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Sears Holdings Names President of Key Business Unit

        Guenther Trieb to Lead Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard Brands

    HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sears Holdings
Corporation (Nasdaq: SHLD) announced today that Guenther Trieb will join
Sears Holdings as SVP and president -- Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard and
will be responsible for overseeing and working to grow the value of the
company's major brands.

    Trieb joins Sears Holdings after a successful 24-year career with
Procter & Gamble, Co., where he was most recently Vice President for P &
G's Western European Feminine Care Global Business Unit. He held a variety
of senior leadership roles in brand management, marketing and strategic
planning while with Procter & Gamble.

    "The addition of Guenther to our team moves us another important step
forward in the transformation of our businesses," said Bruce Johnson,
Interim CEO and president of Sears Holdings. "He brings a winning attitude
to our company and has demonstrated a commitment to enhancing relationships
with customers, profitable sales growth and navigating through
organizational change."

    About Sears Holdings Corporation:

    Sears Holdings Corporation is the nation's fourth largest broadline
retailer, with approximately $50 billion in annual revenues, and with
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.


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