Sears – News, Research and Analysis – The Conversation

Paper is part of seasonal marketing for both bricks and mortar and online retailers. Joanne E. McNeish/(/Quicksilver Agency/YouTube)

December 16, 2021

Why toy shops — and Amazon — are tapping into paper catalogues

Joanne E. McNeish, Toronto Metropolitan University

The sensory importance of touch and nostalgia are some reasons retailers won’t turn the page on paper catalogues.

About 23,000 companies went out of business in 2017. Reuters/Nick Zieminkski

September 12, 2019

How corporate bankruptcy works

Lindsey Simon, University of Georgia

A bankruptcy filing always means there’s not enough money to go around, but the process ensures both debtors and creditors are protected.

Critics have worried Purdue might use bankruptcy to avoid accountability. AP Photo/Jessica Hill

August 29, 2019

Why companies file for bankruptcy – and how it protects both debtors and creditors

Lindsey Simon, University of Georgia

While critics accuse companies facing lots of lawsuits of using bankruptcy as a sort of ‘get of jail free card,’ the reality of the legal procedure is more complicated.

The Sears catalog made it easier for anyone to live the American dream. Classic Film

January 27, 2020

How Sears helped make women, immigrants and people of color feel more like Americans

Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, Case Western Reserve University

Sears and other department stores not only changed how Americans consumed but altered the very nature of society and culture as well.

Shoppers browse at a Sears Canada store in Toronto in October after the company began liquidation sales. Its retirement funds are short $308 million, forcing a 19 per cent cut to employee pensions. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)

November 7, 2017

Sears Canada tarnishes the gold standard of pensions

Michael J. Armstrong, Brock University

Sears Canada’s bankruptcy should alert employees and regulators alike to rethink defined-benefit pensions.

Articles on Sears

Displaying all articles