Sears, Kmart help support Irene recovery efforts

NEW YORK — Sears and Kmart stores announced that they are supporting emergency relief efforts in a dozen states to help residents recover from Hurricane Irene’s damaging winds and floodwaters.

Sears and Kmart stores will offer discounts on recovery items in stores throughout Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Key discounts include:

Kmart:

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  20% off apparel and soft home from Aug. 31 to Sept. 30, 2011

  
  


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  10% off hardlines from Sept. 7 to Sept. 30, 2011

  
  


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  Offers exclude event and clearance sales

  
  

Sears:

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  20% off softlines from Aug. 31 to Sept. 30, 2011

  
  


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  10% off hardlines from Sept. 7 to Sept. 30, 2011

  
  

In addition, Sears and Kmart will work with Rebuilding Together, a nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership, in the coming months to provide assistance to communities in their rebuilding efforts.