Sears-Kmart Death Watch

[Great Lakes Roads]

The Sears store at the Valley Mall in Union Gap, WA will be closing for the second time (and maybe for good) in September.

Number of Sears stores left in each state
CA- 3 (Burbank, Concord, and Whittier)
FL- 2 (Miami and Orlando)
WA- 1 (Tukwila)
PR- 1 (San Juan)
MA- 1 (Braintree)
TX- 1 (El Paso)

[kkt]

I've got to admit, they're hanging on longer than most of us, including me, predicted back in 2018 when this poll opened.

[TheStranger]

I've got to admit, they're hanging on longer than most of us, including me, predicted back in 2018 when this poll opened.

From December: news story on Sears actually reopening two stores!
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/10/business/sears-burbank-store-revived-retailer-holidays/index.html

[Brandon]

I've got to admit, they're hanging on longer than most of us, including me, predicted back in 2018 when this poll opened.

Likewise.  I thought the fall would've been much faster, especially during Covid.  Lampert is taking his sweet time finishing them off.

[thenetwork]

If Eddie's butt cheeks are still strong, he will continue to squeeze every last piece of coal he can find into diamonds before he can't do it anymore.

[kkt]

Almost makes me want to take a road trip to Tukwila to see what they're selling.

[Road Hog]

Their website still operates, surprisingly to me anyway. Their new logo looks like a yanked tooth. They still sell their familiar brands — Craftsman, Kenmore, DieHard, etc. — even though they sold those brands long ago.

But the closest Sears store left is in El Paso, so I won't be going anytime soon. Too bad — my mom was a Sears P1.

[SectorZ]

Their new logo looks like a yanked tooth.

I thought it looked like a bouncey house. Appropriate for them since when they close a store they can just deflate it and be on their way.

[TheStranger]

Local news article from earlier this year about the reopened Sears in Union Gap, Washington
https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/business/business-tidbits-sears-still-open-at-the-valley-mall-hotel-project-is-on-schedule/article_366c6972-bef5-11ee-84a0-7b2f0b1a7f69.html

[epzik8]

From December: news story on Sears actually reopening two stores!
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/10/business/sears-burbank-store-revived-retailer-holidays/index.html

What is happening on this planet right now?!

[SectorZ]

Local news article from earlier this year about the reopened Sears in Union Gap, Washington
https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/business/business-tidbits-sears-still-open-at-the-valley-mall-hotel-project-is-on-schedule/article_366c6972-bef5-11ee-84a0-7b2f0b1a7f69.html

In an email to the Herald-Republic, he stressed that the reopening is permanent

That is quite wishful thinking.

[Big John]

^^ How long do re-openings last?

[ErmineNotyours]

Almost makes me want to take a road trip to Tukwila to see what they're selling.

The first floor looks normal, with the usual perfume displays.  The second floor looks like an outlet store, even though it has a direct-mall entrance too.  The third floor is closed with the escalator walled off and the elevator buttons covered up.  Sears closes an hour before the rest of the mall.

[Takumi]

From December: news story on Sears actually reopening two stores!
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/10/business/sears-burbank-store-revived-retailer-holidays/index.html

What is happening on this planet right now?!

Even weirder, Ames is trying to come back in a few years. Although that would shock me if it happens.

[epzik8]

From December: news story on Sears actually reopening two stores!
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/10/business/sears-burbank-store-revived-retailer-holidays/index.html

What is happening on this planet right now?!

Even weirder, Ames is trying to come back in a few years. Although that would shock me if it happens.

I've heard the Ames thing is an elaborate hoax.

[roadman65]

Their new logo looks like a yanked tooth.

I thought it looked like a bouncey house. Appropriate for them since when they close a store they can just deflate it and be on their way.

A paywall appears when you click on it.

[D-Dey65]

I recently found out that there are now two K-Mart stores left in the world, and one of them is in Bridgehampton, New York.

So the Hamptons are holding on.

[Big John]

I recently found out that there are now two K-Mart stores left in the world, and one of them is in Bridgehampton, New York.

So the Hamptons are holding on.

Isn't the Kmart brand in Australia still thriving?

[thenetwork]

I recently found out that there are now two K-Mart stores left in the world, and one of them is in Bridgehampton, New York.

So the Hamptons are holding on.

Which is really ironic because people in the Hamptons are usually considered upper-class.  Kmart shouldn't be on their "must shop at" lists...

[kkt]

I recently found out that there are now two K-Mart stores left in the world, and one of them is in Bridgehampton, New York.

So the Hamptons are holding on.

Which is really ironic because people in the Hamptons are usually considered upper-class.  Kmart shouldn't be on their "must shop at" lists...

Perhaps it's where their domestic servants shop.

[Brandon]

I recently found out that there are now two K-Mart stores left in the world, and one of them is in Bridgehampton, New York.

So the Hamptons are holding on.

Isn't the Kmart brand in Australia still thriving?

It's not owned by Lampert and hasn't had a connection to the US Kmart since at least the 1990s.

[D-Dey65]

I recently found out that there are now two K-Mart stores left in the world, and one of them is in Bridgehampton, New York.

So the Hamptons are holding on.

Which is really ironic because people in the Hamptons are usually considered upper-class.  Kmart shouldn't be on their "must shop at" lists...

Perhaps it's where their domestic servants shop.

Or visitors from the west.

[Flint1979]

I would stop in a Kmart if one was open. The last one in Michigan closed about 3 years ago. I actually went to it not long before it closed. It's weird that Sears and Kmart are no longer in the state.

[bing101]

Here are the some of the remaining KMART's and Sears stores as of August 2024 before they close for good. Here is one from 2023 when a film crew filmed a KMART in Guam. 

[kkt]

Just think, in another generation young people will be watching Ruthless People and have no idea what Bette Midler is talking about when she's been Kidnapped by K-Mart.