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Today only a handful of Sears stores remain, as well. Now, the shuttering of the Long Island Kmart will close one more chapter in that merger. A store for ‘regular people’
The time to make final selections at the last full-sized Kmart in the continental United States is nearly up as the once retail giant turned out its signature blue light in New York.. The ...
Kmart had 17 locations open by the end of the year, and reached 162 stores by 1966. By 1976, Kmart had expanded to 1,206 locations and over 2,000 stores by 1981. But by the early 2000s, the ...
Kmart's longest lasting logo, used from 1969 to 1990. Under the leadership of executive Harry Cunningham, S.S. Kresge Company opened the first Kmart-named store, at 27,000 square feet (2,500 square meters), which was referred to by Kresge as a "bantam" Kmart and was in fact originally intended to be a Kresge store until late in the planning process, on January 25, 1962, in San Fernando ...
Openclipart, also called Open Clip Art Library, is an online media repository of free-content vector clip art.The project hosts over 160,000 free graphics and has billed itself as "the largest community of artists making the best free original clipart for you to use for absolutely any reason".
Struggling to compete with Walmart’s low prices and Target’s trendier offerings, Kmart filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early 2002 — becoming the largest U.S. retailer to take ...
In 1972, the Kresge company, the precursor of Kmart, moved its headquarters there from Detroit (where its former headquarters is now the Metropolitan Center for High Technology). [1] In 1975 a Michigan historic marker was erected to mark the significance of the company. [2] It was constructed for more than 5,500 headquarters staff. [3]
Kmart’s Downfall. Troubles began as far back as 2002 when Kmart filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announced it would close more than 250 of its then 2,000 stores.