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Sears Puerto Rico
Sears Roebuck de Puerto Rico, Inc., or just Sears de Puerto Rico, was a subsidiary of Sears based in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. The division was founded in 1961, as a subsidiary to the main Sears Roebuck and Company. The company's line of business included the retail sale of general lines of apparel such as suits, coats, dresses, and home furnishings. Sears Roebuck and Company established itself in Puerto Rico in 1937, opening a catalogue store that year. At its peak, Sears had 10+ locations on the island. The last Sears store open in the island at the Plaza Las Américas shopping mall closed on August 31, 2025.
Despite the last Sears store in Puerto Rico having shut down, the Sears Puerto Rico website is still up as of February 7, 2026.
On August 3, 1937, it was reported that A. W. McClosay and R. E. Paonessa had arrived at the island, accompanied by their respective wives. McClosay and Paonessa were senior officials of the Sears Roebuck and Company, of the United States, and had come to the island with the purpose of opening an office and showroom for a large part of the products sold by said company at the time through their catalogue business. Sears in this way wanted to strengthen the relationship between them and its clients on the island.
On September 15, 1937, the first Sears Roebuck and Company catalogue store on the island would open in San Juan, the capital city of Puerto Rico. By the 1940s, more catalogue stores had opened on the island, being located in the cities of Ponce, Mayagüez and in the town of Fajardo.
On January 18, 1951, it was reported that a new catalogue store had opened in the city of Caguas. Around two thousand people would attend the inauguration of the Sears that would be established at Muñoz Rivera Street, several demonstrations were made in relation to different household items. The officials from the headquarters at the time in Philadelphia, present at the Inauguration ceremony, were very pleased with the interest shown by the public in the demonstrations offered, during which many people placed their orders with the company.
On May 30, 1951, it was reported that as of June of that year, the town of Río Piedras would have a new catalogue store which would be inaugurated in said town on the occasion of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the initiation of the company's businesses. The new catalogue store, according to Mr. Antonio Franco, then administrator of Sears on the Island, would be the most elaborate of all of the company's catalogue stores in Puerto Rico at the time.
On August 7, 1954, Sears would announce the inauguration of its new location in the town of Vega Baja in Puerto Nuevo. By the late 1950s, Sears locations had opened in Santurce and Caparra Terrace in San Juan.
On January 31, 1961, Sears Roebuck and Company announced the formation of a new local wholly owned Latin American subsidiary Sears Roebuck de Puerto Rico, Inc., which initially would operate six existing stores, five in Puerto Rico, and one in the St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
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Sears Puerto Rico
Sears Roebuck de Puerto Rico, Inc., or just Sears de Puerto Rico, was a subsidiary of Sears based in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. The division was founded in 1961, as a subsidiary to the main Sears Roebuck and Company. The company's line of business included the retail sale of general lines of apparel such as suits, coats, dresses, and home furnishings. Sears Roebuck and Company established itself in Puerto Rico in 1937, opening a catalogue store that year. At its peak, Sears had 10+ locations on the island. The last Sears store open in the island at the Plaza Las Américas shopping mall closed on August 31, 2025.
Despite the last Sears store in Puerto Rico having shut down, the Sears Puerto Rico website is still up as of February 7, 2026.
On August 3, 1937, it was reported that A. W. McClosay and R. E. Paonessa had arrived at the island, accompanied by their respective wives. McClosay and Paonessa were senior officials of the Sears Roebuck and Company, of the United States, and had come to the island with the purpose of opening an office and showroom for a large part of the products sold by said company at the time through their catalogue business. Sears in this way wanted to strengthen the relationship between them and its clients on the island.
On September 15, 1937, the first Sears Roebuck and Company catalogue store on the island would open in San Juan, the capital city of Puerto Rico. By the 1940s, more catalogue stores had opened on the island, being located in the cities of Ponce, Mayagüez and in the town of Fajardo.
On January 18, 1951, it was reported that a new catalogue store had opened in the city of Caguas. Around two thousand people would attend the inauguration of the Sears that would be established at Muñoz Rivera Street, several demonstrations were made in relation to different household items. The officials from the headquarters at the time in Philadelphia, present at the Inauguration ceremony, were very pleased with the interest shown by the public in the demonstrations offered, during which many people placed their orders with the company.
On May 30, 1951, it was reported that as of June of that year, the town of Río Piedras would have a new catalogue store which would be inaugurated in said town on the occasion of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the initiation of the company's businesses. The new catalogue store, according to Mr. Antonio Franco, then administrator of Sears on the Island, would be the most elaborate of all of the company's catalogue stores in Puerto Rico at the time.
On August 7, 1954, Sears would announce the inauguration of its new location in the town of Vega Baja in Puerto Nuevo. By the late 1950s, Sears locations had opened in Santurce and Caparra Terrace in San Juan.
On January 31, 1961, Sears Roebuck and Company announced the formation of a new local wholly owned Latin American subsidiary Sears Roebuck de Puerto Rico, Inc., which initially would operate six existing stores, five in Puerto Rico, and one in the St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
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