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Sears at the Louis Joliet Mall in Joliet announced Monday that it will close near the end of the year. The announcement came shortly after Sears Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday. (Photos by)
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Carson's department store is seen at the Louis Joliet Mall in Joliet. The Chicago-based retailer, one of four anchor stores at the mall, closed earlier this year. (Eric Ginnard)
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Sears at the Louis Joliet Mall announced it will close near the end of the year Monday, Oct. 15, 2018 in Joliet, Ill. The announcement came shortly after Sears Holdings, parent company of the 132-year-old Sears, Roebuck and Company, filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on Monday. (Eric Ginnard)
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FILE- In this Nov. 29, 2007, file photo a person shops at the Sears store in Berlin, Vt. Sears has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, buckling under its massive debt load and staggering losses. The company once dominated the American landscape, but whether a smaller Sears can be viable remains in question. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File) (Toby Talbot)
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FILE - In this Aug. 23, 1961, file photo shopper Arlene Hardt, right, is shown drapery samples by clerk Lucille Jagusch at the Golf-Mill Sears Roebuck department store in Niles, Ill. Sears has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, buckling under its massive debt load and staggering losses. The company once dominated the American landscape, but whether a smaller Sears can be viable remains in question. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - In this July 16, 1969, file photo people watch the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket launch on multiple TV's at a Sears department store in White Plains, N.Y. Sears has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, buckling under its massive debt load and staggering losses. The company once dominated the American landscape, but whether a smaller Sears can be viable remains in question. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File) (Ron Frehm)
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The Carson Pirie Scott, which closed earlier this year, remains closed off at its former Joliet location at the Louis Joliet Mall. (Alex Ortiz)