Sears (Mexico) to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands where he supervised the business expansion of the islands. From 1955 to 1993, Sears opened stores throughout Mexico. On April 2, 1997, Sears, now owned by Sears Holdings, formed a strategic alliance with Grupo Carso, owned by Mexican businessman Carlos Slim Helú, through which Sears agreed to sell 85% of its share of Sears Mexico to Grupo Carso, until 1997. As of 2007, Grupo Carso owned a 100% share of the company. Even though Sears unveiled a new lowercase logo in the United States in 2010, Sears Mexico still retains the pre-2004 logo (in
Grupo La Norteñita apples and annually plants new fields at the rate of 250,000 trees. It employs 5,000 people at peak harvest and packs 2 million boxes of apples. Production is 50 bins/acre (50 tons/ha), 30% of production is Red Delicious and 70% is Golden Delicious. 40% of the area is not in production, including Gala plantings. Built in 2006, the headquarters is located at km 98.5 of the Chihuahua – Cuauhtémoc Highway. Grupo La Norteñita Grupo La Norteñita is a Mexican corporation headquartered in Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico that produces apples whose quality and quantity is ranked worldwide. It mainly grows, transforms and