Yes, Sears is the place - was the place - for appliances, tools, paint, tires. Their toy section and "wish book" catalog were great at Christmas.
I actually use the sears catalogs online if I want to remember prices for things at different times - it's insightful into how things change in cost.
Of course, JC Penney used to have appliances, tools, car repair, fabric, and other stuff too just like Sears.
One of the problem is Americans became audiences rather than participants so stupid clothing stores are all that seem to matter. Everything else is handled by much smaller speciality retailers.