Definitions for Sears
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1. Sears

   Sears, Roebuck and Company, colloquially known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1892, reincorporated (a formality for a history-making consumer sector initial public offering) by Richard Sears and new partner Julius Rosenwald in 1906. Formerly based at the Sears Tower in Chicago and currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the operation began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925. The first location was in Evansville, Indiana. In 2005, the company was bought by the management of the American big box chain Kmart, which formed Sears Holdings upon completion of the merger. In terms of domestic revenue, Sears was the largest retailer in the United States until October 1989, when Walmart surpassed it. As of 2017, Sears is the 23rd largest retailer in the United States. After several years of declining sales, its parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 15, 2018.

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1. SEARS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sears is ranked #1085 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Sears surname appeared 32,206 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 11 would have the surname Sears.
   
   83.3% or 26,847 total occurrences were White.
   10.9% or 3,527 total occurrences were Black.
   2.2% or 718 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2% or 663 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 271 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 180 total occurrences were Asian.

Anagrams for Sears »

1. arses

2. rases

How to pronounce Sears?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sears in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sears in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Sears in a Sentence

1. Carrie Gleason:

   Hedge funds are systematically destroying jobs across the nation, from Toys' R' Us to Sears, these financial predators are extracting the value out of these retail establishments, forcing the closure of thousands of stores, and throwing tens of thousands of workers into the streets.

2. Even Lampert:

   Our bid reflects our firm belief that there is a future for Sears as a smaller, less indebted retailer.

3. Ken Perkins:

   Macy's is the primary draw, layer on top of this vacancies from JCPenney, Sears and other regional department store closures, and its difficult to see how many of these malls go forward.

4. William Lazonick:

   They're just a waste of money. They're only going to give a temporary price bump, for a company as troubled as Sears to be doing repurchases, it's predictable it's in the state it is now.

5. Jim Sinegal:

   The conventional wisdom said that you had to have a different name for every class of product that you had — a la Sears Roebuck with the Kenmore appliances and the DieHard batteries and the Craftsman tools, we looked at it and we said, you know, we're in so many countries and we have such a wide array of products we'll have a room full of attorneys that are doing nothing but trying to clear these names.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html