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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 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 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.

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 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.

March 1, 2013
Apparel retailer reduces 2013 growth plan

Following a year of rapid expansion, specialty apparel retailer Body Central said it will pare new store growth to 25 units in 2013 from 39 openings last year.

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 25, 2013
Body Central reshapes merchant group

Specialty apparel retailer Body Central has transformed its merchandising organization with four high level hires and the departure of former chief merchant Beth Angelo.

January 9, 2013
Kmart leverages star power to grow apparel sales

Select Kmart locations will carry apparel and accessories collections developed by pop superstars Adam Levine and Nicki Minaj in an effort to boost sales. Both collections will also be available via the ShopYourWay.com social shopping platform.

January 8, 2013
Sears loses CEO, but gains momentum

Just when things seem to be looking up for Sears Holdings, chairman Edward Lampert will assume the additional responsibilities of CEO following the revelation that current chief executive Lou D’Ambrosio will leave the company for family medical reasons.

December 13, 2012
Sears Holdings goes far afield for new board member

New York Mets baseball executive Paul DePodesta is the newest member of the Sears Holdings board.

November 30, 2012
Hometown is where Sears sees sales growth

It’s been awhile since Sears and the phrase "same store sales increase" were used in the same sentence, but that changed Thursday morning when the recently spun off hometown and outlet division product a 3.1% third quarter increase.

November 19, 2012
Sears Holdings seeks online success with digital decision

Sears Holdings is looking to replicate the success it had with digital initiatives in 2011 by turning to the same firm that helped it deliver results.

November 5, 2012
Sears Holdings offers upgraded rewards program

Sears Holdings is now offering its loyalty program members the chance to update their account to a Shop Your Way Max membership for $79 a year.

November 2, 2012
Sears/Kmart names Vero to top merchant role

Former OfficeMax executive Ryan Vero has been named SVP and president of grocery, drug and pharmacy at Sears Holdings.

October 23, 2012
Sears Holdings approves spin-off of Canada business

Sears Holdings' board of directors has approved the previously announced spin-off of a portion of its interest in Sears Canada Inc.

October 19, 2012
Sears Holdings expands relationship with Teradata

Sears Holdings has added the Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse Platform 6690 to its existing Teradata analytic environment.

October 12, 2012
Sears Holdings completes divestment of Hometown, Outlet businesses

Sears Holdings has successfully separated out its Sears Hometown and Outlet Sores businesses.

October 11, 2012
Sears honored for fuel efficiency

Sears Holdings has been honored with a SmartWay Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for being an industry leader in freight supply chain environmental performance and energy efficiency.

October 8, 2012
Kmart, Sears say holiday season will be busiest yet

Kmart and Sears are eliminating layaway service fees, starting a layaway home-delivery service and new in-store mobile features for what the company expects to be the busiest shopping season since 2007.

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