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40 New Sears, Kmart Store Closures Announced, Including Three In NY 40 New Sears, Kmart Store Closures Announced, Including Three In NY
40 New Sears, Kmart Store Closures Announced, Including Three In NY Less than a month after it filed for bankruptcy and announced the closures of 142 Sears and Kmart stores, Sears Holdings is saying it's planning to close another 40 stores in February. The new round of closures means there will be roughly 660 Sears and Kmart stores still open. Liquidation sales at the 40 locations set to close will start late next week.  There are three stores slated to shut down in New York among those 40: Kmart 805 New York Ave., Huntington Sears, 3065 Route 50, Saratoga Springs Sears, 21182 Salmon Run Mall, Watertown  The one store in Connecticut in the ne…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Nearly 200 Sears, Kmart Workers In Area Will Lose Jobs Following Bankruptcy Declaration Nearly 200 Sears, Kmart Workers In Area Will Lose Jobs Following Bankruptcy Declaration
Nearly 200 Sears, Kmart Workers In Area Will Lose Jobs Following Bankruptcy Declaration Nearly 200 Sears and Kmart employees will lose their jobs following the official filing for bankruptcy by Sears Holdings. Last week, Sears announced that it would be closing another 142 unprofitable Sears and Kmart locations, including several in the area. Those closures will reportedly impact According to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed on Oct. 15, 42 employees at Kmart on Route 6 in Mahopac would be let go; 55 employees at Sears in the Jefferson Valley Mall would face termination; 76 employees at the Sears at The Shops in Nanuet; and 12 at Sears on Route 59 in Nanu…

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by Zak Failla
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Sears CEO Raises Doubts About Company's Future, Citing 'Substantial Obstacles To Profitability' Sears CEO Raises Doubts About Company's Future, Citing 'Substantial Obstacles To Profitability'
Sears CEO Raises Doubts About Company's Future, Citing 'Substantial Obstacles To Profitability' Despite undergoing a paradigm shift and attempting to change gears in the way it does business, Sears continues hemorrhaging money, casting its future in doubt. Sears CEO Eddie Lampert said that his company has been “working hard to transform its business and unlock the value of its assets,” which includes a shift from traditional retailing to a more member-centric company. Despite these changes, things are looking bleak for the once vibrant company. “The journey to running a member-centric company on a consistently profitable basis has taken far longer than we expected,” Lampert said in a …

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by Zak Failla
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Sears Store In Hudson Valley Among 103 Closing Nationwide Sears Store In Hudson Valley Among 103 Closing Nationwide
Sears Store In Hudson Valley Among 103 Closing Nationwide A Sears store in the Hudson Valley is among 103 closing nationwide, parent company Sears Holdings announced.All told, 64 Kmarts and 39 Sears stores nationwide will be shutting their doors permanently between early March and April, Sears Holdings said. The area store is one of the original anchors of the Hudson Valley Mall, off I-87 and Route 9W in Ulster County. “Sears Holdings continues its strategic assessment of the productivity of our Kmart and Sears store base and we will continue to right size our store footprint in number and size,” it said in a statement. “In the process, as previo…

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by Daily Voice