Sears Hometown Stores
Small-format Sears spinoff, majority-controlled by Eddie Lampert's ESL Investments, which fully acquired it via Transform Holdco in 2019. Filed Chapter 11 in December 2022 and liquidated all remaining stores by early 2023.
- FOUNDED
- 2012
- ACQUIRED
- ESL Investments, 2019, $2.25 per share
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2012
Sears Hometown Stores founded
2019
Acquired by ESL Investments for $2.25 per share
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