The two weak links in the store are apparel and consumer electronics. One could have had a nice nap in the consumer electronics section given the light traffic. Conversely, appliances were buzzing.

[This year's edition of Five Technologies to Watch forecasts endless possibilities for the consumer electronics industry.] These five technologies truly illustrate the progress of technology in the digital age. They stood out in our extensive research process as the most likely to make the biggest splash in the consumer market in the year ahead, ... Every year the industry continues to make strides toward improvement, and it is clear that the consumer electronics industry has a bright future.

There isn't an industry where product prices come down faster than consumer electronics.

Overall...we see some winners in the electronics, apparel and footwear categories as retailers kick off fall 2005.

At first glance, this seems like a strange deal as investors in Sears Holdings are looking for cash generation, not new investments.

We're looking for expenses that are coming in line and gross margins that are working, and that's what we saw. These results give us more confidence that Sears can continue to improve earnings in 2006.