After nearly 20 years in business, the Sears Hometown Store at 912 Main St. in Winfield will close later this year. The store, which sells appliances, tools and other equipment, is closing due to a lack of business and the inability to get products, said manager Kelli Osen, with customers having to wait months to receive orders. “People do not want to wait for refrigerators for eight months,” Osen said. The last day in business is scheduled for July 14, although the store could close earlier if the remaining inventory sells out before then. Osen said the Winfield Sears decided not to renew its franchise contract with the Sears corporate office once their current three-year term is up. Sears could have stepped in to keep the Winfield location open as a corporate-owned store, but declined to do that as well, said Osen. The Winfield Sears currently has three employees, but has had some trouble keeping a third employee, Osen said.
Source: The Arkansas City Traveler
