Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc. was an American retail company that sold home appliances, lawn & garden equipment, apparel, mattresses, sporting goods, and tools.

[8] On June 3, 2019, it was announced that Transform Holdco would acquire Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores.

[3] Outlet stores sell discontinued, used, cosmetically blemished or reconditioned merchandise with new parts.

[15] The objective of the campaign was to provide firehouses with funds to improve resources for training, equipment, and financial support.

[9][17][18] However it was reported a few days later that Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores acquisition offer was rejected, as a result, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores might face liquidation, having a similar fate to Sears Holdings but which got acquired by ESL Investments a few months ago, but its biggest shareholder Eddie Lampert is trying to save the company from liquidation and hopefully continue the acquisition process.

[24] Transform Holdco completed the acquisition of the remainder of Sears Hometown at the end of the same business day.

Primarily independently owned and averaging 8,500 square feet, Hometown Stores are designed to serve customers within their local communities.

The stores sell appliances, apparel, mattresses, sporting goods, tools, and lawn and garden equipment.

Sears Outlet provides in-store and online access to new, one-of-a-kind, out-of-carton, discontinued, obsolete, used, reconditioned, overstocked, and scratch-and-dented merchandise at a discounted price (at twenty to sixty percent off regular retail price) [33][34] Each store, on average, is larger than 18,000 square feet in size.

[36] In 1995, Sears Outlet restructured in order to manage repairs and product distribution from a centralized location.

In 2009, SearsOutlet.com was launched as an e-commerce platform allowing customers to purchase items online and in 2011, nationwide delivery was offered.

[42] In 2014, Sears Outlet partnered with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to support children with life-threatening conditions.

Averaging 5,000 square feet with a primarily appliance showroom design [47][48] As of October 2019, there are currently 15 locations in operation.

[49] Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores received the Customer Engagement award from the online publication Retail TouchPoints for their interactive in-store campaign.