Sears became the first store to open at HANCOCK CENTER, in October 1963. It was joined by the first shopping-mall-based Dillard's, in February 1964.
Photo from Sears, Roebuck & Company Annual Report 1963

Among the mall's thirty-four stores and services was Snyders-Chenards, a local ladies ready-to-wear shop. The opulently-appointed store, the chain's third branch, was decorated in a "contemporary Mediterranean flavor."
Drawing from the Homart Development Company