Sears庐 Introduces Fast Fashion With Launch Of Now + Here Shops
Integrated retail concept to debut with virtual fashion experience mid-April
NEW YORK, March 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --聽Sears, a leading integrated retailer focused on making shopping easier for its customers and Shop Your Way members, announced today the launch of Now + Here, a fast fashion shop available in Sears stores across the country, on Sears.com and shopyourway.com. The Now + Here shops offer a compelling new shop environment with monthly deliveries of the latest trends to keep members and customers on the pulse of fashion at affordable prices. The fully integrated retail experience extends online with access to exclusive content, including behind the scenes videos and fashion tips.
"Fast fashion for Sears means an accelerated timeline for trends at an affordable price. The new Now + Here shop provides an experience that transcends the store, leveraging our integrated retail capabilities to give our customers and Shop Your Way members a 360 degree fashion experience," said Sheila Field, chief marketing officer, Sears Apparel.
To celebrate the launch of Now + Here, Sears will host a first of its kind virtual event, followed by a live fashion chat with celebrity Brooke Burke-Charvet at on April 14 at 9 pm EDT. For those unable to attend the evening event, a second show will be held on April 15 at 2 pm EDT with our searsStyle editor. Beginning today, shoppers and members will be able to register at searsspringfashion.com and invite their friends to the event that will include a virtual runway show experience, behind the scenes video, new product lookbook and live shopping of all the looks throughout the show. During the live chat, Brooke will share her best fashion tips, answer guest questions and offer style advice to registrants. Shop Your Way members will also get special access to view a unique style video created by Brooke. Live updates will be posted throughout the event on and .
"Today's fashionista lives a digital lifestyle that is part of everything she does, including how she shops," said Field. "Launching the Now + Here shop with a virtual fashion event not only gives her a front row seat to the launch, it takes her inside to experience and purchase the product in a whole new way. It also showcases our integrated approach and focus on shopping made fun and easy."
Now + Here will launch in-store and online the second week of April. An assortment of fashion tops, bottoms, cardigans and vests will range in price from $20 to $42.
To register for the virtual event, please visit . For information on the Now + Here shop and emerging trends visit , Sears.com or shopyourway.com.
Shop Your Way
Shop Your Way is a free and instant member-based loyalty program and online shopping community that offers rewards, personalized services and a unique experience. The integrated retail platform creates new convenience for members by connecting all of the ways to shop 鈥� in store, at home, online and by phone. Members can browse, review and purchase items, create custom wish lists to share with friends and family, seek advice and enter amazing daily sweepstakes. In addition, Shop Your Way offers members access to exclusive celebrity brand pages including Adam Levine and Nicki Minaj.
About Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sears, Roebuck and Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD), is a leading integrated retailer providing merchandise and related services and聽is part of SHOP YOUR WAY, a social shopping experience where members have the ability to earn points and receive benefits across a wide variety of physical and digital formats through ShopYourWay.com.聽 Sears, Roebuck offers its wide range of home merchandise, apparel and automotive products and services through more than 1,320 Sears-branded and affiliated stores in the United States and Canada, which includes more than 790 Full-line and more than 50 specialty stores in the U.S.聽聽Sears, Roebuck also offers a variety of merchandise and services through sears.com, landsend.com and specialty catalogs. Sears, Roebuck offers consumers leading proprietary brands including Kenmore, Craftsman, DieHard and Lands' End -- among the most trusted and preferred brands in the U.S.聽 The company is the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 14 million service and installation calls made annually. For more information, visit the Sears, Roebuck website at聽聽or the Sears Holdings Corporation website at .
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