Watching Kmart and Sears Torturously close their stores is brutal. The sad thing about it is that they didn't have to essentially rob so many share holders and employees.  Here is a great article talking about it [ http://www.businessinsider.com/sears-failing-stores-closing-edward-lampert-bankruptcy-chances-2017-1] 
Most of the things we bought came from sears growing up. The one in Nashville, TN was really neat. It was two stories and had candy, roasted nuts, and snack booth as soon as you walked in. You used to feel welcome going to sears back in the old days. They treated customers like gold. So Sad. Thanks for the post and bringing back some good memories.

I had the unique pleasure of working for Kmart in my teenage years. The one at the local mall I worked at closed about 4 years ago. I was sad to see it go.

mind blown my grandma worked for k mart for like 10 years.

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Can one buy fron K big mart from abroad. I'm from Africa can i order ? 

Thank so much ones again.

wow been a long time since ive seen the catalog lol

really sad to see this happen. Guess online stores are sending the offline ones to the garage

It wouldn't surprise me if other department stores follow suit.

It's been a long time Kmart closed in Canada, in 1998 in fact. I didn't even know they were still running in the USA.

Kmart thought they could get away with selling nothing but crap. Yes, you bought it at a crap price. But it lasted 2 months if you were lucky. Eddie Lampert was once a genius...in the end he thought he could hoodwink his customers by selling nothing but crap. Eddie Lampert will need to go before Sears Holdings can turn around. Sears holding less right now. Good bye Kmart. I guess the checkout lines get longer at Wally World as a result.

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Who will take the Craftsman brand over, I wonder.  There is a lot of goodwill in that brand name . . .

Same here , 2 kmarts and sears just closed their door on my island...sad but what can we do...online retailers are killing...before sears and kmart was knocking down all little moms and pops stores...times are changing...

Yup! Most people do not know that K-Mart brought our Sears. These two will be closing because we go online to shop nowadays. Yo will be seeing a trend of  big stores closing down  in the near future. E-commerce (such as Amazon) is here!

Just goes to show that no one has anymore money anymore.  We are all all tapped out!

While companies having to react to changing economic climate and customer trends is a fact of business, it can be sad to see a retailer with such a history closing up shop.  In fact, I actually worry of what the economic landscape will look like in a few years as this trend continues to take hold.

As online shopping gets bigger, how will local companies compete?  How will small mom & pop shops compete?  There will always be a demand for locally sourced items, but it can be hard to grow those local companies to scale.  What about all the employees that worked in the big shops...are there enough other companies to absorb the excess workforce or will those employees have to move?

As those big retailers close up shop, what will become of those buildings?  There aren't too many companies that can use those large retail spaces.  Will the landlord keep them empty or split them up for smaller shops?  How long will it take to get a new tenant in there?  A vacant space does nothing for the community or real estate values.

These are exciting times, but what it will mean for the economy in the future, only time will tell.

So much Retail getting hammered out there these days.  More and more stores and brands are closing up shop.  It does not look too good.

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Very much appreciated.

Growing up, Sears was the place to shop. Half of my childhood home was probably bought at Sears. K Mart, on the other hand, was never an enjoyable place to shop.  It seemed anytime I went into K Mart the only open line was on hold while the cashier waited on a price check. It  has been over a decade since I have been in either one.  I am torn. I buy more and more stuff online but I am wary of Amazons total domination of online shopping and I recognize the value of retail anchors to local communities and malls

I worked at Sears in college. We were forced to push Sears charge cards with predatory 26% interest rates on every customer. I got written up for not hitting my quota since I didn't ask poor people to sign up. I quit, and don't have much sympathy for them.