| Abstract: | Datamonitor's Sears Holdings Corporation - SWOT Analysis company profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information. Sears Holdings Corporation - SWOT Analysis examines the company's key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy.
Sears Holdings Corporation (Sears Holdings or "the company") is a diversified retailer with 2,297 full-line and 1,233 specialty retail stores in the US and 388 full-line and specialty retail stores in Canada. The company operates through Sears and Kmart retail stores in the US and through Sears Canada in Canada. The company is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, and employs approximately 324,000 people. The company recorded revenues of $46,700 million during the financial year (FY) ended January 2009, a decrease of 7.8 % over 2008. The operating profit of the company during FY2009 was $251 million, a decrease of 83.8% from 2008. The net profit was $53 million in FY2009, a decrease of 93.6% over FY2008. The decline in operating and net profit was due to decrease in gross margin and higher impairment chargers.
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- Provides all the crucial information on Sears Holdings Corporation required for business and competitor intelligence needs
- Contains a study of the major internal and external factors affecting Sears Holdings Corporation in the form of a SWOT analysis as well as a breakdown and examination of leading product revenue streams of Sears Holdings Corporation
-Data is supplemented with details on Sears Holdings Corporation history, key executives, business description, locations and subsidiaries as well as a list of products and services and the latest available statement from Sears Holdings Corporation
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| Brief Excerpt: | ...Sears Holdings Cor poration (Sears Holdings) is a broad line retailer with appro ximately 2,300 full-line and 1,100 specialty retail stores in the US oper ating through Kmar t and Sears and appro ximately370 full-line and specialty retail stores in Canada oper ating through Sears Canada. The compan yis headquar tered in Hoffman Estates , Illinois and emplo ys appro ximately 315,000 people .The compan y recorded re venues of $53,012 million dur ing the fiscal y ear ended J anuary 2007, an increase of 7.9% o ver 2006. The oper ating profit of the compan y w as $2,523 million dur ing fiscal year 2007, an increase of 18.8% o ver 2006. The net profit w as $1,490 million in fiscal y ear 2007, an increase of 73.7% o ver 2006. ...
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