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The struggling retailer announced on Wednesday it would shut down 108 Kmart stores and 42 Sears locations by April ... Kmart stores closing: Jasper Mall, Jasper, Alabama 2003 US-280, Phenix City ...
Sears is closing 26 more Sears and Kmart stores in the US in October, a press release from the retailers' parent company said on Tuesday.
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 ...
On April 20, 2017, Business Insider reported that the company was "quietly closing" more stores than it had initially announced and compiled a list of ten additional Sears and Kmart locations that were closing. [268] On April 22, Sears also announced plans to close 50 of its auto centers and 92 pharmacies within Kmart locations. [269]
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.
How many Sears and Kmart stores are left? Not many. The retailers are set to close nine stores, leaving 35 open stores after the closures.
In 1996, the parent company decided to close all remaining stores, but Thom McAn footwear is available in Kmart stores. [69] Today's Man – a men's suiting store that began in the 1970s and expanded rapidly in the 1980s and 90s. Overexpansion brought the brand to bankruptcy in 1996. [70]
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.