So Far we have Frederick, Maryland. Any other getting announced today?
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Fair, but we still don't Know for sure if ALL Hometowns are closing, or just some, or most of them. Maybe they just aren't using a central website anymore? If even 1 Sears Hometown stays open, then it would be incorrect to state that they are all closing.
See, for example, the 1 Blockbuster store (in Oregon or whatever) is still there, so we cannot correctly state that all Blockbusters are closed. Now we don't Know if this is the case here. All Hometowns, just might very well be closing. Personally, I hope they do. But I just don't have concrete proof yet that ALL are closing.
Again, the franchisees have every right to be upset with Sears ownership. I would be too. But take the word of some disgruntled franchisees with a very large grain of salt.
Several other franchisees have posted the same news. Furthermore, the entire SearsHometownStores.com website has disappeared, redirecting to Sears.com, whose Store Locator doesn't list any of the Hometown stores.
@4coq+1ka3K6uu We don't yet Know for sure if all Hometowns are closing. Some franchisee claimed on a FB page that "all of them" were closing, but that's not official. We can take the words of a disgruntled Hometown franchisee with a grain of salt. They MIGHT be all closing, they might not be all closing. We just don't Know 100% for sure yet.
The entire Sears Hometown chain, about 120 stores in about 39 states plus Puerto Rico, appears to be closing down. That's a drastic shrinkage in Sears's national footprint.