Top 4 Companies Owned by Sears (SHLD)
As of 2017, DieHard marketed three types of car batteries: the regular DieHard with an 18-month warranty, DieHard Gold with a three-year warranty
and the DieHard Platinum battery, which comes with a with a four-year warranty.
According to end-of-year financial filings in 2016, the company operated 735 Kmart stores
and 695 Sears stores, including specialty stores such as free standing Sears Auto Centers.
Kenmore is sold throughout all Sears retail stores and, since 2005, in all Kmart retail stores.
On January 5, 2017, the company announced it would sell the Craftsman brand to Sanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK) for $525 million,
with an additional $250 million cash payment in three years, and 2.5-3.5% of Craftsman sales the next 15 years.
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is the holding company of Kmart Holding Corporation anf Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sears acquired Lands’ End in 2002 for $1.9 billion in cash.
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Lands’ End was originally formed as a sailing equipment company in 1963.
Sears implemented a spin off of Lands’ End (NYSE: LE) to shareholders on Dec. 6, 2013.