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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.
The last full-size Kmart in the U.S., located in Bridgehampton, New York, closes on October 20. ... Kmart was a go-to discount store with more than 2,000 locations. ... filing for Chapter 11 ...
When the retailer emerged from bankruptcy it still had 231 Sears and 191 Kmart stores, but those were also almost all doomed. Today only a handful of Sears stores remain.
Sears Holdings Corporation was an American holding company headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.It was the parent company of the chain stores Kmart and Sears and was founded after the former purchased the latter in 2005. [7]
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 ...
Kmart opened its first store in Garden City, Michigan, in 1962. And two decades ago, the company still operated 1,400 stores across the U.S., although its sales were sagging amid rising ...
Best Products – filed for bankruptcy for the second time in September 1996 [33] [34] and closed all of its stores by the following February [35] [36] Brendle's – became bankrupt and liquidated in 1996 [37] [38] Consumers Distributing – sought bankruptcy protection in 1996; Ellman's – acquired by Service Merchandise in 1985 [39] [40]
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 ...