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Sears Towers

No mention on Sears Towers - America's tallest building built by Sears ?

Rewards Point Conversion Error/Clarification Needed

Someone please clarify the rewards point conversion.

One cent on the dollar per point.... and 22,000 points does not multiply out to $22.00

Is it a typo of the 22,000 point value? A mis-statement of the points-per-penny? A multiplication error?

E caroline (talk) 11:21, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

AIDS and misogyny in the picture (change it please)

The catalog scan picture reads "AIDS that every woman appreciates". Of course this is meant as "kitchen aids" but still. This gives me an uneasy feeling. Today, AIDS stands for a deadly sexual disease. Clearly not "every woman appreciates"! Couldn't we replace the picture with a more neutral one? Besides, it seems not gender-neutral to me. Why does only a woman appreciate help in the household? Why not men, too? Pleace change the picture. 93.219.173.174 (talk) 06:20, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Respectfully, are you serious? The picture is a historical artifact. In 1918, AIDS didn't exist. By your logic, an article on slavery couldn't show an illustration of a black man in chains because that would be racist. I'm sorry about your uneasy feeling. Perhaps you should take a laxative. Gtwfan52 (talk) 06:29, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification of term used

What is a "cube jeweler"? This term is used in the first paragraph of the "Mail order catalog" section. I have not been able to find the definition anywhere. Regards, Oldfarm (talk) 23:31, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

First logo?

Is there some subtlety to the definition of logo of which I'm not aware? The 1966 logo shown can't possibly be the first that Sears used; I distinctly remember "Sears" (possibly "and Roebuck") in white letters on a red circle, dating from the late 1950s and early 60s. And since the company is so old, I doubt that even that was the first version. JustinTime55 (talk)

A retailer, not a WWE wrestler

Why the drama in the article?

"its main rivals are JCPenney, Belk and Macy's. Montgomery Ward was a former rival until 2000, when it met its brutal demise."

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 Is there some subtlety to the definition of ''logo'' of which I'm not aware? The 1966 logo shown can't possibly be the first that Sears used; I distinctly remember "Sears" (possibly "and Roebuck") in white letters on a red circle, dating from the late 1950s and early 60s. And since the company is so old, I doubt that even that was the first version. [[User:JustinTime55|JustinTime55]] ([[User talk:JustinTime55|talk]])
+== A retailer, not a WWE wrestler ==
+Why the drama in the article?
+:"'''its main rivals''' are JCPenney, Belk and Macy's. Montgomery Ward was '''a former rival''' until 2000, '''when it met its brutal demise'''."