Sears boosts holiday offerings

NEW YORK Sears Holdings will approach the holidays not only with new decorations and gifts, but with new products and brands, too.

Kmart will offer seven decoration and wrapping paper themes in Martha Stewart Everyday, as well as ornaments from Christopher Radko, under the low-priced Celebrations by Radko brand, and with an Elvis theme. In time for holidays, the retailer will launch a line of CosmoGIRL bedding at Sears. This comes as the initial phase of the company’s Canon brand domestics launch begins at Kmart. Sears also will offer a nail driving tool in its Nextec compact, female-oriented line under the Craftsman brand, new treadmills from NordicTrack including the top-of-the-line $1,699 Elite XT, the first to offer a digital ATSC tuner in an integrated television set, and a new color, Chai, in its Kenmore Elite HE5t Steam Team washer and dryer.