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Sears Outlet is an outlet store that sells new, reconditioned, overstock, scratch & dented, and discontinued products〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Worth noting in business: Sears Outlet store opens on White Lane )〕 online and through brick and mortar stores in the USA and Puerto Rico. Each store, on average, is larger than 18,000 square feet in size.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Sears Outlet Store Opens in Queens Village )〕 Sears Outlet’s product range includes refrigerators, washers & dryers, ovens, air conditioners, home appliances, lawn and garden equipment, apparel, sporting goods, tools, household goods, and consumer electronics. Sears Outlet is a segment of Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SHOS Profile )〕 ==History== In 1968, Sears opened a surplus store in Kansas City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sears Hometown And Outlet Stores Inc Works With Yotpo To Help Customers’ Decision-Making Process )〕 This was the first of its kind operated by the Sears brand. The purpose of this store was to be able to liquidate returned items. Sears continued to open Surplus stores throughout the USA until 1993. In 1994, the surplus stores were renamed to Sears Outlet.〔 In 1995, Sears Outlet restructured in order to manage repairs and product distribution from a centralized location. To do this, they established a series of facilities known as Outlet Repair and Distribution Centers. In 2015, there were 22 of these centers in operation. In 2008, Apparel was introduced to Sears Outlet stores and served as a liquidation outlet for Lands' End. In 2009, SearsOutlet.com was launched as an e-commerce platform allowing customers to purchase items online and in 2011, nationwide delivery was offered. In 2012, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores was spun off from Sears Holdings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sears To Spin Off Hometown, Outlet Stores Into Separate Company )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sears files to spin off Hometown, Outlet stores )〕 At the time of the separation, there were 122 Sears Outlet Stores in operation. As of February 1, 2014, Sears Outlet stores have expanded its operations to 143 locations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Retail Therapy: Sears Outlet store coming to Fayetteville )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sears Outlet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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