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Kmart Sears Domestic Sears Canada
Total
Discount
Stores
Super
Centers
Full-line
Mall Stores
Sears
Essentials/
Grand Stores
Specialty
Stores
Full-line
Stores
Specialty
Stores
Owned ................. 186 20 510 12 77 14 2 821
Leased ................. 1,093 6 324 21 266 108 72 1,890
Independently-owned and
operated stores ........ — — — — 995 — 304 1,299
Stores at January 28,
2012 ................ 1,279 26 834 33 1,338 122 378 4,010
In addition, at January 28, 2012, we had 38 domestic supply chain distribution centers, of which 12 were
owned and 26 were leased for terms ranging from 3 to 5 years. Of the total, 11 primarily support Kmart stores, 23
primarily support Sears stores and 4 support both Sears and Kmart stores. We also had 465 domestic store
warehouses, customer call centers and service facilities (including 20 facilities related to our appliance builder/
distributor business), most of which are leased for terms ranging generally from 3 to 5 years or are part of other
facilities included in the above table.
Our principal executive offices are located on a 200-acre site owned by us at the Prairie Stone office park in
Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The complex consists of six interconnected office buildings totaling approximately two
million gross square feet of office space. In addition, we have a campus in Dodgeville, Wisconsin supporting the
corporate headquarters, distribution center and customer sales/service operations for Lands’ End. We also own an
86,000 square foot office building in Troy, Michigan. We operate numerous buying offices throughout the world
that procure product internationally, as well as an information technology center in Pune, India.
At January 28, 2012, Sears Canada operated a total of 122 full-line stores, 378 specialty stores (including 48
furniture and appliance stores, 285 hometown dealer stores operated under independent local ownership, 4
appliance and mattress stores, 30 Corbeil stores, and 11 outlet stores), 17 floor covering stores, 1,734 catalog
pick-up locations and 108 travel offices.
A description of our leasing arrangements and commitments appears in Note 14 of Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
See Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements—Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 18—“Legal
Proceedings,” for additional information regarding legal proceedings, which information is incorporated herein
by this reference.
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