You are browsing the archive for kmart.

The end: Jamestown Kmart closes after 32 years

May 20, 2013 in The Jamestown Sun

During the last hours of the Jamestown Kmart, prices fell to 99 percent as customers hunted over the few shelves that still contained makeup, clothing and miscellaneous odds and ends. Continue Reading

34-year Kmart shopper, 74, protests New Ulm store closing

March 23, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Marge Hames set up again today across the street from the New Ulm Kmart, one of 15 stores that Sears Holding plans to close. Hames has two signs that read “Keep Kmart Open” and “These ‘associates’ are friends, neighbors and family.” Continue Reading

Kmart, Sears staying open in Mitchell

December 31, 2011 in The Daily Republic

“We’ve got a lot of exciting things coming in the future,” said Bill Whiteside, store manager of the Mitchell Kmart. Continue Reading

Attention, Kmart shoppers

December 30, 2011 in DL-Online

DULUTH Mary Shaw called her daughter Thursday morning in tears.
The 60-year-old assistant manager had just found out she was losing her job at the Miller Hill Kmart store after its corporate office announced its first round of national store closings. Continue Reading

SD, ND spared Sears, Kmart closings so far

December 30, 2011 in The Daily Republic

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) No Sears or Kmart stores in North Dakota or South Dakota is on a list of stores that the company is planning to shut down.
Continue Reading

Owner cites poor sales for eliminating stores nationwide

December 29, 2011 in West Central Tribune

WILLMAR Willmar’s Kmart store in the Kandi Mall is on a list of stores slated to be closed by Sears Holdings Corp., the parent company of Sears and Kmart.
Continue Reading

Avatar of WDAZ

by WDAZ

4 Minnesota Kmart Stores Slated to Close

December 29, 2011 in WDAZ

(AP) A partial list shows four Minnesota Kmart stores are set to close as part of the store closings announced this week by the parent company of Sears and Kmart.
Continue Reading

Sears as Lampert’s ‘mismanaged asset’ loses customers

December 28, 2011 in The Daily Republic

WASHINGTON When Kmart acquired Sears in 2005, Chairman Edward Lampert said the new company would have the geographic reach and scale to compete with Wal-Mart. Continue Reading

No word yet on fate of local Sears, Kmart stores

December 28, 2011 in The Daily Republic

There’s no public word yet on the fate of the Mitchell Sears and Kmart stores. Continue Reading

Avatar of WDAZ

by WDAZ

Company to Close at Least 100 Sears, Kmart Stores

December 27, 2011 in WDAZ

NEW YORK (AP) After a disastrous holiday shopping season, the parent company of Sears and Kmart will close at least 100 stores to raise cash a move that sparked speculation about whether the 125-year-old retailer can avoid a death spiral fed by declining sales and deteriorating stores.
Continue Reading