Sears Holdings names Reed to Home Services unit

-- Home Textiles Today, 8/22/2008 1:21:00 PM

Hoffman Estates, Ill. -- Sears Holdings has hired Stu Reed as svp and president of Home Services, which provides consumer home appliance installation, remodeling and related services.

Reed was most recently with Motorola where he was evp and president of the Mobile Devices unit. He joined that company after more than 20 years with IBM.

"As part of our new operating model and in an effort to continue to leverage those businesses that separate us from our competition, we're very pleased to be able to add a leader with Stu's experience and strong operational background to our executive team," said Bruce Johnson, interim ceo and president of Sears Holdings.