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Sears Holdings Names Leader of Key Businesses

  John D. Goodman Returns to the Company to Lead Apparel and Home Efforts

    HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sears Holdings
(Nasdaq: SHLD) announced today that John D. Goodman will join the company
as EVP - Apparel and Home. He will be responsible for the oversight and
leadership of Sears Holdings' Apparel and Home businesses, both in-store
and online. Goodman will also serve as president - Kmart Apparel until a
permanent leader for that business unit is identified. He will serve as a
member of the internal holding company business unit board of directors as
well. In order to greatly enhance the company's ability to attract talent,
Sears Holdings will establish a San Francisco office - one of the country's
centers of excellence for the apparel industry - where Goodman will be
based. Three years ago the company successfully opened a design office in
Lower Manhattan in New York City for similar reasons.

    Goodman, who previously served as chief apparel and home officer until
2005 for Kmart, was most recently chief executive officer for apparel
retailer Charlotte Russe. In his more than 20 year career in the retail
industry, Goodman has also served as the president and CEO of Mervyn's
department stores, as president of the Dockers? brand at Levi Strauss and
Co., and held a variety of leadership positions at Gap, Inc., where he
played a key role in the launch of the Banana Republic and Old Navy outlet
formats. He started his career with Bloomingdale's in its executive
training program. Goodman earned a bachelor's degree from the University of
Maryland.

    "We're extremely pleased to welcome John back to Sears Holdings and
we're excited to be able to add a leader with his strengths and wealth of
apparel experience to our team," said Bruce Johnson, interim CEO and
president of Sears Holdings. "We are confident that John will help us
attract additional talent to our company and we're looking forward to
opening an office in San Francisco. We believe his leadership will enable
our Apparel and Home businesses to better compete and enhance our
relationships with customers."

    About Sears Holdings Corporation

    Sears Holdings Corporation is the nation's fourth largest broadline
retailer with approximately 3,900 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 the Country Living
collection, which is offered exclusively by Sears and Kmart. We are the
nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 12 million
service calls made annually. Sears Holdings Corporation operates through
its subsidiaries, including Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Corporation.
For more information, visit Sears Holdings' web site at
http://www.searsholdings.com.


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