Historical clue formulations

• Big box store that merged with Sears in 2005 — 2026-07-08
• Bygone retail giant — 2026-06-14
• Onetime retail chain giant — 2025-12-29
• Former retail giant — 2023-03-26
• Retailer originally named the S. S. Kresge Company — 2021-06-12
• Store name with a big red initial — 2018-09-07
• Chain once self-styled as "the Saving Place" — 2017-09-30
• "Attention ___ shoppers!" — 2017-09-26
• Store known for its Blue Light Specials — 2017-01-03
• Sears buyer of 2005 — 2016-12-30
• The first one opened in Garden City, Mich., in 1962 — 2015-01-17
• Blue Light Special offerer — 2014-12-10
• Target competitor — 2014-03-02
• Target competitor — 2011-10-09
• Target competitor — 2009-03-24
• Retail chain started near Detroit in 1962 — 2006-09-29
• ___ shoppers — 2006-06-20
• Store first opened in Detroit in 1962 — 2006-02-03
• S. S. Kresge, today — 2005-12-06
• Target competitor — 2004-02-29
• S. S. Kresge, today — 2003-01-10
• Site of a blue light, maybe — 2002-01-13
• Kind of special — 1999-10-17
• It's headquartered in Troy, Mich. — 1999-09-05
• It first opened in 1962 — 1999-04-03
• Sears rival — 1998-12-07
• S. S. Kresge, now — 1998-10-31
• The first one opened in Detroit in 1962 — 1998-02-08
• Discount chain — 1995-11-19
• Sears rival — 1995-10-03
• S.S. Kresge, today — 1995-09-15