Sears Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: SHLD), a company that has been around for more than 130 years, was at one time the largest mail-order retailer to rural America. In 1931 it accounted for more than 53.4% of total mail-order sales. It survived through not only one but two world wars and the Great Depression.
In its early years, Sears transformed the middle class by giving it access to products people couldn’t previously afford, like dresses, shoes, sewing machines, and even ready-to-build homes.
But now, Sears tells a different story, one much less successful.
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