Research
2019 TWICE Top 100: Watch List
Keeping close tabs on key players that appear to be reaching either strategic or existential crossroads
Kmart
Retail
Sears, Kmart Stage Post-Bankruptcy Relaunch
Marking re-emergence with new marketing, store format and licensees
Retail
Sears Marks 40 Stores For Closure While Laying Out Its Black Friday Playbook
The struggling retailer is "humbled" by an outpouring of customer support.
Retail
Attention Sears And Kmart Shoppers: ‘We’re Open For Business’
Amid store closings, the retailer is out to win the holidays
Appliances
Sears’ Bankruptcy ‘Immaterial,’ Appliance Manufacturers Say
Vendors, retailers prepared for the long-expected filing from “America’s first Amazon”
Retail
Sears’ Losses Double As Store Closings Mount
But investors see comp-sale improvements as a sign of hope.
Retail
Sears Showed Softer Side During Holiday Season
It was not the merriest of Christmases for Sears and Kmart.
Retail
Sears Trimming HQ Staff
Sears Holdings is eliminating about 220 corporate posts, with the majority coming out of its Hoffman Estates, Ill., headquarters.
Retail
Sears Closing 103 More Stores
The New Year is bringing another wave of store closures at Sears Holdings.
Keeping Current
More Store Closings Afoot For Sears
Sears, which has already closed 347 stores since last year, is about to add another 72 Sears and Kmart locations to the list. “Sears...
news
Sears & Kmart Black Friday Ads Leaked
If the latest leaks are to be believed, Sears and Kmart will both push Samsung TVs on Black Friday. According to ad-leak site BFAds.net,...
Keeping Current
New Jersey’s Retail Vacancy Rate Is Rising
New Jersey’s native son Bruce Springsteen probably wasn’t thinking retail vacancies when he wrote “The Rising,” but the Garden State, which is among the...
news
More Kmart Closures A’Coming
Sears Holdings is about to pull the plug on 64 more Kmart stores, according to published reports, or about 8 percent of its remaining...
news
Sears To TWICE: Kmart’s A Key Asset
Sears Holdings has taken strong exception to a TWICE article, based on a published report, which questioned whether Kmart is in the process of...
news
Is Sears Preparing To Pull The Plug On Kmart?
Reports of Kmart’s impending demise are reaching a fever pitch. Sales associates who spoke to Business Insider believe the beleaguered chain is in the...
Keeping Current
Could Sears Be Closing Kmart?
Back-of-the-napkin estimates suggest that Sears Holdings will shutter as many as 90 more Kmart stores this summer, which would represent 10 percent of the...
news
NBC Keeps It Real On The Set Of ‘Superstore’
Attention shoppers: If the backdrop to NBC’s new retail sitcom “Superstore” looks familiar, it should — the pilot was filmed in a Burbank, Calif.,...
news
Kmart Kicking Off Cyber Monday Deals On Sunday
Attention Kmart shoppers! Taking a page from Walmart, the chain will begin its Cyber Monday deals on Sunday, Nov. 29, and transform the one-day...
news
Kmart Remains The King Of Thanksgiving Store Hours
Updated! Despite the hubbub around Thanksgiving Day store openings, Kmart, for more than two decades now, has traditionally skipped the turkey and went straight for...
news
Black Friday Watch: Sears To Open Thanksgiving Evening
In what may be a compromise between opposing Thanksgiving Day camps (to open or not to open?), Sears said it will once again delay...
news
Attention Kmart Shoppers: Take A Musical Trip Down Memory Lane
For anyone longing to relive the decidedly non-distinct sounds of Kmart background music, Mark Davis has you covered. The former service desk employee diligently...
Financial
Sears’ Electronics, Appliance Sales Slump In Q2
Sears’ venerable appliance business took another hit this season, while the retailer continued to distance itself from CE. Parent company Sears Holdings said comps...
Financial
Sears’ Sales Fall Amid Digital Divergence
Hoffman Estates, Ill. – Sears Holdings’ same-store sales continued to decline during its fiscal second quarter, as chairman, CEO and chief investor Eddie Lampert...
Financial
Sears Holdings Narrows Q1 Losses
Hoffman Estates, Ill. – Sears Holdings reported a $303 million loss for its fiscal first quarter ended May 2, compared to a year-ago loss...
news
Kmart Plans BF Marathon
Hoffman Estates, Ill. — Flying in the face of a fledgling closed-for-Thanksgiving retail movement, Kmart said it will remain open for 42 consecutive hours,...
Financial
Sears’ Woes Continue Amid Turnaround Efforts
Hoffman Estates, Ill. — Sears Holdings announced a half-billion net loss for its second quarter, ended Aug. 2, a result that chairman and CEO...
news
Sears, Kmart Providing Cross-Store Pickups
Hoffman Estates, Ill. — Sears and Kmart customers can now pick up their online orders in-store at either chain. Parent company Sears Holdings said...
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