Sears Holdings Corporation is a retail conglomerate formed in 2005 by the merger of
Sears, Roebuck and Co., of
Hoffman Estates,
Illinois, with
Kmart Holdings Corporation, of
Troy,
Michigan.
The company operates 4,000 retail locations under the mastheads of Sears, Sears Grand, Sears Hometown Stores, Sears Hardware, Kmart, Big Kmart, Super Kmart, The Great Indoors, and
Lands' End stores. It is the tenth largest retailer by annual revenue in the
United States trailing behind
Walmart,
Kroger,
Target,
Walgreens,
The Home Depot,
Costco,
CVS Caremark,
Lowe's and
Best Buy.