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Richard Warren Sears (December 7, 1863 – September 28, 1914) was an American company manager, retail businessman and the co-founder of department store Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Alvah Curtis Roebuck.
Richard Warren Sears (1863 – 1914) and his partner A. C. Roebuck founded the first large-scale mail-order business in the United States and one of the world's largest retail stores. The company's extensive catalog eventually became a fixture in U.S. homes and changed the way people shopped.
Richard W. Sears (born December 7, 1863, Stewartville, Minnesota, U.S.—died September 28, 1914, Waukesha, Wisconsin) was an American merchant who developed his mail-order jewelry business into the huge retail company Sears, Roebuck.
Along with his partner A.C. Roebuck, Richard Warren Sears founded the first large-scale mail-order business and one of the world's largest retail stores. The company's extensive catalog eventually became a fixture in American homes and changed the way people shopped.
Sears, Roebuck and Co. (/ s ɪər z / SEERZ), commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began as a mail ordering catalog company migrating to opening retail locations in 1925, the ...
Richard Warren Sears was born December 7, 1863, in Stewartville, Minn., to James Warren and Eliza Sears. Although Sears’ father was at one time fairly prosperous, he lost all of his money—about $50,000—in a failed stock-farm venture.
Richard W. Sears. Sears, Roebuck & Company. 1893–1908. Industry: Retail. Era: pre-1900. After having much success selling a small order of watches he had come across while working as a telegrapher, Sears entered the merchandising business full time and devoted his business to rural, relatively poor farmers.
