Sears Canada Inc. operates as a multi-format retailer in Canada. The company operates department stores that offer women’s apparel, men’s and children’s apparel, nursery products, cosmetics, jewelry, and footwear, and accessories; and home and hardlines, including home furnishings and mattresses, home decors, lawn and garden products, hardware products, electronics and leisure products, and seasonal products, as well as provides appliances comprising refrigeration, laundry, ranges, floor care, and sewing products. It also operates home stores, which offer appliances and electronics; and home improvement products and services. In addition, the company operates dealer stores that offer appliances, furniture, home electronics, and outdoor power equipment; outlet stores that offer clearance merchandise; appliances and mattresses stores that provide appliances, mattresses, box-springs, and products of private labels; and a chain of appliance specialty stores under the Corbeil name. Further, it offers various home services, such as the sale, installation, maintenance, and repair of heating and cooling equipment, roofing, doors and windows, flooring, window coverings, energy audits, kitchen and bathroom renovations, carpet and upholstery cleaning, and duct cleaning; and travel and logistics services. The company offers its products directly through telephone, mail, fax, and online at sears.ca, as well as through its stores and catalogue agents. As of March 14, 2013, it operated 181 corporate stores, 258 hometown dealer stores, 9 home services showrooms, approximately 1,500 catalogue and online merchandise pick-up locations, and 101 travel offices, as well as a home maintenance, repair, and installation network. The company was formerly known as Simpsons-Sears Limited and changed its name to Sears Canada Inc. in May 1984. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Sears Canada Inc. is a subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corporation.

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