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Here We Go Again – Sears Holdings Closing More Stores

The trend continues – Sears Holdings announced that they will close 46 more stores by November. Of those stores, 33 are Sears and 13 are Kmart. This announcement follows the news in June that the company was already planning on liquidating almost 100 other stores. Liquidation sales for these stores will begin the week of Aug. 27.

The company stated they will continue to evaluate their network of stores and make further adjustments as needed. Sears has been continually trimming its real estate footprint as sales dwindle and shoppers turn more to online shopping opportunities. Their stock has dropped 85 percent the last year and they are in the midst of evaluating a bid from Lampert’s to buy the Kenmore appliance brand for $400 million. That’s more than triple the price of Sears current market cap.

Read more on Sears Holdings and get a full list of the stores closing here.

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Sears Closing 72 Stores in the Near Future

Sears Holdings announced this week that they have identified one hundred additional stores that continue to be unprofitable. Representatives of the company say they are not liquidating just for the sake of liquidating, instead their plan is to get capital in order to fulfill pensions for their employees. The department store chain has found themselves in a constant cycle of closing low performing stores to reduce costs. But even as expenses were cut, sales continued to fall further.

At the end of the first quarter, Sears and Kmart had 894 stores operating. That’s 381 fewer than it had a year ago. In January 2018 the company announced the closing of 64 Kmart stores and 39 Sears stores. Some locations are even being auctioned off online.

CEO of Sears Holdings said they’re not erring on the side of “this store might work,” however instead of investing the time and money, they’re staying on the cautious side.

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