Cox Communications to buy Sears retail stores

Sears, once America's top retailer, has been purchased by Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises. The company owns cable TV franchises and newspapers - including the Atlanta Journal.
Cox officials say they do not expect to make a lot of changes in personnel, but do intend to take the company in a more "upscale" direction, while preserving their traditional product lines which remain popular.
"It will always be Sears" said CEO Benjamin Sollew in Chicago, "it is still the place where America shops."
At the Galleria Sears in Houston, assistant manager Ashante Youngblood said he had been told the company wasn't planning any major changes in the product lines. "We will still be selling seersucker suits" he said, adding that "I guess now we'll have to start calling them Coxsucker suits."