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both in-store and online. In addition, we have expanded the ways our members and customers can receive their
purchases, allowing our members and customers to buy online and pick up in store. This service is now available in
over 900 Kmart stores via either mygofer.com, kmart.com or shopyourway.com. Kmart also sells its products
through its kmart.com website and provides members and customers enhanced cross-channel options such as buying
through a mobile app or online and picking up merchandise in one of our Kmart or Sears Full-line stores.
Sears Domestic
At January€30, 2016, Sears Domestic operations consisted of the following:
• Full-line Stores—705 stores, of which 697 are Full-line stores, located across all 50 states and Puerto
Rico. These stores are primarily mall-based locations averaging 138,000 square feet. Full-line stores
offer a wide array of products and service offerings across many merchandise categories, including
appliances, consumer electronics/connected solutions, tools, sporting goods, outdoor living, lawn and
garden equipment, certain automotive services and products, such as tires and batteries, home fashion
products, as well as apparel, footwear, jewelry and accessories for the whole family. Our product
offerings include our proprietary Kenmore, Craftsman, DieHard, Bongo, Covington, Canyon River
Blues, Everlast, Metaphor, Roebuck & Co., Outdoor Life and Structure brand merchandise, and other
brand merchandise such as Roadhandler, Ty Pennington Style, Levi's and WallyHome. Lands' End, Inc.
continues to operate 227 "store within a store" departments inside Sears Domestic Full-line locations.
We also have 620 Sears Auto Centers operating in association with Full-line stores and seven Sears Auto
Centers operating out of Sears Essentials/Grand stores. In addition, there are 24 free-standing Sears Auto
Centers that operate independently of Full-line stores. Sears extends the availability of its product
selection through the use of its sears.com and shopyourway.com website, which offers an assortment of
home, apparel and accessory merchandise and provides members and customers the option of buying
through a mobile app or online and picking up their merchandise in one of our Full-line or Kmart stores.
• Specialty Stores—26 specialty stores (primarily consisting of the 24 free-standing Sears Auto Centers
noted above) located in free-standing, off-mall locations or high-traffic neighborhood shopping centers.
• Commercial Sales—We sell Sears merchandise, parts and services to commercial customers through our
business-to-business Sears Commercial Sales and Appliance Builder/Distributor businesses.
• Home Services—Product Repair Services, the nation's largest product repair service provider, is a key
element in our active relationship with more than 37€million households. With approximately 6,700
service technicians making over 12 million service and installation calls annually, this business delivers
a broad range of retail-related residential and commercial services across all 50 states, Puerto Rico,
Guam and the Virgin Islands under either the Sears Parts€& Repair Services or A&E Factory Service
trade names. Commercial and residential customers can obtain parts and repair services for all major
brands of products within the appliances, lawn and garden equipment, consumer electronics, floor care
products, and heating and cooling systems categories. We also provide repair parts with supporting
instructions for "do-it-yourself" members and customers through our searspartsdirect.com website. This
business also offers protection agreements, product installation services and Kenmore and Carrier brand
residential heating and cooling systems. Home Services also includes home improvement services
(primarily siding, windows, cabinet refacing, kitchen remodeling, roofing, carpet and upholstery
cleaning, air duct cleaning, and garage door installation and repair) provided through Sears Home
Improvement Services and Sears Home & Business Franchises.
Sears Canada Rights Offering
On October 2, 2014, the Company announced that its board of directors had approved a rights offering of up to
40 million shares of Sears Canada Inc. ("Sears Canada"). The operating results for Sears Canada through October
16, 2014 are presented within the consolidated operations of Holdings and the Sears Canada segment in the
accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements. The Company de-consolidated Sears Canada on October 16,
2014. See Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
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