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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 ...
Get it all!,” a red sign display tower beckons near the large appliances section of the Kmart store in the Kendale Lakes Plaza shopping center on Aug. 23, 2024. “Must Haves. Wish Fors.
At its peak, Kmart had well over 2,000 locations in the U.S. and was among the nation's retail giants. Kmart merged with Sears in 2005 in a deal engineered by hedge fund manager and CEO Eddie Lampert.
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 ...
In downtown Scranton, PA the major downtown department stores were the Globe (went out of business in about 1994) and Openheim's (went out of business in the 1970's). The Globe Store was actually integrated into the Steamtown Mall. It was one of the three anchor stores (Boscov's and Montgomery Ward were the other two anchors).
Only three brick and mortar Kmart stores remain in the U.S., located in Miami, Fla., Westwood, N.J. and Bridgehampton, N.Y., and news of the superstore chain becoming nearly extinct has prompted ...
Lakeshore Mall comprises 495,972 square feet (46,077 m 2) of retail space, including two anchor stores: Bealls and Belk. Kmart, Sears and JCPenney were also anchor stores, until all three were closed 2017, 2019 and 2020 respectively. [1] The mall also features more than sixty-five store locations, as well as a food court and AMC movie theater.
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.