By 1893, the successful watch sales partnership between Sears and Roebuck formally launched as Sears, Roebuck, and Company.

The trend only lasted a handful of years. Beginning with Sears' 1963 fall/winter catalog, only monkeys, mynah birds and hamsters were offered — no other types of pets — based on the catalog archives.

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Sears (officially Sears, Roebuck & Company) is a chain of American department stores. The company was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1886; it was previously based in ...