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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.
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 ...
Since the early 2000s, Kmart stores have been dwindling. The last full-size Kmart in the U.S., located in Bridgehampton, New York, closes on October 20.
The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on October 15, 2018, in New York; the same day that a $134 million debt payment was due, [46] and will close 142 stores, including 63 Kmart stores and 79 Sears stores. All other Kmart and Sears stores are staying open to turn the company around. Their online stores sears.com, kmart.com, and ...
Kmart, once one of America’s leading discount retailers, is closing its last full-size store in the mainland United States. The store, in Bridgehampton, New York, on Long Island, is due to close ...
Kresge's and S. S. Kresge (incorporated in 1899), [256] later K-Mart Corporation (headquartered in Troy), then Sears Holdings Corporation is frequently credited with invention of the modern discount department store with the opening of Kmart in 1962. The last Kresge's store in Livonia, Michigan closed in 1987.
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 ...
Combined, Sears and Kmart have closed more than 3,500 stores and cut about 250,000 jobs in the past 15 years. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: New York Kmart closes, last full-sized ...