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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 ...
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]
Big Kmart stores – chain of discount department stores that carried everything a regular Kmart carries, but emphasizes home decor, children's clothing, and more food items. The Big Kmart format has been long discontinued, but the Big Kmart signage was still common for most Kmart stores for a long time that had gotten the new Kmart logo sign ...
End of an Era. After years of steady decline, Kmart has officially closed its last full-size store in mainland U.S. on October 20, 2024. Located in the posh town of Bridgehampton, New York, the ...
In February 1990, when Kmart announced its refurbishing program, plans were to close and relocate about 300 Kmart stores, to expand about 620 stores, and to remodel the remaining 1,250 stores. Another 150 stores were to be closed within five years. [4] Antonini resigned from Kmart in 1995. [5]
Exterior view of Metcalf South Shopping Center, October 2014. Metcalf South Shopping Center was a shopping mall in Overland Park, Kansas.It opened in 1967, near a large, unique department store called the French Market, which later became a strip mall anchored by Kmart and Hancock Fabrics (the Kmart closed in late 2013 and Hancock announced a move in early 2014).
In 1990, Kmart acquired the company. [7] At the time of acquisition, Kmart had opened two sporting goods stores in Metro Detroit under the Sports Giant name and converted these stores to the Sports Authority name. [8] Five years later, The Sports Authority had expanded to 136 stores in 26 states, and was spun off from parent Kmart.