Could Black Friday 2025 Be Sears’ Last? Inside the Final Holiday Season of a Retail Icon
Sears enters Black Friday 2025 with only five full-line department stores left in the U.S., down from about 2,000 two decades ago. One of the remaining locations in Coral Gables, Florida, is slated for redevelopment. Industry analysts say this holiday season could be the 132-year-old retailer’s last as a significant brick-and-mortar presence. The last Sears in Puerto Rico closed in August.