Sears is an American based chain of department stores founded in 1893 by Alvah Curtis Roebuck and Richard Warren Sears. Formerly it was based in Sears Tower in Chicago and now it is headquartered in Hoffman Estates in Illinois. Initially, the Corporation started as a mail ordering catalog company and then started opening different retail centers in 1925.
In the 1980s, Sears was considered as the largest retailer in the United States but later in 1990 Walmart and Kmart Surpassed Sears in terms of sales. In 2018 Sears emerged as the 31st biggest retailer center in the United States.
After many years of decline in sales, on October 15, 2018, Sears Parent company registered for bankruptcy. On January 16, 2019, Sears announced that it had won the bankruptcy auction and would shrink to 425 stores. However, the trend of Sears store closures always continues. However Sears continues to work online, by selling different categories of products on its website: appliances, clothing, Jewelry, fitness, electronics, outdoor products, and many others.