Sears Closing 30 Stores

[Alpha8472]

Sears is closing 30 Sears and Kmart stores in early 2017.

The liquidation sales start in January and stores will close between late March or mid-April.

Including those stores, this makes more than 200 of their stores closed in this fiscal year. In 2011, Sears and Kmart has more than 3,500 stores. In 2017, there will be fewer than 1,500 stores.

This is a list of some of the stores to close based upon messages from employees at these stores:

Kmart stores closing:

Jasper Mall, Jasper, Alabama
2003 US-280, Phenix City, Alabama
3001 Iowa Ave., Riverside, California
501 N. Beneva Road, Sarasota, Florida
19400 Cochran Blvd., Port Charlotte, Florida
2111 S. Federal Highway, Ft. Pierce, Florida
1501 Normandy Village Parkway, Jacksonville, Florida
2211 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee, Florida
4955 Golden Gate Parkway, Naples, Florida
111 Town and Country Dr., Palatka, Florida
2815 West Parrish Ave., Owensboro, Kentucky
1501 Paris Pike, Georgetown, Kentucky
14662 N. US Highway 25 E, Corbin, Kentucky
1710 W. Highway 192, London, Kentucky
3010 Fort Campbell Blvd., Hopkinsville, Kentucky
2945 Scottsville Road, Bowling Green, Kentucky
9 Plaza Way, Fairhaven, Massachusetts
4645 Commercial Dr., New Hartford, New York
250 Three Springs Dr., Weirton, West Virginia
731 Beverly Pike, Elkins, West Virginia
5132 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, Washington
1050 Division St., Parkersburg, West Virginia

Sears stores closing:

Kentucky Oaks Mall, Paducah, Kentucky
1901 S. Yale Ave., Tulsa, Oklahoma
Town Center Mall, Charleston, West Virginia
Meadowbrook Mall, Bridgeport, West Virginia
Walden Galleria, Cheektowaga, New York
Boulevard Mall, Amherst, New York

[mjhale]

This is an interesting adjunct to the store closing story:

Why Sears stores are in decline all in pictures...
http://www.businessinsider.com/sears-st ... ne-2016-12

[Super S]

Sears is closing 30 Sears and Kmart stores in early 2017.

The liquidation sales start in January and stores will close between late March or mid-April.

Including those stores, this makes more than 200 of their stores closed in this fiscal year. In 2011, Sears and Kmart has more than 3,500 stores. In 2017, there will be fewer than 1,500 stores.

This is a list of some of the stores to close based upon messages from employees at these stores:

Kmart stores closing:

Jasper Mall, Jasper, Alabama
2003 US-280, Phenix City, Alabama
3001 Iowa Ave., Riverside, California
501 N. Beneva Road, Sarasota, Florida
19400 Cochran Blvd., Port Charlotte, Florida
2111 S. Federal Highway, Ft. Pierce, Florida
1501 Normandy Village Parkway, Jacksonville, Florida
2211 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee, Florida
4955 Golden Gate Parkway, Naples, Florida
111 Town and Country Dr., Palatka, Florida
2815 West Parrish Ave., Owensboro, Kentucky
1501 Paris Pike, Georgetown, Kentucky
14662 N. US Highway 25 E, Corbin, Kentucky
1710 W. Highway 192, London, Kentucky
3010 Fort Campbell Blvd., Hopkinsville, Kentucky
2945 Scottsville Road, Bowling Green, Kentucky
9 Plaza Way, Fairhaven, Massachusetts
4645 Commercial Dr., New Hartford, New York
250 Three Springs Dr., Weirton, West Virginia
731 Beverly Pike, Elkins, West Virginia
5132 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, Washington
1050 Division St., Parkersburg, West Virginia

Sears stores closing:

Kentucky Oaks Mall, Paducah, Kentucky
1901 S. Yale Ave., Tulsa, Oklahoma
Town Center Mall, Charleston, West Virginia
Meadowbrook Mall, Bridgeport, West Virginia
Walden Galleria, Cheektowaga, New York
Boulevard Mall, Amherst, New York

Worth noting is that the Tacoma, WA location listed is actually a Sears Outlet store, not a full-line Kmart or Sears. Sears still has a location at Tacoma Mall.

[submariner]

Worth noting is that the Tacoma, WA location listed is actually a Sears Outlet store, not a full-line Kmart or Sears. Sears still has a location at Tacoma Mall.

Are you sure about that? Google Street View from Oct. 2016 shows the building with "Big Kmart" signage, and is listed on Kmart's store locator. It appears Sears Outlet is across the street, at 5401 Sixth Ave.

[Super S]

Worth noting is that the Tacoma, WA location listed is actually a Sears Outlet store, not a full-line Kmart or Sears. Sears still has a location at Tacoma Mall.

Are you sure about that? Google Street View from Oct. 2016 shows the building with "Big Kmart" signage, and is listed on Kmart's store locator. It appears Sears Outlet is across the street, at 5401 Sixth Ave.

Worth noting is that the Tacoma, WA location listed is actually a Sears Outlet store, not a full-line Kmart or Sears. Sears still has a location at Tacoma Mall.

My bad. Two of the maps I looked at earlier had the addresses of the Sears Outlet and Kmart mixed up.

[babs]

Keep in mind that Sears Outlet is a completely independent chain from Sears. They spin it off a free years ago as part of the sell off of Sears. So are the tiny hometown stores.

[storewanderer]

Surprising it is only 30 stores.

[wnetmacman]

Surprising it is only 30 stores.

Funny you should mention that.....

List of 104 additional closing stores

[wnetmacman]

Among the list of stores to be closed: Store 4000, Garden City, MI. The. First. Kmart. I see the end coming if they're willing to sacrifice Garden City.

[Super S]

Sears and Kmart closings seem to be more affected by things such as leases expiring and value of real estate than the overall condition of the stores or how well they are performing. I have to wonder though if the Garden City store is a desperate attempt to change the image by closing the oldest one, when many of those 90s build ones have already closed..