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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Sears, Roebuck and Company [Sears, Roebuck and Company] BrE NAmE (alsoSears, Sears and Roebuck)
any of a very large group of US ↑department stores selling a wide range of products for the family. The company was begun in 1886 in ↑Minneapolis by Richard Sears. He was then joined by Alvah Roebuck when he moved the company to ↑Chicago in 1887. In 1891, they began the company’s famous mail-order catalogue (= book showing items that can be ordered by post). In 2004 the company was bought by ↑Kmart.
See also ↑Sears Tower
See also: ↑Sears
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