This is the most comprehensive list of Sears and Kmart closings I have managed to find so far. It's a bit hard to navigate, but it has all the stores closing from 2011 to April 2018. The tidbits about closings also tell a lot about how Sears... — read more 

Alabama- no stores Alaska- no stores Arizona- 4 Arkansas- 2 California- 54 Colorado- 4 Connecticut- 3 Delaware- 4 Florida- 19 Georgia- 5 Guam- 1 Hawaii- 2 Idaho- 3 Illinois- 12 Indiana- 12 Iowa- 9 Kansas- 3 Kentucky- 5 Louisiana- 4 Maine- 4 Maryland-... — read more 

I found two more Kmart stores that will be closing in the following few months: Kmart in Rockford and the Big Kmart store in Brandon. Here's link to both, for those interested:... — read more 

Sears in the Southern Park Mall will be closing. Howard Riefs, Sears Holding Co.'s director of corporate communications, confirmed the closure on Thursday, saying it was "difficult, but necessary."... — read more 

There will not be any closings this quarter.

I have heard from a reliable source high up at the mall that Simon MAll will be buying back, or not renewing the lease from Sears Peabody, MA. This person says this will happen in 2019. Now that is still 9 months away, I didnt think it would be that... — read more 

What does Sears sell that is special? They could put the tools and appliances in with Kmart and rebrand the entire operation as Kmart. A refreshed Kmart brand available in every market is a good all around store where families can shop for essentials... — read more 

I am not a troll. I am not someone trying to stir up trouble. I am not attempting to create panic. I am simply someone who has a pretty good take on what is ahead. From what I know, from what I've researched, and from what I can clearly see I believe... — read more 

Most Kmarts in the northeast or Mid-atlantic. Regional taking a tour this week to announce or preparing to announce. Pretty telling that they announce and celebrate a profit in 4Q and then close more stores. What you do does not matter, SHC is dead... — read more 

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/05/sears-holding-delta-air-hit-by-customer-data-breach-at-tech-firm.html

I don't do cashiering and never have so no idea if something was messed up on that end or were our bonus points benefit taken away at closing countdown "last 5 days"? Bought something yesterday that was $20 and redeemed enough points that I paid... — read more 

What is the point of scanning signs down? Is it to tell whether or not they are being put up in the first place? What a waste of time, especially with handwritten signs over res signs

Are any sears closing in the las vegas area

An email was left on the print with dates for inventory. Most of the stores within our district (Ohio/WV/Kentucky) are slotted for a late May through early June inventory date. However, our store and 3 others, are slotted for late August dates. Our... — read more 

Sears will hang on until POTUS has his way with Amazon. So all of you'll who are expecting Sears to file soon are going to be disappointed. Sears too is currently banking on POTUS. Let's all hope for the best.

What is the point if this anyway? So they can hi-lite their folder of who can do what? I don’t consider 3 hours to go over what all is done in backroom from RTV to building bar b que pits actual training where I wd be able to do any one of the many... — read more 

Small town, really the only retailer in town.. Walmart is approximately 15-20 miles away so when this particular Kmart closes, there won’t be much shopping left in town other than grocery stores. Just wonder if anyone knows anything I realize that... — read more 

Is Sears using Contractors, or does the Blue Crew still exist?

That will be a Friday, in case anyone was wondering. As far as I know, nothing out of the ordinary will happen for SHC that day. But since no idiots have posted a date for a title recently, I thought we were overdue.

April fools or not, grapevine today has closures being announced this week. A joint list of Sears and Kmarts..Not going to be a small one. Kmart supposedly posted a good 4th quarter but don't matter. Time to jump off this sinking ship unless you want... — read more 

The Kmart in my area just announced that they're closing this week. Not closing this week but beginning liquidation. Rides on the tail of the other area Sears closing that will be gone 4/9. The local Sears was on a recent list but the Kmart was not.

Recent AP layoffs have gone unmentioned on this site

I was just wondering if there was talk about any more positions being eliminated? My mom is stressing again and I'm trying to calm her down, but it's not really working. Wherever I look, there are no mentions of any more layoffs or position cuts, but... — read more 

People really Order so weird stuff to be shipped to store. I have noticed a huge upswing in orders coming in UPS and a lot of it is just random crap. I’m guessing most of it is people attempting to use up their points.

Very annoying as a customer when the associate looks at you funny when you ask to use your free cash. It should be automatic and the computer systems should be able to use free cash instead of a coupon. For example if I have a $12 free cash off a $50... — read more 

SYW could've have been good but it's yet another example of poor execution by SHC. It's like the Amazon situation where Sears had the potential to really succeed in the online marketplace but chose petty cost cutting and poor customer service over... — read more 

When an associate resigns from Sears on good terms, how long does it take for unused vacation hours to be paid to that associate? Does it normally happen automatically or is a phone call to 88 Sears necessary to initiate the payout?

Revelations are coming. Sears has screwed over too many employees.

• Amazon is a fallacy. • Stock gain was due to Eddie’s interview which meant nothing in terms of shld’s liquidity. • Gas buddy/SYW have partnered to receive more information on customers. • Eddie makes 1 dollar per customers data. • How many... — read more 

Sears CEO Eddie Lampert only gets a salary of $1 a year to run the troubled retailer. But he does get a stock bonus, and for 2017 that bonus increased by $850,000, giving him a 24% raise... — read more 

What is going on with parts and service stores? Several seem to be closing.

I know when the company liquidates, employees get no severance, but is the situation the same with bankruptcy? Is there any money allotted for workers or do we come last in that case as well? If that's the truth, than those who were laid off recently... — read more 

We've had open positions for every department in our store. A neighboring store is in a similar predicament. We are short on home appliances, home improvement, store support, softlines. Most of these positions have been open for months. Our softlines... — read more 

Somebody mentioned this in another thread, and it got me wondering. How low does Sears stock need to go before all hell breaks loose? We came as low as $2.18 last week, but the stock seems to be rebounding and is close to $2.8 now. However, when (and... — read more 

If you read the news coverage this morning, you will see that they are quoting Sears as having 12-18 months of run time left before bankruptcy is even considered......so not quite as dire as some are making things out to be. Where was this said? Any... — read more 

This is probably BS, but it's worth repeating. The grapevine says Eddie and David Simon are close to an agreement on selling all Sears and/or Seritage properties attached to Simon malls. Some stores would close, while others would start paying rent... — read more 

SHLD up 11% in very heavy trading on Rumor that Amazon owner Jeff Bezos is contemplating strategic partnership with SHLD stores to expand retail footprint.

Does anyone here work at the newly opened (specialty) or refreshed in the last couple years? Has it been rational to open these while many others are closing? Thanks

What does Eddie have that a lot of that businesses want? Data! This whole concept of him selling physical properties, lines of business, and product lines is all garbage. Why go out of your way to partner SYW with the likes of Uber, Expedia... — read more 

Does Routing still have 4, or 5 centers?