Sears, the struggling retailer hurt by its own missteps and a bad economy, unveiled its strategy this week for getting back in the toy game, showing off a new toy department in its Woodbridge ...

The downfall of Sears and Toys “R” Us is delivering a silver lining to surviving chains, which are picking up business from displaced shoppers.

During the 1980s, gender-neutral advertising receded, and by 1995, gendered toys made up roughly half of the Sears catalog’s offerings—the same proportion as during the interwar years.

Take a trip back to 1966 as we flip through a vintage Simpsons Sears Christmas Catalogue! From retro toys to classic holiday gifts, this page-turning session is a cozy blast from the past for every ...

Just a few months after Toys R Us shut its doors, another iconic retailer may be absent from the retail landscape this holiday season as Sears reportedly hovers on the brink of bankruptcy. If the ...

Sears will be the second major American retail brand to go under, after Toys “R” Us, in the past 12 months. But the two bankruptcies will likely feel very different to consumers.

The Sears bankruptcy has made suppliers to the retailer skittish — and some investors are looking to make a buck off the situation. A group of distressed-debt purchasers has been floating ...

Hofman Estates-based Sears is opening new Toy Shops within 79 of its existing stores to help kids and parents shop for toys year-round. The Sears Toy Shops offer a hand-picked selection of toys, a ...

The ghost of Toys R Us is haunting Sears suppliers. Since filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Sears Holdings Corp. has been trying to convince suppliers to keep shipping it merchandise by touting the… ...

Sears toy shops are set to debut Aug. 15 inside Sears stores in the Buena Park Mall, Inland Centre, Los Cerritos Mall, Montclair Plaza, Moreno Valley Mall and Westminster Mall. Toy shops will also ...

Sears Holdings Corp. employees urged Chairman Edward Lampert and other creditors to pay severance and save as many jobs as possible as the retailer goes through bankruptcy, echoing laid-off Toys ...

Retailers like Toys “R” Us and Sears are vanishing. Planet Fitness is stepping in to fill the abandoned spaces they left behind.