Sears Holdings Upgrading In-Store Shopping/Inventory Experiences With iPod Touches, iPads.

Lowes employees aren’t the only ones that are going to be having fun with a legion of 40,000+ iPhones and iPads. Word on the digital streets is that Sears Holdings (Sears and Kmart) is rolling out their own fleet of digital POS and inventory helpers. Unlike Lowes, however, Sears/Kmart locations will employ iPod Touches instead of iPhones.

Initially specialized apps for the in-store iPods/iPads will be strictly for employee use and simple make inventory more efficient/faster. But over several months/years Sears will expand to the consumer side of things will apps that will allow price checking with other stores, “Wishbooks”, and checking inventory of nearby stores for a particular product. Tying it altogether will be a beefed up, open in-store WiFi network for shoppers.

Who’s going to join 2007 next? Jokes aside, we love us some free WiFi and spiffy interactive apps not to mention quicker ways to spend our money (maybe not that last part). More power to Sears/Kmart and Lowes we say!

Sears now selling hi tech baby part roaster?

From the department of “someone’s getting fired”, either Sears has a sick sense of humor….or they have a sick sense of humor. Still, the mentally lacking side of my brain still manages to conjure up a small chuckle from within. Perhaps Apple and Sears can do a combo sale of Baby Shaker/Grill? Am I chuckling alone? If you want to check it out for yourself, it’s currently listed under “Human Cooking > Grills to Cook Babies and More > Body Part Roaster.”

**UpdateWell that was quick…Sears took it down already. Thank god for photographic evidence.

Source: TMZ

Sears: Don’t forget to recharge your Plasma TV

I guess Sears wants to start a competition with Best Buy on shoddy sales tactics. A Consumerist reader, “Anthony” recently bought a Plasma TV from Sears. He wisely turned down the extended warranty on the day of purchase and went home happy. A few days later a Sears salesmen called him asking why he chose Plasma over LCD and then proceeded to try and sell Anthony another warranty, a $300/3 year warranty. The reason?