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June 19, 2013
RILA elects Sears president to its board

The Retail Industry Leaders Association elected Ron Boire, president of Sears and Kmart, to its board of directors, during its semi-annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

May 28, 2013
Cold weather delivers ‘unacceptable’ Q1 results for Sears

Sears Holding Corp. reported a bigger-than-expected net loss of $279 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2013, compared to net income of $189 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2012.

May 23, 2013
OfficeMax Workplace expands networking services

OfficeMax Workplace, the U.S. business-to-business division of OfficeMax, has expanded its IT Lifecycle Management Services to help customers streamline their technology work environments.

May 16, 2013
Kenmore celebrates centennial

Kenmore, one of Sears Holding Company’s key proprietary brands, has turned 100. The brand made its debut on sewing machines in 1913. Since then it has expanded to refrigerators, washing machines, dryers and dish washers.

May 9, 2013
Former Eli Lilly exec heads to Sears

Sears Holdings has appointed former Eli Lilly CIO Jeff Balagna as its new EVP and CIO. In his new role, Balagna will be responsible for all technology and infrastructure initiatives for the company in its support centers and in-store.

May 8, 2013
Sears and DeWalt team up in Vegas

Research from DeWalt found that 650 out of 1,000 pros were aware of DeWalt mechanic tools. That's pretty good awareness. But DeWalt didn't have mechanics tools at the time of the survey.

May 2, 2013
Sears Holding shifts focus to omni-channel

Among the highlights of the first Sears Holdings shareholder meeting since Edward Lampert became chairman and CEO were details on the company's progress in combining its brick-and-mortar and online businesses.

April 24, 2013
Harley-Davidson rides with Craftsman

Craftsman and Harley-Davidson have teamed up to produce co-branded, special-edition tool storage products available now in Sears stores and online.

April 23, 2013
Kmart store robbed, sensitive electronic info compromised

An armed robber allegedly stole sensitive electronic information on pharmacy customers from a Kmart store in Little Rock, Ark., last month, the mass merchandise retailer said.

April 17, 2013
Sears Holdings launches fulfillment service for merchants

Sears Holdings is offering a simple, cost-effective way for businesses to manage storage, picking, packing and shipping of customer orders from Sears Marketplace and other places a merchant sells products.

April 15, 2013
Kmart joins team to fight childhood hunger

Kmart and Shop Your Way are teaming up with New York Times bestselling author Sandra Lee to support the Share Our Strength Bake Sale for No Kid Hungry campaign. The national fundraising initiative encourages people to host bake sales in their communities to help end childhood hunger in the United States.

April 10, 2013
Sears Holdings launches new fashion and lifestyle unit

Sears Holdings has launched a new business unit that will focus on the development of entertainment-driven fashion and lifestyle brands.

April 2, 2013
OfficeMax goes big with small business store

OfficeMax Inc. has unveiled a new format in downtown Milwaukee to better serve local small business customers.

March 29, 2013
Former RadioShack chief joins Sears Outlets board

Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores has elected James Gooch to its board of directors and as chair of the audit committee of the board of directors.

March 25, 2013
Kmart celebrates 30 years of March of Dimes support

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Kmart has launched its 30th annual fundraising campaign to benefit the March of Dimes. Donors can contribute in-store at any Kmart and online via a link at kmart.com/marchofdimes. M

March 21, 2013
Supervalu sale complete

Supervalu has completed the sale of its Albertsons, Acme, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s and Star Market stores and related Osco and Sav-on in-store pharmacies to AB Acquisition LLC, an affiliate of a Cerberus Capital Management-led investor consortium, in a stock deal valued at $3.3 billion, including $100 million in cash and $3.2 billion in debt assumption.

March 18, 2013
Sears Holdings honored for energy efficiency

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized Sears Holdings with a 2013 Energy Star Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence Award for its continued leadership in protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency.

February 28, 2013
Sears Holdings profits improve amid soft sales

Fourth quarter operating profits at Sear’s Holdings on an adjusted basis improved. 22% and same store sales at Sears flagship stores turned modestly positive.

February 22, 2013
Albertsons appoints division presidents

Albertsons named the division presidents who will lead the 877 stores it will acquire from Supervalu after the purchase agreement closes next month, the company said.

February 21, 2013
OfficeMax.com named best of the Web

Office Max's retail website, OfficeMax.com, was named a 2012 Best of the Web award winner.

February 6, 2013
Kmart, Essence help empower African Americans

Kmart has partnered with Essence Magazine's finance expert, Tanisha Sykes, for the sixth-annual Share the Word campaign to provide financial empowerment to African-Americans.

February 1, 2013
OfficeMax, Brandon Marshall score touchdown for Chicago teachers

OfficeMax partnered with Chicago Public Schools and wide receiver Brandon Marshall to surprise 100 local teachers on Thursday with a $100,000 total donation in essential school supplies for their classrooms.

January 22, 2013
Jewel-Osco celebrates Black History with Chicago events

Jewel-Osco announced that it is celebrating Black History Month this February with the company’s 14th annual “A Taste of Black History” program.

January 17, 2013
OfficeMax to help businesses stake their domain

OfficeMax is joining forces with Go Daddy, a leading Web hosting and domain name provider.

January 10, 2013
Supervalu splits in half

In a move that will reunite all Albertsons stores under one operator, Supervalu on Thursday morning announced a definitive agreement under which it will sell 877 stores across the Albertsons, Acme, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s and Star Market banners and related Osco and Sav-on in-store pharmacies to AB Acquisition, an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, in a transaction valued at $3.3 billion.

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