
Sears Stores
THE COMMONS MALL |
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| 222 COMMONS MALL |
| COLUMBUS, IN 47201 |
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Mon-Fri: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm |
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Sat: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm |
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Sun: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm |
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Sears Auto Centers
SEARS AUTO CENTER
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222 COMMONS MALL STE A
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COLUMBUS, IN 47201
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Store Hours
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Mon-Fri: 7:30 am - 8:00 pm
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Sat: 7:30 am - 6:00 pm
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Sun: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
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About Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sears Domestic operations consisted of the following:
- Full-line Stores—866 Full-line stores located across all 50 states and Puerto Rico, primarily mall-based locations averaging 132,000 square feet. Full-line stores offer a wide array of products across many merchandise categories, including home appliances, consumer electronics, tools, fitness and lawn and garden equipment, certain automotive services and products such as tires and batteries, home fashion products, as well as apparel, footwear and accessories for the whole family, including Lands' End merchandise. Also, as of January 28, 2006, the Company operated a total of 73 Sears Essentials and Sears Grand stores located in 22 states, primarily free-standing units averaging 122,000 square feet and offering health and beauty, pantry, household products and toys in addition to the offerings of the typical mall-based store. In February 2006, management decided that, on a go-forward basis, Sears Essentials and Sears Grand stores will all be operated under the Sears Grand name. Management expects to begin the conversion to the Sears Grand nameplate in the first half of fiscal 2006. Sears also extends the availability of its product selection through the use of its sears.com website, which offers a more limited assortment of home, apparel and accessory merchandise and provides customers the option of buying through the internet and picking up their merchandise in Sears Full-line stores.
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Specialty Stores—1,128 specialty stores located across all 50 states and Puerto Rico, located primarily in free-standing, off-mall locations or high-traffic neighborhood shopping centers, and including the operations of:
- 809 Dealer Stores—Primarily independently-owned stores, predominantly located in smaller communities and averaging 8,900 square feet offering appliances, consumer electronics, lawn and garden equipment, hardware and automotive batteries. Dealer stores carry proprietary Sears brands, such as Craftsman, Kenmore and DieHard, as well as a wide assortment of national brands.
- 147 Sears Hardware Stores and 84 Orchard Supply Hardware Stores—Neighborhood hardware stores averaging 37,000 square feet that carry Craftsman tools and lawn and garden equipment, a wide assortment of national brands and other home improvement products. Approximately 120 locations also offer a limited selection of home appliances.
- 16 The Great Indoors Stores—Home decorating and remodeling superstores, averaging 143,000 square feet, dedicated to the four main rooms of the house: kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and great room.
- 50 Outlet Stores—Locations offering overstock and/or distressed appliances, consumer electronics and lawn and garden equipment at a discount.
- Commercial Sales—This business primarily targets home builders, remodelers and property managers for appliance purchases.
- Direct to Customer—The Direct to Customer business includes the direct merchant business of Lands' End, Inc. ("Lands' End"). Lands' End is a leading direct merchant of traditionally-styled casual clothing, accessories and footwear for men, women and children, as well as home products and soft luggage. These products are offered through multiple selling channels including Landsend.com, one of the leading apparel websites, as well as catalog mailings, international businesses and 17 Lands' End retail stores. These retail stores, averaging 7,700 square feet, offer Lands' End merchandise primarily from catalog and internet channel overstocks. Direct to Customer also includes direct marketing of Sears goods through specialty catalogs.
- Home Services—Product Repair Services, the nation's largest product repair service provider, is a key element in the Company's active relationship with more than 46 million households. With over 10,000 service technicians making over 13 million service calls annually, this business delivers a broad range of retail-related residential and commercial services across all 50 states and Puerto Rico under the Sears Parts & Repair Services and A&E Factory Service brand names. Commercial and residential customers can obtain parts and repair services for all major brands of products within the home appliances, lawn and garden equipment, consumer electronics, floorcare products, and heating and cooling systems categories. Smaller items for repair can be brought into Sears Parts & Repair Centers located throughout the United States or to any Sears Full-line store. This business also offers protection agreements, product installation services and Kenmore and Carrier residential heating and cooling systems. Home Services also includes home improvement services (primarily siding, windows, cabinet refacing, kitchen remodeling, HVAC and carpet cleaning) provided through Sears Home Improvement Services.
A Brief Chronology of Sears History |
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| 1886 |
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Richard Sears starts selling watches to supplement his income as station agent at North Redwood, Minn. |
| 1887 |
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Sears settles in the company's first Chicago location and hires a watchmaker named Alvah C. Roebuck. |
| 1888 |
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Date of the earliest catalog featuring only watches and jewelry. |
| 1893 |
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Corporate name becomes Sears, Roebuck and Co. |
| 1896 |
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First large general catalog. |
| 1911 |
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Sears establishes testing laboratory. |
| 1916 |
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Savings and Profit Sharing Fund of Sears Employees is established. |
| 1925 |
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First Sears retail store opens in catalog center on Chicago's west side. |
| 1927 |
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Sears launches the Craftsman® and Kenmore® brands. |
| 1931 |
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Allstate Insurance Co. established. |
| 1945 |
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Sears sales exceed $1 billion. |
| 1953 |
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Simpsons-Sears, Ltd. established in Canada. |
| 1973 |
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Sears moves its national headquarters to Sears Tower. |
| 1981 |
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Sears acquires Dean Witter Reynolds Organization and Coldwell, Banker & Company. |
| 1985 |
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Discover Card introduced nationally. |
| 1986 |
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Sears celebrates its 100th anniversary. |
| 1993 |
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Sears sells (IPO) 20 percent of Dean Witter shares to public, spins-off remaining shares to shareholders. New company called Dean Witter, Discover & Co. |
| 1993 |
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• Sears sells 20 percent of Allstate to public.
• Sears sells Coldwell Banker Residential Services and Sears Mortgage Banking Group.
• Sears introduces popular "Come see the softer side of Sears" advertising campaign. |
| 1995 |
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Sears appoints Arthur C. Martinez as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. |
| 1996 |
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Sears launches the KidVantage Program. |
| 1997 |
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• Sears opens The Great Indoors stores.
• Sears makes Craftsman® tools available on-line.
• Sears becomes a founding sponsor of the Women’s National Basketball Association. |
| 1998 |
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• Sears launches Wishbook.com.
• The Great Indoors debutes, opening its first store in Denver, CO. |
| 1999 |
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• Sears introduces "The Good Life at a Great Price" advertising campaign.
• Sears launches Sears.com. |
| 2000 |
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Sears appoints Alan Lacy as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. |
| 2001 |
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Sears returns to downtown Chicago, opening a new flagship store on State Street. |
| 2003 |
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• Sears Grand debuted in West Jordan, UT. |
| 2004 |
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• Former P.O.W. Jessica Lynch and the National Military Family Association kicked off a new camp program, Operation Purple, for children of deployed military.
• Ty Pennington to partner with Sears in a broad range of activities, including advertising, product design and development, merchandising and support for the company's community outreach initiatives.
• Sears announced a new ad campaign, the first to feature Ty Pennington, the star of ABC's smash hit, Extreme Makeover Home Edition. |
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• Sears announced the launch of the company's newest off-mall format - Sears Essentials.
• The merger of Kmart and Sears as Sears Holdings Corporation, followed affirmative shareholder votes of both companies.
• National Military Family Association and Sears expand free camp program for children of deployed servicemembers.
• Sears commits up to $1 million to support Gulf Coast residents following Hurricane Katrina.
• Aylwin B. Lewis is named Chief Executive Officer and President of Sears Holdings.
• All advertising for Sears and its brands under one agency - Young & Rubicam, a member of the WPP Group.
• Latina Life, one of the first women's clothing lines launched by a major retailer and a leading Hispanic-focused media partner.
• Sears adds DieHard(R) batteries to nearly 1,400 Kmart stores nationwide.
• Sears card available in Kmart stores. |
| 2006 |
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• Craftsman tools now sold at K-Mart. |
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