Sears.com Provides More Choices Than Ever on 'Cyber Monday'
Millions of products, Sleek Navigation, Superior Search Filtering, Shipping Options, and Easy-to-Use Gift Finder Tools offer Consumers Gift Ideas in a Flash
On "Cyber Monday," Dec. 1, Sears.com gives shoppers the best in online only deals, and the best choices in selection and delivery. Customers at Sears.com are in the driver's seat when it comes to finding sleek, easy navigation and search filtering tools that help make the online shopping experience fast and efficient. Fulfilling wishes for everyone on a shopper's list will only be a click away.
Sears.com shoppers can find thousands of product reviews and comparative shopping tools to give them confidence in their product selection. The Sears Gift Finder tool allows visitors to find what they're looking for quickly, and even offers holiday shopping ideas for other, similar products in all categories. It's never been easier to choose the right products and save on sears.com. Online shoppers can save even more when they use the coupon code "ILOVESEARS" to get an extra $5 off their orders over $25.*
On Cyber Monday, Sears is offering great prices on an extensive range of merchandise available online, including:
-- 50-60% off Sweaters & Outerwear for Women
-- 50-60% off Boys and Girls Active Wear
-- Tools are up to 20% off
-- 15% off All Appliances and Floor Care
-- An extra 10% Off All Fine Jewelry
-- An Extra 10% off all Lawn & Garden Purchases
-- Free shipping on mailable orders over $49
-- No Interest until 2012 with the Sears Credit Card or 10% Cash Back with
Mail-in Rebate on Home Electronics purchases over $999.
For the sports and automotive enthusiasts on the holiday list, Sears.com is offering unbeatable prices on all game tables, in addition to sale prices on Bridgestone and Michelin Tires. Consumers can also enjoy special pricing on items for the kids, including strollers, car seats, cribs, furniture and kids' bedding. And, great electronics deals such as a refurbished Magellan 3225 GPS for less than $100.
"With such a great, quality selection of gift ideas on Sears.com, there is always the right product at the right price for everyone looking to stay in budget," said Bruce Johnson, Interim CEO and President, Sears Holdings. "We're offering customers a variety of fantastic offers, from free shipping with online orders throughout the holiday season and affordable financing offers to incredible post-Thanksgiving steals and deals. With so many reasons to visit Sears.com, we are giving holiday shoppers the chance to choose the best values for everyone on their holiday list."
Amidst the hectic holiday schedule, Sears provides a variety of pick-up and delivery choices -- to make it easy and offers consumers a number of different ways to get their product, such as:
-- Ship products directly to the home, via Sears.com
-- Get home delivery and installation services for large items, like flat
screen TVs
-- Buy online and pick up in-store, with the "Ready in 5" - a five minute
store service guarantee and avoid shipping
-- Access expanded products and get free shipping using convenient in-
store PCs
-- Order items via the mobile phone, using Sears2Go and pick up items in-
store
"We are integrating Sears.com and the reach of 1,800 Sears stores to bring outstanding levels of customer choice for delivery, including several ways to reduce or eliminate shipping charges, something customers are telling us they really appreciate in this economic climate," said Jim Barr, SVP and President, Online, Sears Holdings. "Our goal is to bring value and unprecedented levels of choice for our customers."
Sears' popular store pick-up option provides for fast and easy pickup in- store, for a variety of merchandise, including a convenient "curbside pick-up" option. New this holiday season, customers can select the "third-party pick- up" option to enable customers, other than the purchaser to collect designated Store Pick Up eligible merchandise at Sears locations across the U.S. within five minutes of scanning their order form at the store. Customers simply go to Sears.com, search for their desired items, ensure they have they 'Eligible for Store Pick Up' icon, place their order, and then pick up items at their nearest Sears store. If the order isn't ready to go in five minutes, shoppers receive a $5 coupon good for their next in-store purchase.
Sears2go enables customers to find and buy select Sears.com merchandise from their mobile phone by combining mobile commerce with Sears' best in class in-store pickup. Customers select products from a wide variety of categories and choose home delivery or in-store pickup. Sears2go offers many of the same features available on Sears.com, such as product search/browsing, shopping cart and checkout, gifts, product reviews, store locator, special offers and order status to make mobile shopping just as easy as shopping online. Consumers can text SHOP to 73277 or visit Sears2go.com on their mobile phone. Standard text messaging rates may apply.
Sears.com's Cyber Monday deals will be in place Monday, December 1, 2008. Additional Cyber Monday sales will take place on December 8 and December 15. To take advantage of all of Sears' Cyber Monday deals, please visit www.sears.com.
About Sears Holdings Corporation
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is the nation's fourth largest broadline retailer with over $50 billion in annual revenues and 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/.
*Coupon valid on sears.com orders over $25, Monday Dec 1, 2008, online only.
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