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The Billionaire Who Led Sears Into Bankruptcy Court
by By WILLIAM D. COHAN
16 Oct 2018 at 3:00am
Financial engineers like Eddie Lampert are wreaking havoc on American companies.
Sears Plan to Get Out of Bankruptcy Has a Familiar Ring
by By MICHAEL CORKERY
15 Oct 2018 at 1:55pm
The retailer says it will do more of what it has been doing in recent years: closing stores and borrowing more money from its controlling shareholder.
Chelsea?s Baking Shop Finds a New Home
by By FLORENCE FABRICANT
15 Oct 2018 at 1:37pm
The daughters of the founder of the New York Cake Academy have moved the bakeware shop and baking school to a larger space.
How Sears Was the Amazon of Its Day
by By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
15 Oct 2018 at 11:49am
It was a technological wonder ? until the retail landscape changed and new innovation, and greedy owners, arrived.
When Sears Was Everywhere: Espionage, Politics and Fine Art
by By TIFFANY HSU
15 Oct 2018 at 10:52am
Over its long history, the retailer has had an influence in some unexpected places.
Sears Went From Gilded-Age Boom to Digital-Age Bankruptcy
by By TIFFANY HSU
15 Oct 2018 at 2:49am
The retailer was the innovator of its time, building a thriving mail-order business before going brick-and-mortar. Now, much of that is going away.
Sears, the Original Everything Store, Files for Bankruptcy
by By MICHAEL CORKERY
14 Oct 2018 at 10:06am
The retail chain struggled to adapt to changes in how Americans shop and engaged in risky financial engineering, racking up big losses.
Index Fund Investors? Simpler Approach May Enrich Returns
by By CONRAD DE AENLLE
12 Oct 2018 at 11:30am
Fund investors often earn less than they could because emotions get in the way. People who use index funds seem to make fewer and better choices.
Saving Sears From Potential Bankruptcy Should Have Started Six Years Ago
by By JENNIFER SABA
12 Oct 2018 at 7:46am
The company?s chief executive, Eddie Lampert, had plenty of chances to turn the company around. It may now be too late.
The Transformational Bliss of Borrowing Your Office Clothes
by By SHEILA MARIKAR
12 Oct 2018 at 2:00am
Rent the Runway?s Unlimited service saves working women something more valuable than money: their time.
