The birthplace of Sears, Roebuck & Co. was this railroad station, left, in North Redwood, Minn. A young station agent there, Richard W. Sears, right, launched the business in 1886 and moved to ...

But it wasn’t always this way. Gordon Weil, author of "Sears, Roebuck, USA," looks back on the history of the retailer. Photo: Getty ...

Sears: A history intertwined with the history of Chicago The roots of Sears, Roebuck and Co. date back to the 1880s in ...

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Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck started Sears in 1892. In its early years, it was primarily a catalog company.