And layaway was king! 👑

I bought Seymour Krim's 1960 anthology of Beat writers at a flea market in Mississippi in 1991...but it was originally purchased from Kmart.

Yes I know I [posted this before] (https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1v6z4ug/computers_office_and_electronics_at_sears_in_the_2000s_and_2010s/) but I did not feature any pictures of a showroom called Connected Solutions in a FLS / Full Line Store... the electronics section in a Sears Grand, the TV section in a small format Sears store or even the Sears Hometown website, not even Kenmore Alfie or Kenmore TVs so.....

In addition to computers, office supplies, televisions and other electronics selling very well site wide on Sears.com and in Sears department stores and later in Sears Grand (2003-2021), small format Sears stores like the Sears Dealer Stores aka (also known as) Sears Hometown Stores also had a huge selection in TVs in the electronics department as well, as did the Sears Hometown website.

In 2003, Dell briefly sold products in Sears and Roebuck stores in the US. This was under Alan Lacy's tenure before Kmart Corporation, which went bankrupt due to Charles Conaway's poor decisions (including fraud and embezzlement) as the CEO of KMart in the 2000-2002 timeframe, acquired Sears Roebuck and Company on November 17th of 2004, followed by the merger on March 24th of 2005 as orchestrated by Eddie Lampert. In other words, way back in the Lacy era before the Kmart merger and before Lampert.

If only they had never picked Lacy as CEO back in 2000 post-Martinez... 🥺

As for the Kenmore TVs - they were manufactured by Panasonic and [launched in 2016] (https://www.cepro.com/news/sears_kenmore_elite_branded_4k_tv_ultra_hd_just_might_work/). That electronics deal was terminated during the Sears Holdings bankruptcy in 2018..

Did Your Local Sears Dealer Store aka Sears Hometown Store have the electronics section especially the TV section ? If so where ?
When was the last time you bought electronics from Sears, where and what brand and product ? If a computer / PC what brand and operating system ?
And of course.... when and where exactly did your local Sears get rid of the entire electronics section, including computers / PCs, office supplies, TVs and so forth ? (Mine did in 2017 at the Southcenter Mall near Seattle Washington)

Sources, Locations and Credits

The Wayback Machine
Computers and Office
May 2001
https://web.archive.org/web/20010527234144/http://www.sears.com/sr/homepages/vertical_homepage.jsp?vertical=COMP

August 2001
https://web.archive.org/web/20010802082454/http://www.sears.com/sr/homepages/vertical_homepage.jsp?vertical=COMP

Electronics
January 2003
https://web.archive.org/web/20030108004001/http://www.sears.com/sr/homepages/vertical_homepage.jsp?vertical=ELEC

Dell Computer Experiments With Retail Kiosk In A Sears And Roebuck Store At Lakeline Mall In Austin Texas (October 14th of 1995 - September 2nd of 2018) on January 30th of 2003 (Jana Birchum / Stringer / Getty Images News / Getty Images)
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/dell-computer-trial-kiosk-is-shown-at-a-sears-roebuck-news-photo/1753746

(Also featured in an article)
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/enable-video-output-using-rgb-cable-dell-inspiron-computer-38346.html

Flat Screen TV Rollout on June 2nd of 2004, location unknown, anyone know where exactly this was located?
(Credit to Dawn Lindblade)
SEARS ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT — dawn lindblade
https://www.dlindblade.space/sears-electronics
(EDIT: Santa Monica California sometime in August 1947 - April 15-16 2017)

Expanded electronics department in a Sears concept store at the Gwinnett Place Mall in Duluth Georgia sometime in January 2007 (Kmart World)
https://www.kmartworld.com/2018/09/spotlight-sears-concept-store-duluth-ga.html

Sears Hometown Store Website in 2009
https://web.archive.org/web/20090521154223/http://www.searshometownstores.com/

Electronics Department on the bottom floor of the Sears at the in Sun Valley Shopping Center in Concord, now the last location in California (October 19th of 1966 - present) and on the West Coast that is still standing, and one of 5 left in the United States of America, on November 7th of 2010 (Ivy S / Yelp)
https://www.yelp.com/biz/sears-watch-repair-concord
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-watch-repair-concord
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-watch-repair-concord?start=60
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-watch-repair-concord?start=60&select=s9n_BdBWOq1tGx4Wq_ef0g

Sears Hometown Store in River Falls Wisconsin circa 2011 (Hudson's Coupon Lady)
https://hudsonscouponlady.blogspot.com/2011/09/sears-hometown-store-review.html?m=1

Sears Dealer Store at the Blue Ridge Mall in Hendersonville North Carolina on March 17th of 2012 (Mike Kalasnik / Flickr)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10542402@N06/6995640895/in/album-72157629252006306 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10542402@N06/albums/72157629252006306/

Sears Grand in the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills in Tarentum Pennsylvania (November 5 2005 - January 18 2015) on January 3rd of 2013 (Nicholas Eckhart aka / also known as Fan of Retail / Flickr)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fanofretail/8345263056/in/photostream/

Sears Hometown Store at the Gallatin Valley Mall (originally Main Mall, later Gallatin Valley Mall, now Gallatin Crossing) in Bozeman Montana on July 9th of 2013 (Arlin B / Yelp)
https://www.yelp.com/biz/sears-hometown-store-bozeman
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-hometown-store-bozeman
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-hometown-store-bozeman?select=f3n5QirlE8qGAmfYEuBPbw

Connected Solutions
https://www.multivu.com/players/English/7551551-sears-connected-solutions-flagship/
https://ladyandtheblog.com/sears-connected-solutions-brings-smart-into-my-home-bringthesleigh-smarthome/
https://wwd.com/sourcing-journal/industry-news/sears-tests-connected-solutions-experiential-shops-td-1238697242/
https://www.twice.com/retailing/sears-testing-three-connected-shops-45541
https://www.techhive.com/article/599847/sears-opens-new-high-tech-home-showroom-as-it-goes-all-in-on-connected-homes.html
https://www.techhive.com/article/599877/sears-vs-target-which-store-operates-the-best-connected-home-showroom.html
https://www.connectcre.com/stories/sears-target-opening-bay-area-smart-stores/
Sears aims for seamless shopping experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlVwVAFFSTs
Sears looks to web, technology to help curb losses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U8m9NEf4lg
Leena Munjal, SVP Customer Experience and Integrated Retail - Connected Solutions Sears San Bruno, CA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9tUanLb7aw
Connected Solutions: Home Automation, Electronics, Health and Fitness - Sears
https://web.archive.org/web/20150710141303/http://www.sears.com/connected-solutions/b-1342036019
May 26 2015 at Sears Department Store at The Shops at Tanforan in San Bruno California (October 28 1970 - sometime in January or February of 2020, anyone know when exactly in January / February of 2020 it closed down?)
Now a car dealership: https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1poq2kg/sears_at_tanforan_in_san_bruno_today/
Connected Solutions was a concept that was similar to the latest hands on showroom Kenmore Studio launched last year at the Coral Gables store in Miami, one of 2 left in Florida and 5 left in the United States that has been in operation since October 27th of 1954: https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1vhfzi3/kenmore_studio_at_sears_coral_gables/
Full list of locations with showroom Connected Solutions
The Shops at Tanforan in San Bruno California (October 28 1970 - sometime in January or February of 2020)
Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg Illinois (August 4 1971 - November 14 2021)
Oak Brook Center in Oak Brook Illinois (Sometime in 1962 - April 28 2019, anyone know when in 1962 the Oak Brook location opened?)
Hawthorne Mall in Vernon Hills Illinois (October 25th of 1973 - September 2nd of 2018)

Sears (originally Saks Fifth Avenue 1984-1990) at West Oaks Mall in Houston Texas (August 14 1990 - April 8 2018) on November 20th of 2015 (The Louisiana and Texas Retail Blogspot)
https://southernretail.blogspot.com/2019/01/sears-west-oaks-mall-houston-texas.html
https://southernretail.blogspot.com/2019/02/sears-electronics-departments-over-years.html

Southcenter Mall near Seattle Washington (originally Frederick and Nelson / F&N July 31st 1968-May 1992, Sears sometime in March 1994-Decenber 15 2024)
December 28 2016 (Myself)
December 31 2016 (Ahn Onomous / Google)

Kenmore TV at Sears in Deerbrook Mall Humble Texas (October 3rd of 1984 - March 21st-22nd of 2020) on September 22nd of 2017 (The Louisiana and Texas Retail Blogspot)

Previous posts from last year (2025)
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1i6xhwq/when_was_the_last_time_you_went_to_sears_for_tvs/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1jfg81t/when_was_the_last_time_you_bought_major/

r/kmart
r/deadmalls
r/retail
r/retailporn
r/nostalgia

(Sorry had to redo this entire post because neither Kenmore Alfie nor the Kenmore TVs were there)

Edit: just found out that picture of the TVs with the Spanish signs was located in Santa Monica California, where they [later repainted the electronics section black] (https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-santa-monica?select=qzXkln5m4FQQLpAFKYedHg). Anyone else know when exactly in August 1947 that store opened ? It closed on April 15-16 2017

Sharing for awareness. There is a link being sharing says Kmart anniversary gift. Be aware of these scams. Kmart is 64 years old and look at the unofficial URL. Never fill your personal data, bank details, etc.

Yes I know I [posted this before] (https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1v6z4ug/computers_office_and_electronics_at_sears_in_the_2000s_and_2010s/) but I did not feature any pictures of a showroom called Connected Solutions in a FLS / Full Line Store... the electronics section in a Sears Grand, the TV section in a small format Sears store or even the Sears Hometown website, so.....

In addition to computers, office supplies, televisions and other electronics selling very well site wide on Sears.com and in Sears department stores and later in Sears Grand (2003-2021), small format Sears stores like the Sears Dealer Stores aka (also known as) Sears Hometown Stores also had a huge selection in TVs in the electronics department as well, as did the Sears Hometown website.

In 2003, Dell briefly sold products in Sears and Roebuck stores in the US. This was under Alan Lacy's tenure before Kmart Corporation, which went bankrupt due to Charles Conaway's poor decisions (including fraud and embezzlement) as the CEO of KMart in the 2000-2002 timeframe, acquired Sears Roebuck and Company on November 17th of 2004, followed by the merger on March 24th of 2005 as orchestrated by Eddie Lampert. In other words, way back in the Lacy era before the Kmart merger and before Lampert.

If only they had never picked Lacy as CEO back in 2000 post-Martinez... 🥺

Did Your Local Sears Dealer Store aka Sears Hometown Store have the electronics section especially the TV section ? If so where ?
When was the last time you bought electronics from Sears, where and what brand and product ? If a computer / PC what brand and operating system ?
And of course.... when and where exactly did your local Sears get rid of the entire electronics section, including computers / PCs, office supplies, TVs and so forth ? (Mine did in 2017 at the Southcenter Mall near Seattle Washington)

Sources, Locations and Credits

The Wayback Machine
Computers and Office
May 2001
https://web.archive.org/web/20010527234144/http://www.sears.com/sr/homepages/vertical_homepage.jsp?vertical=COMP

August 2001
https://web.archive.org/web/20010802082454/http://www.sears.com/sr/homepages/vertical_homepage.jsp?vertical=COMP

Electronics
January 2003
https://web.archive.org/web/20030108004001/http://www.sears.com/sr/homepages/vertical_homepage.jsp?vertical=ELEC

Dell Computer Experiments With Retail Kiosk In A Sears And Roebuck Store At Lakeline Mall In Austin Texas (October 14th of 1995 - September 2nd of 2018) on January 30th of 2003 (Jana Birchum / Stringer / Getty Images News / Getty Images)
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/dell-computer-trial-kiosk-is-shown-at-a-sears-roebuck-news-photo/1753744
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/dell-computer-trial-kiosk-is-shown-at-a-sears-roebuck-news-photo/1753746
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/dell-computer-trial-kiosk-is-shown-at-a-sears-roebuck-news-photo/1753747
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/dell-computer-trial-kiosk-is-shown-at-a-sears-roebuck-news-photo/1753748
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/dell-computer-trial-kiosk-is-shown-at-a-sears-roebuck-news-photo/1753741

(Also featured in an article)
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/enable-video-output-using-rgb-cable-dell-inspiron-computer-38346.html

Flat Screen TV Rollout on June 2nd of 2004, location unknown, anyone know where exactly this was located?
(Credit to Dawn Lindblade)
SEARS ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT — dawn lindblade
https://www.dlindblade.space/sears-electronics

Sears Hometown Store Website in 2009
https://web.archive.org/web/20090521154223/http://www.searshometownstores.com/

Electronics Department on the bottom floor of the Sears at the in Sun Valley Shopping Center in Concord, now the last location in California (October 19th of 1966 - present) and on the West Coast that is still standing, and one of 5 left in the United States of America, on November 7th of 2010 (Ivy S / Yelp)
https://www.yelp.com/biz/sears-watch-repair-concord
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-watch-repair-concord
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-watch-repair-concord?start=60
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-watch-repair-concord?start=60&select=s9n_BdBWOq1tGx4Wq_ef0g

Sears Hometown Store in River Falls Wisconsin circa 2011 (Hudson's Coupon Lady)
https://hudsonscouponlady.blogspot.com/2011/09/sears-hometown-store-review.html?m=1

Sears Dealer Store at the Blue Ridge Mall in Hendersonville North Carolina on March 17th of 2012 (Mike Kalasnik / Flickr)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10542402@N06/6995640895/in/album-72157629252006306 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10542402@N06/albums/72157629252006306/

Sears Grand in the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills in Tarentum Pennsylvania (November 5 2005 - January 18 2015) on January 3rd of 2013 (Nicholas Eckhart aka / also known as Fan of Retail / Flickr)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fanofretail/8345263056/in/photostream/

Sears Hometown Store at the Gallatin Valley Mall (originally Main Mall, later Gallatin Valley Mall, now Gallatin Crossing) in Bozeman Montana on July 9th of 2013 (Arlin B / Yelp)
https://www.yelp.com/biz/sears-hometown-store-bozeman
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-hometown-store-bozeman
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-hometown-store-bozeman?select=f3n5QirlE8qGAmfYEuBPbw

Connected Solutions
https://www.multivu.com/players/English/7551551-sears-connected-solutions-flagship/
https://ladyandtheblog.com/sears-connected-solutions-brings-smart-into-my-home-bringthesleigh-smarthome/
https://wwd.com/sourcing-journal/industry-news/sears-tests-connected-solutions-experiential-shops-td-1238697242/
https://www.twice.com/retailing/sears-testing-three-connected-shops-45541
https://www.techhive.com/article/599847/sears-opens-new-high-tech-home-showroom-as-it-goes-all-in-on-connected-homes.html
https://www.techhive.com/article/599877/sears-vs-target-which-store-operates-the-best-connected-home-showroom.html
https://www.connectcre.com/stories/sears-target-opening-bay-area-smart-stores/
Sears aims for seamless shopping experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlVwVAFFSTs
Sears looks to web, technology to help curb losses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U8m9NEf4lg
Leena Munjal, SVP Customer Experience and Integrated Retail - Connected Solutions Sears San Bruno, CA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9tUanLb7aw
Connected Solutions: Home Automation, Electronics, Health and Fitness - Sears
https://web.archive.org/web/20150710141303/http://www.sears.com/connected-solutions/b-1342036019
May 26 and June 23rd of 2015 at Sears Department Store at The Shops at Tanforan in San Bruno California (October 28 1970 - sometime in January or February of 2020, anyone know when exactly in January / February of 2020 it closed down?)
Now a car dealership: https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1poq2kg/sears_at_tanforan_in_san_bruno_today/
Connected Solutions was a concept that was similar to the latest hands on showroom Kenmore Studio launched last year at the Coral Gables store in Miami, one of 2 left in Florida and 5 left in the United States that has been in operation since October 27th of 1954: https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1vhfzi3/kenmore_studio_at_sears_coral_gables/
Full list of locations with showroom Connected Solutions
The Shops at Tanforan in San Bruno California (October 28 1970 - sometime in January or February of 2020)
Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg Illinois (August 4 1971 - November 14 2021)
Oak Brook Center in Oak Brook Illinois (Sometime in 1962 - April 28 2019, anyone know when in 1962 the Oak Brook location opened?)
Hawthorne Mall in Vernon Hills Illinois (October 25th of 1973 - September 2nd of 2018)

Sears (originally Saks Fifth Avenue 1984-1990) at West Oaks Mall in Houston Texas (August 14 1990 - April 8 2018) on November 20th of 2015 (The Louisiana and Texas Retail Blogspot)
https://southernretail.blogspot.com/2019/01/sears-west-oaks-mall-houston-texas.html
https://southernretail.blogspot.com/2019/02/sears-electronics-departments-over-years.html

Previous posts from last year (2025)
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1i6xhwq/when_was_the_last_time_you_went_to_sears_for_tvs/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1jfg81t/when_was_the_last_time_you_bought_major/

r/kmart
r/deadmalls
r/retail
r/retailporn
r/nostalgia

Yes I know I [posted this before] (https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1v6z4ug/computers_office_and_electronics_at_sears_in_the_2000s_and_2010s/) but I did not feature any pictures of a showroom called Connected Solutions in a FLS / Full Like Store... the electronics section in a Sears Grand, the TV section in a small format Sears store or even the Sears Hometown website, so.....

In addition to computers, office supplies, televisions and other electronics selling very well site wide on Sears.com and in Sears department stores and later in Sears Grand (2003-2021), small format Sears stores like the Sears Dealer Stores aka (also known as) Sears Hometown Stores also had a huge selection in TVs in the electronics department as well, as did the Sears Hometown website.

In 2003, Dell briefly sold products in Sears and Roebuck stores in the US. This was under Alan Lacy's tenure before Kmart Corporation, which went bankrupt due to Charles Conaway's poor decisions (including fraud and embezzlement) as the CEO of KMart in the 2000-2002 timeframe, acquired Sears Roebuck and Company on November 17th of 2004, followed by the merger on March 24th of 2005 as orchestrated by Eddie Lampert. In other words, way back in the Lacy era before the Kmart merger and before Lampert.

If only they had never picked Lacy as CEO back in 2000 post-Martinez... 🥺

Did Your Local Sears Dealer Store aka Sears Hometown Store have the electronics section especially the TV section ? If so where ?
When was the last time you bought electronics from Sears, where and what brand and product ? If a computer / PC what brand and operating system ?
And of course.... when and where exactly did your local Sears get rid of the entire electronics section, including computers / PCs, office supplies, TVs and so forth ? (Mine did in 2017 at the Southcenter Mall near Seattle Washington)

Sources, Locations and Credits

The Wayback Machine
Computers and Office
May 2001
https://web.archive.org/web/20010527234144/http://www.sears.com/sr/homepages/vertical_homepage.jsp?vertical=COMP

August 2001
https://web.archive.org/web/20010802082454/http://www.sears.com/sr/homepages/vertical_homepage.jsp?vertical=COMP

Electronics
January 2003
https://web.archive.org/web/20030108004001/http://www.sears.com/sr/homepages/vertical_homepage.jsp?vertical=ELEC

Dell Computer Experiments With Retail Kiosk In A Sears And Roebuck Store At Lakeline Mall In Austin Texas (October 14th of 1995 - September 2nd of 2018) on January 30th of 2003 (Jana Birchum / Stringer / Getty Images News / Getty Images)
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/dell-computer-trial-kiosk-is-shown-at-a-sears-roebuck-news-photo/1753744
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/dell-computer-trial-kiosk-is-shown-at-a-sears-roebuck-news-photo/1753746
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/dell-computer-trial-kiosk-is-shown-at-a-sears-roebuck-news-photo/1753747
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/dell-computer-trial-kiosk-is-shown-at-a-sears-roebuck-news-photo/1753748
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/dell-computer-trial-kiosk-is-shown-at-a-sears-roebuck-news-photo/1753741

Flat Screen TV Rollout on June 2nd of 2004, location unknown, anyone know where exactly this was located?
(Credit to Dawn Lindblade)
SEARS ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT — dawn lindblade
https://www.dlindblade.space/sears-electronics

Sears Hometown Store Website in 2009
https://web.archive.org/web/20090521154223/http://www.searshometownstores.com/

Electronics Department on the bottom floor of the Sears at the in Sun Valley Shopping Center in Concord, now the last location in California (October 19th of 1966 - present) and on the West Coast that is still standing, and one of 5 left in the United States of America, on November 7th of 2010 (Ivy S / Yelp)
https://www.yelp.com/biz/sears-watch-repair-concord
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-watch-repair-concord
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-watch-repair-concord?start=60
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-watch-repair-concord?start=60&select=s9n_BdBWOq1tGx4Wq_ef0g

Sears Hometown Store in River Falls Wisconsin circa 2011 (Hudson's Coupon Lady)
https://hudsonscouponlady.blogspot.com/2011/09/sears-hometown-store-review.html?m=1

Sears Dealer Store at the Blue Ridge Mall in Hendersonville North Carolina on March 17th of 2012 (Mike Kalasnik / Flickr)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10542402@N06/6995640895/in/album-72157629252006306 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10542402@N06/albums/72157629252006306/

Sears Grand in the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills in Tarentum Pennsylvania (November 5 2005 - January 18 2015) on January 3rd of 2013 (Nicholas Eckhart aka / also known as Fan of Retail / Flickr)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fanofretail/8345263056/in/photostream/

Sears Hometown Store at the Gallatin Valley Mall (originally Main Mall, later Gallatin Valley Mall, now Gallatin Crossing) in Bozeman Montana on July 9th of 2013 (Arlin B / Yelp)
https://www.yelp.com/biz/sears-hometown-store-bozeman
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-hometown-store-bozeman
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-hometown-store-bozeman?select=f3n5QirlE8qGAmfYEuBPbw

Connected Solutions
https://www.multivu.com/players/English/7551551-sears-connected-solutions-flagship/
https://ladyandtheblog.com/sears-connected-solutions-brings-smart-into-my-home-bringthesleigh-smarthome/
https://wwd.com/sourcing-journal/industry-news/sears-tests-connected-solutions-experiential-shops-td-1238697242/
https://www.twice.com/retailing/sears-testing-three-connected-shops-45541
https://www.techhive.com/article/599847/sears-opens-new-high-tech-home-showroom-as-it-goes-all-in-on-connected-homes.html
https://www.techhive.com/article/599877/sears-vs-target-which-store-operates-the-best-connected-home-showroom.html
https://www.connectcre.com/stories/sears-target-opening-bay-area-smart-stores/
Sears aims for seamless shopping experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlVwVAFFSTs
Sears looks to web, technology to help curb losses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U8m9NEf4lg
Leena Munjal, SVP Customer Experience and Integrated Retail - Connected Solutions Sears San Bruno, CA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9tUanLb7aw
Connected Solutions: Home Automation, Electronics, Health and Fitness - Sears
https://web.archive.org/web/20150710141303/http://www.sears.com/connected-solutions/b-1342036019
May 26 and June 23rd of 2015 at Sears Department Store at The Shops at Tanforan in San Bruno California (October 28 1970 - sometime in January or February of 2020, anyone know when exactly in January / February of 2020 it closed down?)
Now a car dealership: https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1poq2kg/sears_at_tanforan_in_san_bruno_today/
Connected Solutions was a concept that was similar to the latest hands on showroom Kenmore Studio launched last year at the Coral Gables store in Miami, one of 2 left in Florida and 5 left in the United States that has been in operation since October 27th of 1954: https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1vhfzi3/kenmore_studio_at_sears_coral_gables/
Full list of locations with showroom Connected Solutions
The Shops at Tanforan in San Bruno California (October 28 1970 - sometime in January or February of 2020)
Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg Illinois (August 4 1971 - November 14 2021)
Oak Brook Center in Oak Brook Illinois (Sometime in 1962 - April 28 2019, anyone know when in 1962 the Oak Brook location opened?)
Hawthorne Mall in Vernon Hills Illinois (October 25th of 1973 - September 2nd of 2018)

Sears (originally Saks Fifth Avenue 1984-1990) at West Oaks Mall in Houston Texas (August 14 1990 - April 8 2018) on November 20th of 2015 (The Louisiana and Texas Retail Blogspot)
https://southernretail.blogspot.com/2019/01/sears-west-oaks-mall-houston-texas.html
https://southernretail.blogspot.com/2019/02/sears-electronics-departments-over-years.html

Previous posts from last year (2025)
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Compaq PCs and Sony TVs, cameras, DVD players and VCRs sold very well site wide on Sears.com and in store, as did [Dell PCs starting in 2003] (https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/dell-computer-trial-kiosk-is-shown-at-a-sears-roebuck-news-photo/1753744). [Sony and Sears were business partners at the time] (https://web.archive.org/web/20040226074424/http://www.sel.sony.com/SEL/consumer/ss5/dealers/dealerinfo/sears.html). Similar to Circuit City and Fry's, computers and office supplies were some newfangled thing Sears used and even sold in there stores and on there website that we could buy from them for our homes, offices and workplaces. Televisions and monitors were also evolving in the 2000s. In the mid 2000s, plasma TVs were introduced, followed by [LCD TVs sometime in the late 2000s] (https://www.flickr.com/photos/26551393@N03/2490789450/in/dateposted/).

By the mid to late 2010s, Sears got rid of the electronics department in many locations (an Eddie Lampert idiocy), but some stores, like the Coral Gables location (one of the last stores still open today) still had that in 2017. When And Where Did Your Local Sears Get Rid Of The Electronics Section ?

Sources

Compaq PCs at Sears in Golf Mill Mall Niles Illinois 4/11/2002 (Tim Boyle / Staff / Getty Images News / Getty Images)
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/compaq-computers-are-shown-inside-a-sears-store-at-golf-news-photo/759786

The Wayback Machine

Computers and Office

https://web.archive.org/web/20010605235412/http://www.sears.com/sr/homepages/vertical_homepage.jsp?vertical=COMP

https://web.archive.org/web/20020806141042/http://www.sears.com/sr/homepages/vertical_homepage.jsp?vertical=COMP

Electronics

https://web.archive.org/web/20010605205705/http://www.sears.com/sr/homepages/vertical_homepage.jsp?vertical=ELEC

https://web.archive.org/web/20030608063359/http://www.sears.com/sr/homepages/vertical_homepage.jsp?vertical=ELEC

https://web.archive.org/web/20040225023810/http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/vertical.do?vertical=ELEC

https://web.archive.org/web/20050323094616/http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/vertical.do?vertical=ELEC

Dawn Lindblade (sometime in 2005-2006, location unknown)
SEARS ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT — dawn lindblade
https://www.dlindblade.space/sears-electronics

TVs in the electronics department at Sears in Milford Connecticut (April 1st 2000 - December 2018) on December 27th of 2011 (Spencer Platt)
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/man-shops-in-a-sears-store-on-december-27-2011-in-milford-news-photo/136142977
https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2012/01/18/sears-rises-speculation-lampert-may-take-retailer-private/bAWE8fPwTSaQ7RnHBpGNzH/story.html

Electronics section on the lower level of the Sears at the Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights California (August 30 1972 - July 15 2018) on December 31st 2012 / sometime in December 2012 (Juee R / Yelp)
https://www.yelp.com/biz/sears-citrus-heights-2
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-citrus-heights-2

Samsung TVs in the electronics department on the 2nd floor in Sears at Coral Gables in Miami (October 27 1954-present) one of 2 left in Florida and 5 left in America on September 19th of 2017 (Phillip Pessar / Flickr)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/southbeachcars/36494798354/in/photostream/

Previous posts from last year (2025)
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1i6xhwq/when_was_the_last_time_you_went_to_sears_for_tvs/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1jfg81t/when_was_the_last_time_you_bought_major/
This year (2026)
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1stfgk3/electronics_section_at_sears_sometime_in_the_early_to_mid_2000s/
https://www.reddit.com/r/kmart/comments/1syl1qw/electronics_section_at_sears_sometime_in_the_early_to_mid_2000s/

Buying a Computer at Sears (The Computer Chronicles, 1992)
Located at the Colonial Park Mall in Harrisburg Pennsylvania (Store Closed November 14 2021 and the mall itself is dying)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRYSbboHDzQ
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1rrabjt/buying_a_computer_at_sears_the_computer_chronicles_1992/

2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYkZMNhIS_M

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