HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Building on a
long history of serving customers' automotive needs, Sears is now enabling
online shoppers to purchase from a full assortment of automotive-related
products in addition to Tires, Wheels and Batteries on Sears.com. Sears will
add more than 130,000 new items to its online selection of parts and
accessories for cars, trucks, motorcycles, campers, RVs, ATVs, and UTVs.
"Sears is adding more than 130,000 new items to our tires, wheels,
batteries and automotive parts and accessories selection," said Imran Jooma,
Sears vice president of e-commerce. "Our customers already expect to find the
highest quality and broadest assortments of tires, appliances and tools on
Sears.com. And, now we will be offering one of the largest online selections
of automotive items, in time for the holiday season."
"These new additions to automotive on Sears.com allow us to better serve
today's customer with speed and expertise," said Rick Sawyer, vice president
and general merchandise manager of Automotive. "As more customers turn to the
Internet to research automotive purchases, Sears.com should be their first
choice. In addition to our great brands like Diehard and our expanded products
selection, Sears.com will now offer the convenience of online appointment
scheduling in addition to 'Click to Talk' for instant online & phone access to
Tire experts. Customers can now shop for tires, batteries and service from the
comfort of their home, get their questions answered, schedule their service
and in most cases, drive into their local Sears Auto Center the same or next
day to get the work done. That's the power of the internet at work."
To provide this broad selection of new products, Sears.com is partnering
with the Whitney Automotive Group. Once launched, customers on Sears.com will
be able to browse more than five million vehicle applications for parts and
accessories designed to fit their specific vehicle. Customers can also search
by product type, browse more than two thousand brands of parts and
accessories, and shop for products designed to improve the fuel economy and
performance of their vehicles.
For more information, or to shop for your vehicle, visit
http://www.sears.com/automotive.
About Sears Holdings Corporation
Sears Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq: SHLD) is the nation's fourth largest
broadline retailer with over $50 billion in annual revenues and approximately
3,800 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada.
Sears Holdings is the leading home appliance retailer as well as a leader in
tools, lawn and garden, home electronics and automotive repair and
maintenance. Key proprietary brands include Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard,
and a broad apparel offering, including such well-known labels
as Lands' End, Jaclyn Smith and Joe Boxer, as well as the Apostrophe and
Covington brands. It also has Martha Stewart Everyday products, which are
offered exclusively in the U.S. by Kmart and in Canada by Sears Canada. The
company is the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 13
million service calls made annually. For more information, visit Sears
Holdings' website at http://www.searsholdings.com.
About Whitney Automotive Group
Whitney Automotive Group is the largest internet and catalog retailer of
automotive aftermarket parts and accessories. The company's flagship brand,
J. C. Whitney, has been serving the automotive needs of its customers since
1915. Whitney Automotive today operates multiple brands and automotive retail
Web sites, including http://www.jcwhitney.com, http://www.stylintrucks.com,
and http://www.carparts.com. Through its business services division, Whitney
Automotive provides outsourced e-commerce, merchandising, product data,
fulfillment, and customer service solutions for retailers looking to profit
from the high growth rate in online automotive retailing. For more
information, visit http://www.jcwhitney.com.
SOURCE Sears Holdings Corporation