Remember the updates I posted earlier this year about Sears Auto losing tire vendors? Now they have a solution for that - buy your tires from Amazon.com and just pay Sears Auto to install them.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/09/sears-is-working-with-amazon-to-deliver-and-install-car-tires.html
" Sears is working with Amazon to deliver and install car tires
- Sears will use its Auto Centers to help install car tires ordered on Amazon.
- In the deal, there will be a "standard installation fee" paid to Sears for any services booked via Amazon.
- Sears has already started selling two of its brands, Kenmore and DieHard, on Amazon.
Lauren Thomas
Published 9 Hours Ago
Sears Holdings is taking its relationship with Amazon one step further. The department store chain announced Wednesday at its annual shareholders meeting in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, that it will offer full-service tire installation for orders from all tire brands on Amazon, including its own DieHard.
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The rollout will begin in the coming weeks for those customers who live within range of 47 Sears Auto Centers in eight metropolitan areas: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The service will eventually go live at Sears' more than 400 Auto Centers across the U.S., to reach more of Amazon's customers.
The checkout process will look something like this, a Sears spokesman explained to CNBC:
1. A customer selects the tires he or she wants, from any brand, on Amazon.
2. He or she selects "Yes, I want these tires shipped to and installed at Sears Auto Center." (The shipment of the tires to the Sears Auto Center would be handled by Amazon, not Sears.)
3. The customer then provides three appointment times that are convenient for the installation.
4. The chosen Sears Auto Center will then match the customer's schedule preferences with its appointment openings.
5. Sears Auto Center then emails a confirmation through Amazon to the customer ahead of the appointment, which can still be altered.
With any appointment, there will be a "standard installation fee" paid to Sears that covers installation, balancing, under hood/under car evaluation, a road safety test and other precautionary steps, the spokesman said.
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