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November 8, 2019

Auburn and Leominster Sears to close by February

Courtesy | Google The Sears at the Auburn Mall is slated to close by February.
By Sam Bonacci

The Auburn Mall Sears and The Mall at Whitney Field Sears in Leominster will be closed by February of next year as Sears, now owned by Illinois holding company Transformco, sheds over 40% of its Sears and Kmart locations around the country.

The planned closure of 96 stores will leave 182 Sears and Kmart locations throughout the country. The state losing the most stores is California with 29 combined closures, while Puerto Rico will have eight stores closed. The closure impacts four locations in Massachusetts with two Kmart stores in Acton and Billerica set to be closed in addition to the Auburn and Leominster Sears.

Going out of business sales at these stores are expected to begin on Dec. 2.

According to a release from Transformco, which purchased all the assets of Sears Holdings Corp. in February, the move is part of a streamlining process in the face of a difficult retail environment and other challenges.

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2 Comments

Anonymous
November 13, 2019
There was a time Sears was the largest retail chain store in the country. They started with horse drawn buggies selling door to door, then came the catalog . They just grew and grew. It's sad to see one of our giants fall. I have been a Sears customer for more than 50 years. The employees, some never worked anywhere else. I have known many of them over the years. I will miss going to the auto center for many of my services. I new there was trouble coming when they sold the Craftsman name to Lowes Home Center. Some how I can't bring myself to buy from them. That's it, I'm done.
Anonymous
November 11, 2019
This is sad but hopefully the Sears Town Outlet In Shrewsbury will be spared, I guess?
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