San Leandro Kmart, Sears Outlet So Far Unaffected By Closures

Sears Holdings will shut down at least 80 Kmart and Sears stores but so far two local facilities have been spared.

San Leandro has a that was among the many stores nationwide that were visited by "" over the holidays.

The city is also home to a .

There were no Bay Area stores on the current closure list.

The planned closures were initially reported in an internal memo from CEO Lou D'Ambrosio that was picked up by the media.

Initially, there was no list of specific stores.

Now Sears Holdings Newsroom has published a list that the company says "represents 80 of the 100 to 120 store closings that were announced (on) December 27.

The list of affected stores is posted with this story as a PDF.

Sears Holdings said it will post updates. So more closures may be announced before the local stores are in the clear.

Sears said its stores typically have between 40 and 80 employees.

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