Last-Minute Holiday Shopping Made Easy at Sears and Kmart

Sears and Kmart will provide last-minute holiday shoppers with extended store hours and special deals from December 18 through the early evening hours of Christmas Eve. And for those who really need speed and convenience at the last minute, Sears offers customers who purchase gifts on sears.com guaranteed five-minute in-store pick-up.

Customers shopping online at sears.com can choose the five-minute in-store pick-up option. The service combines the leisure of online shopping with the convenience of fast and easy last-minute in-store pick-ups. Customers choosing to pick up their online orders at their nearby Sears will receive a $5 coupon if their waiting time exceeds five minutes.

Both sears.com and kmart.com have hot buys with prices plummeting for last-minute gifts in electronics, tools, games, apparel and jewelry. Many products are still available for shipping for arrival by December 23. Orders placed by noon (CST) on December 20 (with premium shipping) will arrive by December 24 (on eligible items).

  Specials on sears.com include gifts such as:
  -- Apostrophe Katerina boot, $28.00
  -- Craftsman drill/driver, $59.99
  -- 1 ct. total weight diamond bracelet, $239.99
  -- Hitachi 50" LCD projection TV, $999

  Specials on kmart.com include:
  -- 7 in 1 Power Pro Work Shop, $9.99
  -- Athletech puffy nylon jacket, $26.49
  -- Canon 5 mega pixel digital camera, $149.99

In addition, Sears and Kmart stores will extend their holiday hours and offer a variety of specials and discounts:

  Sears Holiday Hours
  12/18 - 12/22 - 7 am - 11 pm
  12/23 - 5 am - midnight
  12/24 (Christmas Eve) - 7 am - 6 pm

  Kmart Holiday Hours
  12/18 - 12/23 - 6 am - midnight
  12/24 (Christmas Eve) - 6 am - 10 pm

Among the items on sale at Sears the week before Christmas are: all toys -- buy one, get one at 50% off; 40-60% off fine jewelry; and certain Craftsman products including a 33-gallon, 150-PSI max air compressor with a FREE 10-piece air tool kit at $299.99. Kmart sale items for the same period include: buy one, get one free of various Barbie dolls; Polaroid A515 digital camera for $69.99; buy one, get one free Joe Boxer women's flannel pajamas; and specials on wrapping paper and other decorative items.

About Sears Holdings Corporation

Sears Holdings Corporation is the nation's third largest broadline retailer, with approximately $55 billion in annual revenues, and with approximately 3,800 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada. Sears Holdings is the leading home appliance retailer as well as a leader in tools, lawn and garden, home electronics and automotive repair and maintenance. Key proprietary brands include Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard, and a broad apparel offering, including such well-known labels as Lands' End, Jaclyn Smith and Joe Boxer, as well as the Apostrophe and Covington brands. It also has Martha Stewart Everyday products, which are offered exclusively in the U.S. by Kmart and in Canada by Sears Canada. The company is the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 13 million service calls made annually. For more information, visit Sears Holdings' website at http://www.searsholdings.com/ .

SOURCE: Sears Holdings Corporation

CONTACT: Colleen Cleary, +1-212-546-2463, or Alison Kmiotek, +1-212-546-
1425, both of Sears Holdings Corp.

Web site: http://www.sears.com/