full power to each of them to act alone,
as the true and lawful attorneys and agents of the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution to each of said attorneys, to execute, file
and deliver any and all instruments and to do any and all acts and things which
said attorneys and agents, or any of them, deem advisable to enable the Company
to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereto,
relating to the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28,
2002, including specifically, but without limitation of the general authority
hereby granted, the power and authority to sign his or her name in the name and
on behalf of the Company or as a director or officer, or both, of the Company,
as indicated below opposite his or her signature, to the annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 28, 2002 or any amendment or papers
supplemental thereto; and each of the undersigned does hereby fully ratify and
confirm all that said attorneys and agents or any of them, or the substitute of
any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has subscribed his or her
name, this 12th day of March, 2003.

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|NAME                                      |  | TITLE                                                                                                  
|                                          |  |                                                                                                        
|/s/Alan J. Lacy

Alan J. Lacy             |  | Chairman of the Board of Directors,
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
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|/s/Glenn R. Richter

Glenn R. Richter     |  | Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal 
Financial Officer)                       
|                                          |  |                                                                                                        
|/s/Thomas E. Bergmann

Thomas E. Bergmann |  | Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)                                           





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|/s/Hall Adams, Jr.

Hall Adams, Jr.       |  | Director
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|/s/Brenda C. Barnes

Brenda C. Barnes     |  | Director
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|/s/James R. Cantalupo

James R. Cantalupo |  | Director
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|/s/Donald J. Carty

Donald J. Carty       |  | Director
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|/s/W. James Farrell

W. James Farrell     |  | Director
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|/s/Michael A. Miles

Michael A. Miles     |  | Director
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|/s/Hugh B. Price

Hugh B. Price           |  | Director
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|Dorothy A. Terrell                        |  | Director
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|/s/Raul H. Yzaguirre

Raul H. Yzaguirre   |  | Director