Tshooj 11 Awaits Sears Hometown

Cov npe ntawm dab tsi yog ib zaug ob ntawm US khw muag khoom lub npe loj tshaj plaws zoo li nyob rau ntawm ntug kev ploj mus.

Sears Hometown Stores Inc. tau thov rau Tshooj 11 kev tiv thaiv kev lag luam thaum muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb nrog nws lub tuam txhab niam txiv - Transform Holdco, feem ntau hu ua 'Sears tshiab' - nrog rau cov khoom muaj nqis tsis tshaj $ 50 lab thiab lav tsawg kawg yog $ 50 lab raws li nws tsev hais plaub bankruptcy daim ntawv thov, ua ntaub ntawv hauv Delaware.

Cov ntaub ntawv tseem teev Eddie Lampert, CEO ntawm TransformCo, uas yog 37.75% tus tswv ntawm Sears Hometown.

Qhov ntawd yog tib yam Lampert uas tau saib xyuas kev sib koom ua ke tsis zoo ntawm Kmart thiab Sears hauv 2005 thiab yuav cov khoom seem ntawm kev lag luam tawm ntawm kev lag luam poob rau thaum ntxov 2019, cog lus tias yuav ua rau slimmed, leaner thiab ntau tsom rau kev ua haujlwm.

Tam sim no tsuas muaj ib tug puv tes ntawm Sears thiab Kmart cov khw muag khoom sab laug, nrog Sears Hometown kuj tau kaw ib ncig ntawm 100 lub khw xyoo no ib leeg.

Thiab kev cia siab rau qhov seem seem zoo li bleak.

Sears, Kmart: Nws Tau Txais Li Cas?

Rau Sears nws tau ua rau muaj kev nyuaj siab qeeb, yuav luag tsis pom kev tuag rau lub qub zog ntawm US khw muag khoom, tus tshaj tawm ntawm cov ntawv teev npe thiab cov thauj tog rau nkoj rau ntau lub khw muag khoom thoob tebchaws (nrog JC PenneyJCP
tej zaum nyob rau lwm qhov kawg ntawm lub khw).

Thaum lub sij hawm nws muaj kev vam meej, Sears yog lub khw muag khoom loj tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb thiab thaum kev tsim kho ntawm Sears Tower tiav hauv 1973, lub tsev 110-zaj dab neeg yog qhov siab tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb.

Txawm hais tias los ntawm lub sijhawm Sears thiab lwm tus neeg muag khoom hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas, Kmart, tau koom ua ke ua cov koom tes ntawm Sears Holdings Corp. hauv xyoo 2005, lawv tseem muaj kev sib koom ua ke 3,500 US lub khw muag khoom hneev taw thiab ua haujlwm ntau dua 300,000 tus neeg ua haujlwm.

Tab sis nyob rau hauv qhov tseeb ob lub npe twb spiraling downwards nyob rau hauv kev hloov pauv tus neeg yuav khoom tus cwj pwm thiab ntau nimble, pheej yig dua thiab txias cov neeg sib tw.

Tom qab kev sib koom ua ke, lub tuam txhab tau tsom nws cov kev siv zog ntawm kev sib koom ua ke, muag tawm cov vaj tsev tseem ceeb thiab nqis peev hauv cov khoom lag luam yuav rov qab vim nws tau sim ua kom cov neeg lag luam muaj kev ntseeg hauv nws cov nqi sib koom.

Hloov chaw, lub tuam txhab yuav tsum tau mus koom rau txhua qhov laj thawj vim li cas ob lub npe tsev neeg tsis nyiam lawv cov neeg siv khoom ib txwm muaj thiab sim rov tsim lawv cov npe raws li cov kev xav niaj hnub no.

Inevitably, nyob rau hauv 2018 Sears Holdings tau foob rau Tshooj 11 thiab ESL Kev nqis peev - cov nyiaj pab cuam uas muaj los ntawm Sears Holdings 'tus qub CEO, Edward Lampert, uas tau orchestrated qhov kev puas tsuaj Kmart merger - yuav cov seem ntawm kev lag luam tawm ntawm kev lag luam poob thaum ntxov 2019 nyob rau hauv npe Transformco.

Lampert tau cog lus rau kev hloov pauv

Lampert tau cog lus tias yuav tig txhua yam ntawm lub tuam txhab uas los ntawm lub sijhawm ntawd tsuas yog 223 Sears thiab 202 Kmart cov khw muag khoom thoob tebchaws, nyob ib ncig ntawm 12% ntawm cov cuab yeej cuab tam thaum ob lub lag luam sib koom ua ke 14 xyoo dhau los.

Ceev nrooj mus rau hnub no thiab cov hneev taw tsis tshua sau npe. Cov lej tseeb yog qhov nyuaj rau pin down tab sis 15 qhov chaw seem Sears tau teev nyob rau hauv nws lub vev xaib tau nqis los ntawm 23 ib xyoos dhau los thiab tsuas yog nag hmo Sears ntawm Frederick's Francis Scott Key Mall, Md. tshaj tawm tias nws tau kaw Lub Ib Hlis 15.

Qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm Sears lub npe muaj sia nyob tau zaum nrog Sears Hometown.

Tom qab tshwm sim los ntawm kev lag luam hauv 2019, TransformCo tau yuav lub tuam txhab tuav nws yav dhau los spun tawm, uas suav nrog cov saw hlau ntawm cov khw muag khoom lag luam ua lag luam raws li Sears Hometown, 8,000-10,000 sq ft khw muag khoom tsom rau kev muag khoom, cuab yeej thiab nyom thiab vaj khoom siv.

Lub sijhawm ntawd muaj txog 500 ntawm cov khw muag khoom thoob plaws 26 lub xeev ntxiv rau Puerto Rico tab sis cov lej no kuj tau poob qis zuj zus, nrog ze li ntawm 100 tau kaw ua ntej lub xyoo no tawm mus txog 120.

Thaum lub sijhawm tau txais, Lampert tau hais tias: "Peb zoo siab los coj Sears Hometown, nws cov koom tes thiab cov koom tes ntawm cov neeg lag luam ywj pheej thiab cov neeg lag luam rov qab mus rau Sears thiab Kmart tsev neeg. Peb qhov kev nqis peev qhia peb txoj kev mob siab rau kev loj hlob Transform. "

Thiab tsis ntev los no thaum Lub Caij Nplooj Ntoos Zeeg 2021, TransformCo tau hais tias nws "mus rau tom khw lub tswv yim" rau Sears thiab Kmart yog los ua kom muaj ntau hom kev lag luam uas muaj cov khw muag khoom loj dua me me nrog ntau lub khw muag khoom me me.

Sears Hometown Losses Mount

Txawm li cas los xij, Sears Hometown qhov kev ua tau zoo nyiaj txiag rau lub xyoo xaus rau Lub Ib Hlis 29, 2022 tau qhia tias cov saw hlau tau txais kev poob qis los ntawm kev ua haujlwm txuas ntxiv ntawm $ 18.3 lab thiab nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv poob nyiaj CEO Elissa Robertson tau sau tseg tias cov khw muag khoom muaj kev cia siab "rau TransformCo los muab cov khoom tseem ceeb thiab cov kev pabcuam. ”

Nyob rau hauv lub xyoo dhau los, Sears Hometown thiab TransformCo koom nrog ntau qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb txog nyiaj txiag thiab cov khoom muag, nrog rau "tsis muaj cov khoom muag" ua rau "sai downward spiral uas pab txhawb rau kev ua ntaub ntawv ntawm Tshooj 11," lub tuam txhab tau hais thiab nws npaj yuav siv cov txheej txheem kom tshem tawm cov khoom muag ntawm nws lub khw.

Raws li rau Kmart, nws tau shriveled mus rau ib tug txawm me me. Ib xyoo dhau los tsuas muaj rau lub khw Kmart nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas av loj, ntxiv rau rau ntxiv thoob plaws Puerto Rico, Guam thiab US Virgin Islands. Txij thaum ntawd los lub khw hauv Puerto Rico tau kaw thiab tsuas yog peb lub khw hauv thaj av loj tseem nyob; hauv Florida, New Jersey thiab Long Island, New York, raws li Kmart lub vev xaib.

Yog li qhov no tuaj yeem yog Christmas kawg rau Kmart thiab Sears. Thiab qhov ua rau nws nyuaj siab dua yog qhov tsis tshua muaj leej twg yuav pom.