Report: Sears Closing 20 More Stores, Opening One

Sears Holdings Corporation, parent company of Sears and Kmart, has recently been on a store-closing spree, seeking to lower its expenses to escape a looming retail death spiral. Today, the company announced the opening of a new appliances and mattresses concept store, while also informing employees that the company plans to close another
20 Sears department stores.

Business Insider received the list from Sears insiders. The stores included are scattered across the country, but notably include three stores each in New York and Ohio.

So far this year, Sears Holdings has announced the closings of 150 stores announced in January, and 65 stores announced two weeks ago.

The store closings closings follow the layoffs of 130 corporate employees in February and 400 last week.

Address	Town	State
4575 La Jolla Village Drive	San Diego	CA
8201 S Tamiami Trail	Sarasota	FL
1601 N Harlem Ave	Chicago	IL
9701 Metcalf Ave	Overland Park	KS
5715 Johnston Street	Lafayette	LA
126 Shawan Road	Cockeysville	MD
17318 Valley Mall Road	Hagerstown	MD
32123 Gratiot Avenue	Roseville	MI
14250 Buck Hill Road	Burnsville	MN
1640 Route 22	Watchung	NJ
1425 Central Avenue	Albany	NY
4000 Jericho Turnpike	East Northport	NY
601-635 Harry L. Drive	Johnson City	NY
7875 Johnnycake Ridge Road	Mentor	OH
6950 W 130th Street	Middleburg Heights	OH
3408 W Central Avenue	Toledo	OH
650 Bald Hill Road	Warwick	RI
300 Baybrook Mall	Friendswood	TX
9570 Southwest Freeway	Houston	TX
5200 South 76th Street	Greendale	WI

The retailer also is trying a new concept store. Similar to the appliances-only test store in Colorado, the Appliances & Mattresses store in Pharr, TX, is a 20,000 square foot showroom for those two product lines. The store will carry 10 brands of appliances, including the retailer’s own Kenmore brand, and major brands of mattresses with space to try them out.

The store will also serve as a pickup point for online purchases from Sears and from Kmart, perhaps looking ahead to a future when people want to test mattresses in person, but don’t need a full-line Sears store nearby.

by Laura Northrup via Consumerist