| 1928 | Jan 3, 1928 - Charles Morgan Kittle, president of Sears, Roebuck & Co. and former senior vice president of the Illinois Central, died yesterday at St. Luke's hospital of septic poisoning which set in following an emergency operation for gail stones on Christmas day. He was 47 years old. ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/456351492.html?dids=456351492:456351492&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+03%2C...Sears+Roebuck...
|
|
| 1929 | Dec 3, 1929 - Negotiations for a $300000000 merger of Sears, Roebuck Co. and the JC Penney Company into the largest merchandising organization in the country are in progress. Reports of the big deal were circulated here today and were circumstantially confirmed by Julius Rosenwald, ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60F13FA3C5D157A93C1A91789D95F4D8285F9
|
|
| 1930 | Apr 19, 1930 - Reports of the projected--merger-of Sears, Roebuck Co. and Montgomery Ward Co., the Chicago mail order and chain store ;-drew confirmation an_d also ... General R,:::E Wood, of Sears; Roebuck :Co.;wwho was . ink San Antonio inspecting the branch there, suggested there.must-. mistake. ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70E14FF3D5C157A93CBA8178FD85F448385F9
|
|
| 1931 | Oct 6, 1931 - State street's largest and most significant lease in several years, just negotiated between Sears, Roebuck & Co., as lessee, and the estate of Levi E. Leiter, as lessor, for possession of the famous old eight story building at State and Van Buren, once occupied by Siegel, Cooper & Co. ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/459420032.html?dids=459420032:459420032&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+06%2C...SEARS-ROEBUCK...
|
|
| 1955 | May 8, 1955 - Mrs. Sophie Rosenwald Adler, whose late husband, Max, and late brother, Julius Rosenwald, were executives of Sears, Roebuck Co., died today in her home in Beverly Hills, Calif., after a long illness. She was 84 years old. The Adlers were the donors of the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70A13FB345B167B93CAA9178ED85F418585F9
|
|
| 1969 | Nov 7, 1969 - Robert E. Wood, who built Sears, Roebuck Co. into the world's largest merchandising concern, died today at his home in this Chicago suburb. He was 90 years of age. Mr. Wood, who was a brigadier general in the Army before his retirement in 1918, was also well known for his right-wing ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50F13FA3E591A7493C5A9178AD95F4D8685F9
|
|
| 1992 | Nov 28, 1992 - Sears, Roebuck & Company, unhappy about the recent lack of profits from its century-old catalogue operations, is considering changes, a Sears spokesman said yesterday. "We've made many changes in recent years, but we are not pleased with the performance," Gordon Jones, ... www.nytimes.com/1992/11/28/business/company-news-sears-roebuck-is-studying-changes-for-catalogues. html
|
|
| 1993 | Jan 26, 1993 - In 1896, with Alvah Roebuck, Sears put out the first general merchandise catalogue, 532 pages of items to tempt a farm and rural population isolated by rutted roads and sprawling geography. Through war years and peace, in boom times and bad, the dog- eared catalogue became a fixture in ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518931061.html?dids=518931061:518931061&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+26%2C...pub...Sears%2C+Roebuck...
|
|
| 2002 | Jan 8, 2002 - Sears, Roebuck & Company said today that it would open 15 new stores and remodel 50 others by the end of the year. The plans are the first wave of a four-year remodeling program in which 600 of Sears largest stores will be revamped to offer more convenience while improving operating ... www.nytimes.com/2002/01/08/business/sears-roebuck-plans-to-open-15-stores.html
|
|
| 2004 | Nov 18, 2004 - By Dan Weeks. Kmart Holding Corp has agreed to buy Sears, Roebuck & Co, the largest US department-store chain, for $US11 billion ($A14.2 billion) to create the third-biggest US retailer. The transaction creates a company with $US55 billion in annual revenue, Kmart and Sears said in a ... www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/11/17/1100574542280.html?from=storylhs
|
|
