Richard W. Sears Biography

Richard W. Sears biography

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NAME: Richard W. Sears
OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur
BIRTH DATE: December 07, 1863
DEATH DATE: September 28, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH: Stewartville, Minnesota
PLACE OF DEATH: Waukesha, Wisconsin

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Richard W. Sears was an American merchant who is best known for developing his mail-order jewelry business into the retail company Sears, Roebuck.

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Richard W. Sears was an American merchant who is best known for developing his mail-order jewelry business into the retail company Sears, Roebuck and Company. Sears started by starting a watch company which he sold for $100,000. He soon partnered with Alvah C. Roebuck to start the company that we know today, selling a wide variety of goods through a mail-order catalog.