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Sears Holding Company's Current and Future Prospects

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Select an organization that has been in the news lately. Newsworthy. What are the issues? What are the organization's prospects? Share your thoughts

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An examination of the current and future prospects of Sears Holdings company. There are moves being made by Sears Holdings to help the company, but is it good enough? The issues of an organization in the news are examined.

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Organization Issues and Prospects

Select an organization that has been in the news lately. newsworthy. What are the issues? What are the organization's prospects? Share your thoughts.

Sears Holdings has spent a lot of time in the news lately. Recently, CEO Eddie Lampert stated that Sears Holdings closed 234 Kmart and Sears underperforming full line stores in 2014. In the fourth quarter of 2014, Kmart comps for same store sales declined 2% and Sears' domestic ...

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