Sears Hometown stores were independently owned stores that sell Sears merchandise. Main article: Transformco § Sears Hometown Stores

It was later revealed that all remaining Sears Hometown stores would be liquidated and permanently closed. On December 13, 2022, Sears Hometown filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Stores that were acquired by Franchise Group were re-branded into American Freight stores. Transform Holdco completed the acquisition of the remainder of Sears Hometown at the end of the same business day. On October 23, 2019, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores completed its sale of Sears Outlet and Buddy's Home Furnishing businesses to Franchise Group. In August 2019, Franchise Group, the parent of Liberty Tax, announced plans to acquire Sears Outlet division from Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores to help fulfill Transform Holdco's requirement in Transform Holdco's acquisition of Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores. At the time announcement, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores had 491 Hometown stores and 126 Outlet stores in 49 states, Puerto Rico and Bermuda. As per deal, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores might need to divest its Sears Outlet division to gain approval. In June 2019, it was finally announced that Transform Holdco will acquire the remaining shares in the company. However it was reported a few days later that Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores acquisition offer was rejected, as a result, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores might face liquidation, having a similar fate to Sears Holdings but which got acquired by ESL Investments a few months ago, but its biggest shareholder Eddie Lampert is trying to save the company from liquidation and hopefully continue the acquisition process.

In April 2019, it was announced that Transform Holdco would acquire the company as a result of its subsidiary Sears opening up 3 Sears Home & Life stores by May 2019. When former parent Sears Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on October 15, 2018, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores was not affected due to having been spun off from Sears since 2012. The objective of the campaign was to provide firehouses with funds to improve resources for training, equipment, and financial support. Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores partnered with the National Volunteer Fire Council in November 2013 to raise money for local fire departments. Outlet stores sell discontinued, used, cosmetically blemished or reconditioned merchandise with new parts. Outlet stores are approximately 18,000 square feet and equipped with items such as home appliances, lawn and garden equipment, apparel, mattresses, sporting goods and tools.

Outlet stores sell Sears merchandise at discount. Hometown stores are small hardware and appliance stores operated by independent retailers. Sears Holdings spun off more than 1,100 Hometown and 122 outlet stores. Sears Holdings spun off Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores in 2012 to attempt to restore profitability and raise shareholder confidence. The company's former subsidiary, Sears Hometown remained in business as an American retail brand of hardware and appliance stores and a Transform Holdco subsidiary with most stores being locally owned and operated franchises. The company ceased to exist on October 23, 2019, when Franchise Group acquired the Sears Outlet division and Transform Holdco acquired the rest of the company. As per the deal, Sears Hometown needed to divest its Sears Outlet division to gain approval. On June 3, 2019, it was announced that Transform Holdco would acquire Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores. By May 2019, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores and its independent dealers and independent franchisees operated a total of 639 stores across 49 states as well as in Puerto Rico and Bermuda. The company was a spun off from Sears Holdings in 2012. Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores was founded in April 2012. Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores is based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The company had four subsidiary store formats: Sears Hometown, Sears Outlet, Sears Hardware and Appliance, and Sears Home Appliance Showrooms. was an American retail company that sold home appliances, lawn and garden equipment, apparel, mattresses, sporting goods, and tools.

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