The early 1980s were a watershed moment for digital technology. Aside from the imminent personal computing revolution, it was clear that video recording could change the way we did everything from ...

I was driving past what used to be Towne Square Mall. I glanced over at the part that used to be Sears. It’s been closed since December 2014. And the mall has been closed for the past two years. It’s ...

CARLINVILLE, Ill. — She speaks with the fervor of a woman possessed. In the cadence of a grange hall auctioneer, Laurie Flori jabs a finger at each house on her street, every one ordered from Sears, ...

Photos show Sears in its heyday during the 20th century. — -- Once a go-to department store that dates back to the 19th century, Sears today reported another double-digit sales decline. As part ...

A view from the author's desk, featuring two of his favorite fictional characters (and Yadier Molina) Photo: Whet Moser The other day I found myself telling my four-year-old daughter that there's no ...

She speaks with the fervor of a woman possessed. In the cadence of a grange hall auctioneer, Laurie Flori jabs a finger at each house on her street, every one ordered from Sears, Roebuck and Co. “That ...

The death of the much-loved Al Boscov can raise a question about the fortunes of department stores before his popular department store arrived York in the late 1980s. We'll tell that story through the ...

Just a few weeks after Lorie and Tom Annarella moved into their Downers Grove home, they looked out the window and saw a man with a camera and a high-powered lens taking pictures of their house. Not ...

In 1989, Sears Roebuck & Co. ruled America as its biggest retailer. It loomed over rivals from a perch high above Chicago, inside what was once the world's tallest building — one bearing the company's ...