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
The Billboard Guide to Tejano and Regional Mexican Music includes the musical biographies and discographies of 300 musicians in the Tejano, norteno, conjunto, grupo, mariachi, trio, tropical/cumbia, vallenato, banda, and regional Mexican music, and are listed alphabetically. The music guide also includes a glossary and Burr's "top 10" albums and singles of various regional Mexican music genres. The guide also includes an essay on the evolution of Tejano and regional Mexican music. The music guide was published in 1999, a period when Latin music entered the popular market and during the end of the 1990s Tejano music renaissance era. In the 1990s, Tejano music became one of the fastest-growing