Kmart's blue light fades to black with the shuttering of its last full-scale US store

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Kmart's blue light fades to black with the shuttering of its last full-scale US store
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Attention, Kmart shoppers, the end is near.

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That will leave only a small Kmart store in Miami. It has a handful of stores in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.the company that bought the assets of Sears and Kmart out of the bankruptcy of Sears Holdings in 2019, did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment.Struggling to compete with Walmart’s low prices and Target’s trendier offerings, Kmart filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early 2002 — becoming the largest U.S.

A few years later, hedge fund executive Edward Lampert combined Sears and Kmart and pledged to return them to their former greatness. But the 2008 recession and the rising dominance of Amazon contributed in derailing that mission.Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

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