Kmart, one of America’s most iconic department store chains, is closing its last full-size store in the US this fall. The store, located in the posh hamlet of Bridgehampton, NY — one of just ...

No more blue light specials. Attention Kmart shoppers: It’s the end of an era. The last full-size Kmart store in operation in the US mainland will be closing its doors on October 20, 2024.

Kmart is now owned by a brand called Transformco, which has the last remaining Kmart locations in America. One is a small, condensed version of the mega-mart in Miami, Florida.

On Wednesday, Shahlise Cherry and her friend Deborah Arnone went to visit a fondly remembered past, one that helped to reshape retailing in America. They went shopping at the last full-size Kmart ...

More than 100 Sears and Kmart stores are in their final days. The going-out-of-business liquidation sales at 51 Sears and 45 Kmart stores – first announced in November by parent company ...

Michael Lisicky, an author who has written several books on U.S. retail history, said, "Kmart was part of America. Everybody went to Kmart, whether you liked it or not. They had everything.

Kmart was once one of America's leading budget department stores, with more than 2,000 branches across the US and Canada at its peak. Founded in Detroit in 1899 as the SS Kresge Company by a ...

He said the city has discussed incentives with Meijer, but nothing has been agreed upon. The old Kmart has had its share of issues over the years and has fallen into disrepair, though good things ...

The last Kmart on the U.S. mainland sits at the west end of a busy suburban Miami shopping center, quiet and largely ignored. All around it are thriving chain stores attracting steady streams of ...

The blue light special was a thing in Kmart's history that arguably made them an even bigger staple in America. When the blue light was flashing on an item, everyone in the store would hurry over ...