Sears ditches clothing with new smaller format
After its journey through bankruptcy, Sears is getting ready to open its first batch of smaller stores that won’t carry clothing but will instead focus on appliances, mattresses and home services.
Bankruptcy judge gives Sears another chance, OKs $5.2B plan
A bankruptcy judge on Thursday blessed a $5.2 billion plan by Sears chairman and biggest shareholder to keep the iconic business going.
Sears survives a near-death experience, but for how long?
Sears will live on — at least for now.
Sears gets another reprieve from liquidation
Sears received another possible lifeline Tuesday when the company’s chairman and largest shareholder promised to line up the necessary financing to keep the struggling department store chain afloat.
The Amazon of its day, Sears’ woes were years in the making
Before there was Amazon — or, for that matter, Home Depot or Walmart or Kmart — there was Sears.
From its beginnings as a mail-order watch business in Minneapolis 132 years ago, the company grew to become America’s everything-under-one-roof store and the biggest retailer in the world.
Hard times for Sears as retailer notes doubt about future
Sears, a back-to-school shopping destination for generations of kids, has said that after years of losing money that there is “substantial doubt” it will be able to keep its doors open.
Sears second quarter loss widens on sluggish sales
Sears Holdings Inc. recorded a hefty second-quarter loss Thursday on another sales slump, raising more concerns about the future of a company that once was a staple of American shopping.
Our View: Sears closing
It will be sad to see this American icon disappear from the local landscape.
Leigh Mall owners mum on new tenants for Sears space
An anchor since Leigh Mall’s inception nearly four decades ago, Columbus’ Sears store permanently will close April 29, as part of a nationwide corporate restructuring in response to sluggish sales, amid a still-shaky economy.
Local Sears store to close next month
Columbus’ Sears store will close April 29. In December, Sears Holding Corp. announced the Columbus store is one of three in the state to be closed, due to poor profit performance. Stores in Jackson and McComb, as well as 100 to 120 Sears and Kmart stores across the country, were also announced for closure.
Sears closure date unknown; residents mourn job loss
Few details are being released about the closure of the Sears store in Columbus’ Leigh Mall.
Sears Holding Corp. announced two days after Christmas the Columbus store is one of three in the state to be closed due to poor profit performance.
Sears at Leigh Mall to close
The Sears store at Leigh Mall is one of three that Sears Holdings plans to close in Mississippi. However, employees at the store were not aware of the closure late Thursday afternoon.
Sears announces store closures
Sears Holdings Corp. announced Tuesday plans to close 100 to 120 stores after 2011 losses. However, the status of individual stores is still unknown. Sears includes Kmart stores and the Lands’ End brand.