In 1989, which company surpassed the one bought by Kmart in 2005 has an anchor store in the Holly Hill Mall and Business Center as largest retailer?
Sears Sears, short name for Sears, Roebuck & Company, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1886. Formerly based at the Sears Tower in Chicago and currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, it began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925. The company was bought by the American big box chain Kmart in 2005, which renamed itself Sears Holdings upon completion of the merger. In terms of domestic revenue, Sears was the largest retailer in the United States until October 1989, when Walmart surpassed the record. It is currently the fifth-largest American department store company by sales as of October 2013 (behind Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and The Home Depot), and the twelfth-largest retailer in the country overall. Sears operates divisions in Canada and Mexico, as well as several other subsidiaries within its brand.
Forman Mills Forman Mills, Inc. is a Pennsauken, New Jersey-based retail chain and department store with 35 stores, located in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Delaware, New Jersey, Washington DC, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, New York City and their suburbs. They also operate a store at the Iverson Mall in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland. It was begun by Richard Forman when he started selling items at the Columbus Farmers Market. The chain is known for their low-priced designer clothing such as shirts, pants, shorts, capri pants, and hats.