Hit the nail right on the head and deserves its own thread:
Let me get out the crayons and explain what should be fairly obvious to anyone who has been following this and knows how Sears operates:
There is no "safe store" list. All the stores on this list are closing soon. Sears can only close so many stores at once, it's a question of resources. That's why they are doing this in waves. Are you with me so far?
Now, ask yourself, what do you think would happen if they publicly announced that all the stores were closing, even though they can only afford to close them in batches?
If you can't answer this question for yourself, just stay at Sears. You deserve being manipulated, which is exactly what they are doing.