Edgar: Who was the email from? All of the firms mentioned are strung across the top of Kmart's Home Page. That can't be coincidental. Does the same holding company own these separate names? Could these stores be behind this silliness? After all, the merging of Sears and Kmart doesn't seem to have made two floundering chains any less so. More like Studebaker and Packard trying to fend off their inevitable demise by "marriage of convenience". And where does the "secret" part of shopping enter into it? It appears this is more akin to getting "cash back" from using a credit card than assessing retailers' practices.

Edgar replies: Marty it was from "Shop Your Way Rewards" which is a program run by Sears and Kmart (and includes also purchases made at Lands End).