Sears Brand LLC & Florida Made Door Company

Sears Holdings Corp. will layoff nearly 140 employees with the closing of a Sears store in St. Petersburg and a Kmart store in Sarasota around the end of the year. A Kmart store on Tamiami Trail in Sarasota will let go 50 employees. Also, a Sears store on Ninth Street in St. Petersburg will let go 89 employees, said Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification notices published by the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation. Both stores are closing due to underperformance, said a spokeswoman for Sears Holdings. These are the only two closings planned for Florida, she said.

Florida Made Door Co. plans to lay off 80 employees, according to a notice the company filed with the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation. The Lake County company, which filed the notice recently, is expected to begin workforce reductions soon. The company president could not be reached for comment. Florida Made Door Co. is a wooden door manufacturer based in Astatula.