Sears®, Kmart® to Open on Thanksgiving Day, Stay Open All Night, Feature More For Shop Your Way(SM) Members

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Nov. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sears and Kmart stores will open on Thanksgiving Day* for Shop Your Way members and customers who want to get an early start on their holiday shopping. Members and customers can shop Black Friday deals from Kmart for 41 hours straight, starting at 6 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day to 11 p.m. on Black Friday. Sears stores will open doors starting at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day through 10 p.m. on Black Friday, with more than 1,000 doorbusters available until 1 p.m. Friday afternoon.

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In addition to extended holiday sales and shopping hours, Shop Your Way is helping its members get the best out of Black Friday with seamless ways to shop online at Sears.com and Kmart.com – whether buying gifts online and having them available for free pickup by family or friends at any Sears or Kmart store; choosing Free Store Pickup; or shopping anywhere, anytime via the Shop Your Way, Sears or Kmart mobile apps.

"Sears and Kmart have been leaders in integrated retail, delivering convenient options to create a more rewarding shopping experience for our members, while blurring the boundaries between offline and online shopping," said Leena Munjal, senior vice president customer experience and integrated retail, Sears Holdings. "Our Shop Your Way members have the option to shop anytime, anywhere and anyway they want – especially during the busiest shopping weekend of the year."

Holiday Hours on Thanksgiving and Black Friday

Sears and Kmart are delivering holiday in a better way – that means more convenience, integrated retail shopping options and better deals. For example, if a members or customer can't find a product in-store at Sears or Kmart, they can order it in-store and have it shipped to their home for free.

Plus, Kmart's latest smart budgeting solution for the holidays – lease-to-own through Whynot Leasing, LLC – is available nationwide starting Nov. 22. The program gives customers a no- credit-required way to take home products they need or want, right away – including doorbuster items. Also, Sears signature holiday offer will be among the best ever offered to Sears cardholders – Shop Your Way members will earn 10 percent back in reward points on all purchases made with a Sears credit card or 3 percent back in reward points when using any other form of payment. The signature offer begins Nov. 3 and continues through Dec. 26 on the first $1,000 of each qualifying purchase at participating Sears locations and at Sears.com. Reward points expire Jan. 31, 2014.

Kmart has been a destination for early-bird shopping and last-minute entertaining needs on Thanksgiving Day for 22 years. Sears opened its doors for the second time on Thanksgiving Day last year and received an overwhelmingly positive response from members and customers who took advantage of shopping Black Friday deals early. Stores are staffed with seasonal associates and those who have volunteered to work. 

Shop Your Way members can not only get a preview of Thanksgiving and Black Friday deals at searslocalad.com or kmartlocalad.com. Shop Your Way, a free members-only program and shopping community powered by Sears Holdings, will reward members with exclusive sales, special member pricing, gas savings offers from Kmart and more. 

On top of 24/7 shopping on Kmart.com and Sears.com, customers can shop endless aisles of popular products from big brands on ShopYourWay.com. More than 95 million items are now available, making Sears one of the largest marketplace and commerce solution providers on the web.

Follow the conversation on Sears holiday at #SearsHoliday, Kmart at #MoreChristmas, and Shop Your Way at #MembersFirst.

*Sears and Kmart stores in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine and Puerto Rico will not be open on Thanksgiving Day, per their respective state laws. Stores in Maine, Rhode Island and Massachusetts will open at 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 29. Puerto Rico stores will open at midnight on Nov. 29. In addition, stores in some jurisdictions may have different hours of operation if required by local law.

About Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sears, Roebuck and Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD), is a leading broadline retailer providing merchandise and related services and is part of Shop Your Way, a social shopping experience where members have the ability to earn Points and receive benefits across a wide variety of physical and digital formats through ShopYourWay.com. Sears, Roebuck offers its wide range of home merchandise, apparel and automotive products and services through its Sears-branded and affiliated stores in the United States and Canada. Sears, Roebuck also offers a variety of merchandise and services through sears.com, landsend.com, and specialty catalogs. Sears, Roebuck offers consumers leading proprietary brands including Kenmore, Craftsman, DieHard and Lands' End -- among the most trusted and preferred brands in the U.S.  The company is the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 15 million service and installation calls made annually. For more information, visit the Sears, Roebuck website at www.sears.com or the Sears Holdings Corporation website at www.searsholdings.com.

About Kmart
Kmart, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD), is a mass merchandising company and part of ShopYourWay, a social shopping experience where members have the ability to earn points and receive benefits across a wide variety of physical and digital formats through ShopYourWay.com.  Kmart offers customers quality products through a portfolio of exclusive brands that include Sofia by Sofia Vergara, Jaclyn Smith, Joe Boxer, Route 66 and Smart Sense. For more information visit the company's website at www.kmart.com |Sears Holdings Corporation website at www.searsholdings.com.| Facebook: www.facebook.com/kmart

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