Sears Holdings will keep its remaining stores in 蜜柚直播 for now, but it will close its only store in Sierra Vista as part of a bankruptcy restructuring plan announced Monday to close 142 unprofitable Sears and Kmart locations.
After closing a Sears store at Park Place Mall in July, the company has a remaining Sears department store at 蜜柚直播 Mall, a Kmart on East Broadway and a Sears Home Appliance Showroom in Marana.
Besides the Sierra Vista store at 2250 E. Mercado Loop, the company is closing four other Sears stores in 蜜柚直播, in Chandler, Mesa, west Phoenix and Yuma.
Liquidation sales at the stores planned for closure are expected to begin soon, Sears said.
The latest store cuts, which include 77 Sears stores and 65 Kmart stores, are in addition to the previously announced closure of 46 unprofitable stores, which the company said is expected to be completed by November.
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In its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on Monday, Sears Holdings listed between $1 billion and $10 billion in assets while liabilities range between $10 billion to $50 billion.
Under Chapter 11, a debtor is protected from legal action while it works out a plan to repay creditors.
The company said Monday it has secured $300 million in financing from banks to keep the operations going through bankruptcy, and it is negotiating an additional $300 million loan from Lampert's ESL Hedge fund.
The company has struggled with outdated stores and complaints about customer service even for its once crown jewels: major appliances like washers and dryers.
That's in contrast with chains like Walmart, Target, Best Buy and Macy's, which have been enjoying stronger sales as they benefit from a robust economy and efforts to make the shopping experience more inviting by investing heavily in remodeling and de-cluttering their stores.
Photos: 蜜柚直播 shopping in the 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s
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A sign offering cashews for only 50-cents and something about a $100 bill as shoppers hunt for deals at 蜜柚直播's first K-Mart at Broadway and Kolb in June, 1970. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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Shoppers line up at 蜜柚直播's first K-Mart at Broadway and Kolb in June, 1970. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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Shoppers hunt for deals at 蜜柚直播's first K-Mart at Broadway and Kolb in June, 1970. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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Sale at the White House Department Store in 蜜柚直播, ca. 1930s.
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Shoppers scour a Musicland store in El Con Mall, 蜜柚直播, for albums and casette tapes in December, 1980. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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An aerial photo of El Con Mall in 1978. Cooper Aerial Surveys
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Goldwater's in El Con Mall, 蜜柚直播, in 1978. An 蜜柚直播-original business, it was known for high-quality merchandise. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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Opening day at Goldwater's in El Con Mall, 蜜柚直播, in 1978. It was the fifth store in the chain, built at a cost of $8 million. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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Jacome's staffers tie Christmas bows in 1951. Reginald Russell photography
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This is 蜜柚直播. Really. It was December, 1956, and downtown was exploding with development. Looking north from about Pennington east of Stone Ave. Background, upper left is the 蜜柚直播 Land Title Building. In front of that, the Pima Savings and Loan building. Foreground, left, is J.C. Penney and right is Jacome's Department Store. At right, behind the steel, the Southern 蜜柚直播 Bank Building. Then there's the two guys suspended from the crane.
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The new Jacome's store grand opening in downtown 蜜柚直播 in Sept, 1951. Reginald Russell photography
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Mrs. Howard Cline, stewardess of the S.H. Kress Co's soda and lunch department, descends the escalator in the company's new store at 97 E. Congress, 蜜柚直播, in 1955. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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Levy's new Antoine beauty along on the store's new third floor in downtown 蜜柚直播 in March, 1956. Pink tiles covered the floor, the chairs were pink leather and all fixtures were in pink hues. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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Levy's in downtown 蜜柚直播 in March, 1956. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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Myerson's White House store in downtown 蜜柚直播 in February, 1958. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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The new "women's division" at Myerson's in downtown 蜜柚直播 in February, 1958. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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Vickie Green, 4, plays with toys in the new "year-round" toy department at Jacome's Department Store in 蜜柚直播 in September, 1957.
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Interior of the then new JC Penney on North Stone Avenue during opening day on September 19, 1957. The founder, JC Penney himself, was present for the new 62,000 square foot store. The store was located next to the Jacome's and Steinfelds department stores. Over the years all the buildings were torn down and replaced by the Joel Valdez Main Library. At the time Penney's had 1,700 stores in its chain. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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Exterior of the then new JC Penney on North Stone Avenue during opening day on September 19, 1957. Note, a portion of the Pima County Courthouse is on the upper left side of the photo. The store was located next to the Jacome's and Steinfelds department stores. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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J.C. Penney Company store in downtown 蜜柚直播 in 1955. It's now the Chicago Music Store. Wong and Sheaffer Photography
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蜜柚直播's second Sears store at 5950 E. Broadway, a day before opening on Sept. 1, 1965. The property is now Park Place. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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The Sears store on 6th Avenue in downtown 蜜柚直播 in June, 1965. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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This is a January 1955 photo of the S.H. Kress & Co. building at 97 E Congress St. It was demolished to make way for a more modern Kress building which would have the city's first escalator that descended to the basement selling floor, according to the 蜜柚直播 Citizen. The photo shows signs of water damage. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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Officials estimated nearly 35,000 people visited the new Montgomery Ward store in El Con Shopping Center on its first day of business in February, 1961. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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Thousands of vehicles in the parking lot of the new Montgomery Ward store in El Con Shopping Center on its first day of business in February, 1961. Photo taken from the historic El Conquistador Hotel, which was demolished by 1968 to make way for mall expansion. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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The new Woolworth's store during preparations for opening in January, 1958. The building was a block deep, extending from Congress Street through to Penington. The famous lunch counter had seating for 53 and a stand-up sandwich bar. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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The 蜜柚直播 Rodeo queen, Joan Moore, appeared at the 1958 opening of the new Woolworth's in downtown 蜜柚直播 (at Pennington and Congress.) With the rodeo queen is Roy Miller, left, president of the 蜜柚直播 Retail Trade Bureau, and Jack Bingham, right, the store's manager. Photo by Jack Sheaffer.
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The new Woolworth's store during preparations for opening in January, 1958. The building was a block deep, extending from Congress Street through to Penington. The famous lunch counter had seating for 53 and a stand-up sandwich bar. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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Customers wait for the doors to open for the first time at the Levy's store at El Con Mall on Sept. 15, 1969. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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Customers inside the new Levy's store at El Con Mall on Sept. 15, 1969. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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These bargain hunters outside the front of Myerson's at Wilmot Plaza were among 6,000 to 7,000 who showed up for the department store's close-out sale in 1978. Store officials allowed only about 500 customers in the store at a time. Despite waits up to 45 minutes, all got in, a spokesman said. 蜜柚直播
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Levy's first 蜜柚直播 store on East Congress St. in 蜜柚直播 in 1931. Western Ways photo by Peter Balestrero.
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The Broadway department store at Park Mall, 蜜柚直播, in 1974. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
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This is a September 30, 1954 photo of the Albert Steinfeld and Company Wholesale Hardware Division building near the northwest corner of North Stone Avenue and West Pennington Street. By then the Steinfeld grocery store building next door was sold to the Jacome family and it was where they built their new department store. The three-story Steinfeld building, which was built in the early 1900s, was across the street from the Pioneer Hotel and near the present-day main library.
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An estimated crowd of 12,000 people await the grand opening of Zody's Department Store at 5720 E. Broadway, 蜜柚直播, on Aug. 24, 1977. Eleven off-day 蜜柚直播 Police officers kept the peace. Nearly 5,000 shoppers waited to see Debbie Reynolds cut the ribbon during opening ceremonies. The California-based company had 37 stores. It filed for bankruptcy in the early 1980s and had disappeared by 1986.
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The windows are bare at the Aaronson Brothers Department Store, on East Congress Street at Sixth Avenue, after the one-time downtown anchor store closed shop around May 3, 1967. At the time, the building was owned by the Southeastern California Association of Seventh-day Adventists, according to the 蜜柚直播 Citizen. Times were tough for other sections of East Congress and other downtown businesses as well.
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Shoppers crowd around Penney's at El Con Mall, 蜜柚直播, in December, 1980. 蜜柚直播 Citizen
Includes information from The Associated Press and Star reporter David Wichner.