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Sears Faces Closure as Assets Sold to Repay Debt

12/26/2025

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Story summary
  • Key Information: A decade after Edward S. Lampert's firm aimed to save Sears, the retailer and Seritage Growth Properties near their end.
  • There are five Sears stores remaining.
  • Seritage Growth Properties is selling assets to repay Berkshire Hathaway's $1.6 billion loan.
  • CEO Adam Metz says assets will be sold quickly and alternatives considered to maximize shareholder value.
  • This ends a 20-year saga started with Edward S. Lampert's 2005 Sears–Kmart merger.