jump to navigation search sears hometown and outlet stores type public traded as nasdaq shos headquarters hoffman estates illinois key people bruce johnson ceo revenue 2.4 billion subsidiaries sears appliance and hardware sears home appliance showrooms sears hometown and sears outlet website www.shos.com sears hometown and outlet stores is a retailer that sells home appliances lawn and garden equipment apparel mattresses sporting goods and tools . 1 2 the company has four subsidiary store formats sears hometown sears outlet sears hardware and appliance and sears home appliance showrooms . 3 sears hometown and outlet stores is based in hoffman estates illinois . 4 sears hometown and outlet stores was founded on april 23 2012 . 4 the company was spun off from sears holdings in 2012 . 3 5 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 subsidiaries 3.1 sears hometown store 3.2 sears outlet store 3.3 sears home appliance showroom 3.4 sears appliance and hardware store 4 awards 5 references 6 external links history edit sears holdings spun off sears hometown and outlet stores in 2012 to attempt to restore profitability and raise shareholder confidence . 6 sears holdings spun off more than 1 100 hometown and 122 outlet stores . 7 hometown stores are small hardware and appliance stores operated by independent retailers . 7 outlet stores sell sears merchandise at discount . 7 outlet stores are approximately 18 000 square feet and equipped with items such as home appliances lawn and garden equipment apparel mattresses sporting goods and tools . 1 outlet stores sell discontinued used cosmetically blemished or reconditioned merchandise with new parts . 1 8 sears hometown and outlet stores partnered with the national volunteer fire council in november 2013 to raise money for local fire departments . 9 the objective of the campaign was to provide firehouses with funds to improve resources for training equipment and financial support . 9 operations edit as of november 2013 sears hometown and outlet stores and its dealers and franchisees operated 1 239 stores in the united states puerto rico and bermuda . 10 sears hometown and sears outlet consisted of 944 sears hometown stores 96 hardware stores 76 home appliance showrooms and 143 outlet stores in october 2012 . 10 11 subsidiaries edit sears hometown store edit sears hometown stores are independently owned stores that sell sears merchandise . 12 in 2013 70 80 % of hometown stores were independently owned . 12 formerly sears dealer store is a chain of smaller stores that are operated as a store where the proprietor owns or leases the real estate while sears holdings handles the marketing and owns the inventory and there are no franchising fees levied against the store proprietor . these stores are usually located in smaller markets that do not support full sized sears . they are signed as sears and are usually free standing or located in strip malls . they primarily concentrate on hardware appliances and lawn and garden supplies . most of hometown stores carry sears brand products such as kenmore craftsman and diehard as well as a wide assortment of other national brands . primarily independently owned and averaging 8 500 square feet hometown stores are designed to serve customers within their local communities . sears outlet store edit an outlet version of sears department stores located in various retail locations across the u.s. as well as online . the stores sell appliances apparel mattresses sporting goods tools and lawn and garden equipment . sears outlet provide with in store and online access to new one of a kind out of carton discontinued obsolete used reconditioned overstocked and scratch and dented merchandise at a discounted price at twenty to sixty percent off regular retail price 13 14 each store on average is larger than 18 000 square feet in size . 15 in 1968 sears opened a surplus store in kansas city . in 1994 the surplus stores were renamed to sears outlet . 16 in 1995 sears outlet restructured in order to manage repairs and product distribution from a centralized location . to do this they established a series of facilities known as outlet repair and distribution centers . in 2015 there were 22 of these centers in operation . in 2008 apparel was introduced to sears outlet stores and served as a liquidation outlet for lands end . in 2009 searsoutlet.com was launched as an e commerce platform allowing customers to purchase items online and in 2011 nationwide delivery was offered . citation needed in 2012 sears hometown and outlet stores was spun off from sears holdings . 17 18 at the time of the separation there were 122 sears outlet stores in operation . 19 20 as of february 1 2014 sears outlet stores have expanded its operations to 143 locations . 21 the majority of sears outlet stores are company operated 115 and 28 sears outlet stores are locally owned and operated by franchisees . 22 sears hometown and outlet stores initiated a program to franchise sears outlet stores in 2012 . in 2013 home appliances made up 78 % of sears outlet s sales revenue and total revenue from sears outlet stores was 610 million . 22 in 2014 sears outlet partnered with the make a wish foundation to support children with life threatening conditions . 23 sears home appliance showroom edit home appliance showrooms display merchandise in stores . the stores have an internet kiosk where customers are able to view similar products price match and order products not available in the store . 24 sears appliance and hardware store edit sears appliance and hardware stores are hardware stores that carry the entire line of sears hardware and appliances . as of april 2012 96 stores were in operation . 10 hardware stores averaging nearly 28 000 square feet in size are primarily located in suburban markets and are neighborhood stores designed to conveniently serve local customers . awards edit sears hometown and outlet stores received the customer engagement award from the online publication retail touchpoints for their interactive in store campaign . 25 references edit a b c joseph s. pete 2014 04 15 . new owners buy sears outlet store in portage . northwest indiana business . retrieved 2014 08 17 . worth noting in business sears outlet store opens on white lane . the bakersfield californian . 2014 02 10 . retrieved 2014 08 17 . a b damon scott 2014 01 30 . sears outlet store coming to abq s westside . albuquerque business first . retrieved 2014 08 17 . a b sears hometown and outlet stores inc . retrieved 2014 08 17 . alexandr oleinic 2014 04 21 . edward lampert buys more shares of sears hometown and outlet stores inc shos . retrieved 2014 08 17 . sears files to spin off hometown outlet stores . crain s chicago business . 2012 08 13 . retrieved 2014 08 17 . a b c corilyn shropshire 2012 09 08 . sears to spin off hometown outlet stores tuesday . chicago tribune . retrieved 2014 08 17 . karen smith wlech 2013 09 06 . sears announces plan for outlet store in summit shopping center . retrieved 2014 08 17 . a b sears hometown and outlet stores inc. launches salute to local heroes charity campaign to support first responders . 2013 11 22 . retrieved 2014 08 17 . a b c sears hometown and outlet stores inc. . retrieved 2014 08 17 . retail therapy sears outlet store coming to fayetteville . retrieved 2014 08 17 . a b lou singer 2013 09 24 . a sears hometown store succeeds at penfield s panorama plaza . retrieved 2014 08 17 . jon chavez 2014 02 07 . sears outlet store will relocate to airport hwy . retailer plans to reopen at new site on april 4 . the blade . retrieved 2014 08 17 . worth noting in business sears outlet store opens on white lane . 2014 02 10 . retrieved 2014 11 19 . new sears outlet store opens in queens village . 2015 05 26 . retrieved 2015 06 03 . sears hometown and outlet stores inc works with yotpo to help customers decision making process . retrieved 2015 09 08 . sears to spin off hometown outlet stores into separate company . 2012 08 14 . retrieved 2014 11 19 . sears files to spin off hometown outlet stores . 2012 08 13 . retrieved 2014 11 19 . jennifer booton 2012 08 13 . sears hometown stores to file for ipo . retrieved 2014 11 19 . corilyn shropshire 2012 09 08 . sears to spin off hometown outlet stores tuesday . retrieved 2014 11 19 . retail therapy sears outlet store coming to fayetteville . 2014 07 11 . retrieved 2014 11 19 . a b sears hometown and outlet stores inc. . 2014 02 01 . retrieved 2014 11 19 . sears hometown and outlet store formats partner with make a wish . 2014 11 21 . retrieved 2015 06 02 . candice hudson . new sears home appliance showroom in westlake now open . retrieved 2014 08 17 . sears hometown and outlet stores receives customer engagement award . home furnishing news . 2014 01 14 . retrieved 2014 08 17 . external links edit sears hometown stores sears outlet sears home appliance showroom sears hardware stores retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title 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