Sears plans to close its anchor location at Alderwood mall
LYNNWOOD — Sears plans to hold a liquidation sale beginning today as it closes its store and automotive center at the Alderwood mall.
The store, one of the mall’s anchor tenants, is scheduled to shut down by the end of March. The store, at 18600 Alderwood Mall Blvd., had already blocked the escalator to its second story Thursday.
Sears declined to state the number of employees at the store and automotive center. Most of the employees are part-time and hourly. Eligible employees will receive severance and can apply for open positions at area Sears and Kmart stores.
“The decision to close stores is a difficult but necessary step as we take actions to strengthen the company’s operations and fund its transformation,” said Howard Riefs, director of communications, in an email. “Many of these stores have struggled with their financial performance for years and we have kept them open to maintain local jobs and in the hopes that they would turn around.
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This actually surprises me. I thought the Sears in Everett would be the one to shut down. Guess that's good news for the Everett Mall since the Macy's there is shutting down.
