Sears Holding Co. announced Thursday it will close 18 Sears stores and more 45 Kmart locations. The announcement comes after a brutal year for Sears, which closed hundreds of Sears and Kmart locations in the past 12 months.
Employees were informed of the closures on Thursday. The stores are set to close in late January 2018 with clearance sales starting this week.
The Sears in Tuscaloosa located at University Mall and Kmart in Albertville. The Sears Auto Center in Tuscaloosa will close in early December. The store itself will close in January 2018.