Troubled retailer Sears is closing more locations.
Sears Holding Co. announced Thursday it will close 18 Sears stores and 45 Kmart locations. The announcement comes after a brutal year for Sears, which closed hundreds of Sears and Kmart locations in the past 12 months.
Employees were informed of the closures today. The stores are set to close in late January 2018 with clearance sales starting this week.
Two Alabama stores are on the closure list: Sears in Tuscaloosa and Kmart in Albertville. The Sears Auto Center in Tuscaloosa will close in early December. The store itself will close in January 2018.
The closures are an effort to "right size" its footprint, Sears said in a statement.
"In the process, as previously announced we will continue to close some unprofitable stores as we transform our business model so that our physical store footprint and our digital capabilities match the needs and preferences of our members," the company said. "It's important to note that these stores will remain open to serve members during the holiday season."
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Eastern ave. store in Balto. will close. Shopped there a lot when I was living up there. Not the best location, but it was a really great store.
ReplyDeleteI don't see how Salisbury missed the cut.
ReplyDeleteSalisbury will be on list soon, more than likely !!
ReplyDeleteWas in Sby store the other day
ReplyDeletein cosmetics, most of the shelves
were not stocked properly or were
messy looking.
I assume they've cut back on help
or what they have just don't care.
Why don't they just sell tools and screws - for get makeup clothes toys. Stick with what the are good at.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid,Montgomery wards and Sears was pretty much it.We had JC Penny's for clothes,and a bunch of everything in the old mall.Ames eventually came along & gave us another discount option for clothes,and my parents loved McRory's and Woolworths.I never heard of a Wal Mart until it came in the early 90's.Things won't be the same without Sears,which eventually will leave the Centre.
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