The retailer once had more than 3,400 Sears and KMart stores combined, but now has just five stores still open.

More than a century after it began as a mail-order powerhouse, Sears is down to just five full-line department stores in the United States. The company once operated more than 3,400 Sears and Kmart ...

There was a time when Sears was as big as it gets in the retail game in the United States, and having the store’s catalog in ...