Only 3 K-Mart's Left After Latest Closure
At one time, Kmart employed more than 300,000 people and had 2,440 stores.
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At one time, Kmart employed more than 300,000 people and had 2,440 stores.
The number of Kmarts — once in the thousands — will be down to three in the continental U.S. and a handful of stores elsewhere, in a retail world dominated by Walmart, Target and Amazon.
Kmart got its start in Michigan in the 1960s and bloomed to over 2,000 stores. Now, only three remain after a closing of a store in New Jersey.
As yet another Kmart store closes in the US, shoppers are faced with the sad reality that only three remain throughout the nation.
Once the Kmart in Avenel, New Jersey, shutters, the number of Kmarts in the U.S. -- once well over 2,000 – will be down to three last holdouts. In its heyday, Kmart sold product lines endorsed by celebrities Martha Stewart and Jaclyn Smith, sponsored NASCAR auto races and was mentioned in movies like "Beetlejuice."