Sears posts loss for ninth straight quarter

Reuters

Published Aug 21, 2014 06:25AM ET

Sears posts loss for ninth straight quarter

(Reuters) - Sears Holdings Corp (O:SHLD), owner of Sears department stores and Kmart discount chain, reported its ninth straight quarterly loss as sales continued their decade-long fall.

Loss attributable to shareholders widened to $573 million, or $5.39 per share, in the second quarter ended Aug. 2 from $194 million, or $1.83 per share, a year earlier.

The company, controlled by billionaire hedge fund manager Eddie Lampert, said revenue fell 9.7 percent to $8.01 billion.