Sears Holdings Corporation

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Sears Holdings Corporation was an American retail holding company formed in 2005 that became the parent of Sears and Kmart before ultimately declining into bankruptcy.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf public company
retail holding company
announcedCraftsmanSale 2017
bankruptcyChapter Chapter 11
bankruptcyCourt United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
ceasedOperationsAs public retailer
CEO Edward Lampert
surface form: Edward S. Lampert
chairman Edward Lampert
surface form: Edward S. Lampert
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolutionDate after 2018 bankruptcy proceedings
fate bankruptcy and asset sale
filedForBankruptcy 2018
formationMethod merger
foundedBy Kmart Corporation
surface form: Kmart Holding Corporation

Sears, Roebuck & Co.
surface form: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
headquartersLocation Hoffman Estates, Illinois NERFINISHED
inception 2005
industry department stores
discount stores
retail
legalForm corporation
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Illinois
majorShareholder ESL Investments
mergerOf Kmart Corporation
surface form: Kmart Holding Corporation

Sears, Roebuck & Co.
surface form: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
numberOfEmployees over 300000 at peak
operatedChain Kmart Corporation
surface form: Kmart Super Center

Sears Essentials
Sears Grand
Sears Outlet
surface form: Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores
operatedFormat discount stores
full-line department stores
specialty stores
ownedBrand Craftsman
DieHard
Kenmore
parentCompanyOf Kmart Corporation
surface form: Kmart

Sears, Roebuck & Co.
surface form: Sears
peakStoreCount over 3500 stores
predecessor Kmart Corporation
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
surface form: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
soldBusiness Craftsman brand to Stanley Black & Decker
stockExchange NASDAQ
successor Transform Holdco LLC
tickerSymbol SHLD
tradedAs NASDAQ:SHLD
website http://www.searsholdings.com

Referenced by (9)

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Sears Grand brandOwner Sears Holdings Corporation
Sears Grand logoOwner Sears Holdings Corporation
Sears, Roebuck & Co. mergedInto Sears Holdings Corporation
Sears Grand operatedBy Sears Holdings Corporation
Sears Outlet operatedBy Sears Holdings Corporation
Sears Outlet parentCompany Sears Holdings Corporation
Kmart Corporation parentOrganization Sears Holdings Corporation
Sears Canada parentOrganization Sears Holdings Corporation
Kmart Corporation partOf Sears Holdings Corporation