Sears

The mall experience in America, especially here in Lafayette, Louisiana, just isn't what it used to be.

Dick's Sporting Goods is bringing one of its latest concepts to the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge.

Growing up in Louisiana you probably shopped at some or all of these retail giants. They're not with us anymore but we still have the memories of a much simpler time.

LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL News) - It appears we will soon see the last of Sears in Louisiana as the company is set to shut down its Lafayette Home & Life store, one of only two like it in the country. It's been a relatively rapid exit for Sears, an iconic brand that has been closing down stores across Louisiana and the country over the last decade amid bankruptcy filings. In 2017...

The old Sears building at the Acadiana Mall in Lafayette has been sold to a developer and it will be renovated and turned into a climate-controlled self-storage facility.

Once the chain store that beat all chain stores and an icon in the shopping world, Sears is finding it impossible to keep up with modern times and has deteriorated becoming only a caricature of its once dominant self.

After the dust clears on this latest round of closings, there will reportedly only be 31 locations still open for business in the United States.

Amazon is "in talks" with Simon Property Group to convert the large empty retail spaces into Amazon fulfillment centers. These empty stores would transform into warehouses that ship online orders.

A wiring issue could create a burn hazard for unsuspecting users.

Lafayette is one of only three cities that are getting a new store concept from Sears, and it opens this Memorial Day Weekend.

The online shopping giant may be ready to pounce on these vacant buildings.

Liquidation sales could begin by the middle of the month and at least one of the stores will be shuttered by early September.

A part big part of your childhood years is coming back.

The Lafayette Transit System will no longer serve the Acadiana Mall after complaints the city buses were causing damage to parts of that private road that circles the mall.

Sears Holdings Corp. is announcing it is cutting ties with Paula Deen, adding to the list of companies cutting ties following revelations that the Southern celebrity chef used racial slurs in the past.

An up-and-down day on Wall Street as the Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 46 points. Rhonda Bordelon has your stock market report on today's Acadiana Business Index.

It looks like Sears and K-Mart stores in Louisiana will be spared...for now.

Two national stores closing shop have state retail analysts taking notice. Sears Holding Corporation says it will close between 100 and 120 Sears and K-Mart stores after a bad holiday sales season.

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