[Eric Roelfsema]

K-Mart is a publicly traded company on the NYSE. Sears is as well.

This is a huge surprise, if this is true. There has been absolutely no talk about a merger of this kind at all.

K-Mart has been talking about moving their company headquarters within the state of Michigan, possibly to the Grand Rapids area, or to another state. There has been no talk that in the Michigan papers that K-mart was looking for a partner.

[BlessedBeGod]

I'm greatly surprised, too.

But looks like AP has the story, too:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041117/ap_on_bi_ge/kmart_sears_merger

[southlake_hoosier]

It is being reported here in the Chicago area that Sears is not moving from their headquarters. Also, that K-Mart and Sears will keep operating under their own names.

[q_an_a]

Willie Green is going to have dozens of stories to put up as vendors and staff are cut out of these tow old line companies.