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		<title><![CDATA[Sears Launches Catalog to Grab Last-Gasp Holiday Jewelry Sales]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Product available ranges from silver to diamonds and includes earrings, bracelets, necklaces, watches and special gift items Among the brands available are Sears-exclusive Rock and Redemption by Michael Spirito, Celestial Star Diamonds, Bulova, Citizen, Armitron, Casio, Timex, Disney and more. by Mike Duff]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:03:01 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[William Ackman Is Big on Sears, Not Retail-Sales Figures]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pershing Square Capital head William Ackman is betting that lagging retail sales aren't an indicator of the industry's health as a whole. by Ian Ritter]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:20:47 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Perspectives May Obscure Sears' Real Needs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet, the question arises, should Sears Holding be fixing its balance sheet, its immediate share price or its stores? by Mike Duff]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:30:26 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Black Friday 2009: The Best Deals On The Items You Want]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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?Sure, Black Friday seems utterly atrocious when thinking about it. I mean you got long...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sears Face(book)s Black Friday]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Give Sears Holding SHLD credit for making the most out of Black Friday, as itâ€™s not only squeezing the event for all its worth without actually discounting more deeply than other retailers, but itâ€™s also using initiatives revolving around the date to boost its social networking initiatives.   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:12:09 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Need to know: Young's profits rise ... Unite rental growth ... Sears loss ....]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics Public finances: Official figures showed that public sector net borrowing jumped to £11.4 billion, a record high for October. Net debt reached £829.7 billion — £134.6 billion higher than a year ago and equivalent to more than 59 per cent of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:31:47 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sears Loss Narrows as Kmart Shows Improvement]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WILMINGTON, Delaware (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Sears Holdings Corp SHLD posted a narrower quarterly loss on Thursday as comparable-store sales at its Kmart discount chain rose for the first time in several quarters.Sears' net loss for the third quarter that ended October 31 narrowed to $127 million, or $1.09 per share, from...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:30:16 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kmart Rejuvenates Jaclyn Smith So Shoppers Forget Martha Stewart]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As recently detailed in this blog, Sears is giving apparel a boost with new styles and some holiday purchasing incentives, but sibling Kmart also has been vigorously reinventing a fashion program thatâ€™s facing a big void with the loss of the Martha Stewart Everyday brand.    Over the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:56:35 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sears Launches Its Own Black Friday, Targeting Apparel for Deep Discounts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sears ran its early Black Friday promotion just after beginning to circulate its â€œlookbook â€œ to the press, a volume that details, in its current manifestation, the company's spring clothing line. by Mike Duff]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:03:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Holiday Challenges Continue to Loom, Yet Kmart Adapts the Steidtmann Way]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, this blog was a bit critical of Deloitte and its chief economist Carl Steidtmann for a less than definitive holiday sales forecast, yet, itâ€™s only fair to note how a statement of his delivered almost a year ago resonates today.    Of course, we now...]]></description>
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