UPDATE: Sears Names 81 Close; No NY Stores

UPDATE: The list of Sears that will be closing is now up to 81 out of a possible 100-120, but no stores from New York are on that list yet.

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Sears announced on Dec. 27 that 100-120 Sears and Kmart Stores would be closing due to declining revenue. Sears released the Holdings Update on Dec. 29 listing 79 of the 100-120 store closings.

However, of the 79, no New York Sears were on the list. Florida takes the lead with 11 store closings followed by Michigan, Georgia and Ohio with six stores each.

Check back with Patch for the rest of the store closings when they're released. Sears said that employment varies by store and format.

"At  this  time  we  cannot  provide  the  total  number  of  impacted  associates," according to the Sears Holdings Update. "However, a typical store  that is being closed employs between 40 and 80 associates."

Patch attached the Holdings Update to this article.