did the company sears & roebuck drop the "roebuck" name just because he was a black person?

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are just to make it short!

Answer 1

Alvah Curtis Roebuck, co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Co., was born on January 9, 1864, in Lafayette, Ind.

When Alvah was three years old, his family moved to a farm about five miles outside of Lafayette. It was there that Alvah attended country school, and his mother took over the family farm when her husband died in 1876.

At an early age, Alvah showed a great interest in mechanical things, and at 16 he was already a self-taught watchmaker. When he reached 22, Alvah secured a position in a small jewelry store in Hammond, Ind. The following year, impatient to get ahead and earn more money, he began scanning the help-wanted sections of Chicago newspapers.

On April 1, 1887, Roebuck answered an advertisement for a watchmaker in the Chicago Daily News, and two days later he received a reply—Richard W. Sears wanted to hire him. Thus began the association of two men who would soon form one of the world's best-known business partnerships. The firm was incorporated as Sears, Roebuck and Company in 1893.

In 1895, Roebuck asked Sears to buy him out. However, at Richard Sears' request, he took charge of a division that handled watches, jewelry, optical goods, and, later, phonographs, magic lanterns and motion picture machines. His business interests did not end with Sears. He later organized and financed two companies: a manufacturer and a distributor of motion picture machines and accessories. Roebuck also served as president (1909-1924) of Emerson Typewriter Company, where he invented an improved typewriter, called the "Woodstock."

After several years in semi-retirement in Florida, the financial losses he suffered in the stock market crash of 1929 forced Roebuck to return to Chicago. By 1933, Roebuck had rejoined Sears, Roebuck and Co., where he largely devoted his time to compiling a history of the company he helped found.

Then, in September of 1934, a Sears store manager asked Mr. Roebuck to make a public appearance at his store. After an enthusiastic public turnout, Mr. Roebuck went on tour, appearing at retail stores across the country for the next several years.

Alvah Roebuck returned to his desk at company headquarters in Chicago, where he enthusiastically assumed the task of compiling a corporate history until his death on June 18, 1948.

There is a photograph of the man on the link provided, Mr. Roebuck was not an African-American.

Answer 2

When Did Sears Drop Roebuck

Answer 3

Wow Jim gives a long answer, but not to the question that was asked.

There is no longer a company named "Sears Roebuck & Company"

The name is "Sears Holdings Corporation"

It is traded on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol "SHLD".

The company, which was created through the March 2005 merger of Kmart Holding Corp. and Sears, Roebuck and Co., is the nation's third largest broadline retailer, with some 3,800 full-line and specialty retail stores in the U.S. and Canada.

Answer 4

The name of the company is Sears,Roebuck & Co.
It also list 3 or 4 other partners,over the years it was trimmed down to Sears probably to make it more simple and concise.
All of the original parteners are dead so theyr feelings are spared..

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Just To Make It Shorter And Sears Sounded More Catchy....