Sears has launched a new online movie download service called Alphaline Entertainment. It lets customers of Sears and Kmart download movies the day they’re released on TV. 

Sonic Solutions said today it has entered into an agreement with Sears to provide consumers access to entertainment on a range of Internet connected devices including TVs, Blu-ray players, and mobile phones.

Under the multi-year agreement, Sears has licensed Sonic Solutions’ RoxioNow platform, which will power digital entertainment delivery services for both Sears and Kmart. The new services will launch later this year and will be promoted at retail stores nationwide.

Is there a better way to kick off the Holiday season then slowly dragging yourself out of your tryptophan induced coma to go shopping during the wee hours of the day after Thanksgiving a.k.a. Black Friday?

The Federal Trade Commission has ordered Sears to end a program that placed spyware on customers’ computers that would track their online browsing.

The company, which includes Sears and Kmart, offered online customers $10 in return for installing the tracking software.

Reading the latest issue of Consumer Electronics publication TWICE I came across their list of the top 100 Major Appliance Retailers and was struck by how there are no online companies on the list.

A software application from the holding company for Sears and K-Mart have the folks at StopBadware.org requesting changes to it.

Sears has launched an integrated marketing campaign around the return of the holiday Wish Book.

Every company is interested in online community and Web 2.0 functionality today, and retail giant Sears is no exception. After seeing a post by Bill Green at Make the Logo Bigger about the retailer’s first effort in this area, I can only conclude that Sears outsourced their community development to their corporate legal team. Signing up for the My SHC Community requires agreeing to an ultra-lengthy privacy policy that Green concluded didn’t offer much privacy.

Sears has launched a virtual shopping site that is aimed at tweens.

Looking to increase shareholder value, and emphasis on its merchandising business, Sears Canada is exploring alternatives for its Credit and Financial Services business, including its possible sale.

Since Sears, Roebuck and Co. was purchased by Kmart making Sears Holding Corporation, the company reported a net loss for the first quarter of the year.

Sears Holdings announced that it plans to pursue alternatives for the separation of the company’s Orchard Supply Hardware business.

Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Latina Media Ventures, the publisher of Latina magazine, announced an exclusive partnership to create Latina Life, a new line of apparel, footwear and handbags influenced by the style of Hispanic women.

The other day, shareholders approved the merger of Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Holding Corporation.

The merger of Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Holding Corporation was approved yesterday by shareholders of both companies.

Yesterday shareholders of Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Holding Corporation approved the merger of the two companies.

In separate special meetings today, the respective shareholders of Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Holding Corporation approved the merger of the two companies.

A Women’s Wear Daily article reported that Sears, Roebuck & Co. wants to sell its Lands’ End catalog company which it bought for $1.9 billion in 2002.

Sears, Roebuck and Kmart will hold special meetings of their shareholders on March 24, 2005 to vote on the companies’ proposed merger.

Sears, Roebuck and Co. announced the launch of the company’s newest off-mall format – Sears Essentials.

Now that it has merged with Kmart, Sears is going to Nasdaq after 95 years on the New York Stock Exchange.