TUKWILA, Wash. — Once a mainstay of American retail, Sears has closed its last remaining store in Washington. It had been an ...

The last Sears in Washington state will permanently close its doors this weekend. The Southcenter Sears had been nearly ...

It wasn’t so long ago that the name “Sears” was synonymous with American retail and with holiday shopping in particular.

At Southcenter, where Sears opened in 1994, the store had recently been losing customers not only to online rivals but also to other brick-and-mortar stores, including those in the mall ...

“Sears and Montgomery Ward — that’s pretty much where you shopped,” Kay Smith, 80, told The Seattle Times. “I blame it all on online shopping.” Just days ago, the store was seen ...