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      <image:caption>Sears Optical closing | Source: Sears Optical</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sears’ Home and Life stores - a new concept store selling Home Appliances and other hardlines items, | Source: Sears Holdings</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Gardening tools supply at a Sears store in Fort Worth, Texas in December, 2019</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sears’ Tool department, specifically air compressor tools and garage supplies - taken at a Sears store in Fort Worth, Texas in December, 2019</image:caption>
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