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Sears-Kmart Death Watch

Started by Brandon, January 12, 2018, 03:55:18 PM

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How much longer do you think Sears and Kmart Have?

6 Months
20 (19%)
9 Months
11 (10.5%)
One Year
28 (26.7%)
Two Years
23 (21.9%)
Five Years
13 (12.4%)
Ten Years
1 (1%)
They'll be around forever!
9 (8.6%)

Total Members Voted: 105

Molandfreak

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https://www.courant.com/2024/09/23/kmarts-blue-light-fades-to-black-with-the-shuttering-of-its-last-full-scale-us-store/
Wait a minute -- So is the Miami one opened or not?
Yes, the Kmart in Miami is still open*...

*It has been downsized and moved into the former Kmart's garden center (think of the size of Walgreens/CVS). The store is now taken up by At Home!
Just a question, why is that store still open?  Is it a part of the lease that to make money from the sublease they have to actually have an open K-Mart there?  That would fit Lambert's MO.
I read somewhere that they need to have an open location in order to keep the registered name. Why someone else would want to use that name is beyond me.
It could be a decent opportunity for someone to capitalize on the nostalgia some folks have from when the company had better management.

Why would they have to keep a store open to keep a trademarked name? Bed Bath & Beyond closed all of their physical stores, but they retain the name for online sales.
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Stephane Dumas

Quote from: kkt on October 01, 2024, 05:28:05 PMI never heard of Korvettes until now.  I see, they were an eastern U.S. chain, while I've lived in the west.

About the Korevette chain, here what I saw on Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Korvette#Korvette_name_in_Canada

QuoteIn the absence of the U.S. Korvette chain in Canada, a discount store chain was launched in Quebec in 1958 using the name "Korvette Stores Limited" (now "Les Magasins Korvette Ltée") without any affiliation to the American company. The chain still exists today and operates 71 discount stores as of May 2015.



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