Retail Watchers

Based on data available as of 1 January 2024, here's where we stand:

Kmart - 6 total: 2 stores in the 50 States, 1 in Guam, and 3 in the USVI.
• Miami, FL (banished to its former Garden Center)
• Bridgehampton, NY
• Tamuning, GU
• St. Croix, VI
• St. Thomas (Tutu Park Mall), VI
• St. Thomas (Lockhart Gardens), VI

Sears - 12 total: 11 in the 50 states (2 re-opened stores), and 1 store in Puerto Rico remain.
• Burbank, CA
• Concord, CA
• Stockton, CA
• Whittier, CA
• Miami, FL
• Orlando, FL
• Palm Beach Gardens, FL [Abrupt Closure 1 March]
• Braintree, MA
• Jersey City, NJ
• El Paso, TX
• Tukwila, WA
• Union Gap, WA
• Hato Rey, PR

submariner wrote: ↑January 7th, 2024, 6:50 am Based on data available as of 1 January 2024, here's where we stand:

Kmart - 6 total: 2 stores in the 50 States, 1 in Guam, and 3 in the USVI.
• Miami, FL (banished to its former Garden Center)
• Bridgehampton, NY
• Tamuning, GU
• St. Croix, VI
• St. Thomas (Tutu Park Mall), VI
• St. Thomas (Lockhart Gardens), VI

Sears - 13 total: 12 in the 50 states (2 re-opened stores), and 1 store in Puerto Rico remain.
• Burbank, CA
• Concord, CA
• Stockton, CA
• Whittier, CA
• Miami, FL
• Orlando, FL
• Palm Beach Gardens, FL
• Braintree, MA
• Jersey City, NJ
• El Paso, TX
• Tukwila, WA
• Union Gap, WA
• Hato Rey, PR

Lampert is not done desiccating the business.

He believes there's more blood to drink.

I'm looking forward to the upcoming Sears reopenings. When something so far out happens, that you never would have predicted, and makes no sense, you can't help but look forward to it. I wonder what the next couple Sears reopenings will be.

I don't think there will be any Kmart reopenings.

submariner wrote: ↑January 7th, 2024, 6:50 am Based on data available as of 1 January 2024, here's where we stand:

Sears - 13 total: 12 in the 50 states (2 re-opened stores), and 1 store in Puerto Rico remain.
• Jersey City, NJ

There is a facebook posting on their page (Sears Jersey City #1044) that shows they are now starting a closing sale (as of 1/5/24 when the post was done).

So, one more to leave the list

BillyGr wrote: ↑January 7th, 2024, 11:03 am

submariner wrote: ↑January 7th, 2024, 6:50 am Based on data available as of 1 January 2024, here's where we stand:

Sears - 13 total: 12 in the 50 states (2 re-opened stores), and 1 store in Puerto Rico remain.
• Jersey City, NJ

There is a facebook posting on their page (Sears Jersey City #1044) that shows they are now starting a closing sale (as of 1/5/24 when the post was done).

So, one more to leave the list

That is strange. There is a photo in Google Maps from December 2023 of the mall entrance with a sign that says they are doing a remodel.

Maybe they are just closing temporarily for the remodel then they will reopen.

Other possibility is the ceiling tiles all fell in to the point they can't occupy anymore.

storewanderer wrote: ↑January 7th, 2024, 6:16 pm

BillyGr wrote: ↑January 7th, 2024, 11:03 am

submariner wrote: ↑January 7th, 2024, 6:50 am Based on data available as of 1 January 2024, here's where we stand:

Sears - 13 total: 12 in the 50 states (2 re-opened stores), and 1 store in Puerto Rico remain.
• Jersey City, NJ

There is a facebook posting on their page (Sears Jersey City #1044) that shows they are now starting a closing sale (as of 1/5/24 when the post was done).

So, one more to leave the list

That is strange. There is a photo in Google Maps from December 2023 of the mall entrance with a sign that says they are doing a remodel.

Maybe they are just closing temporarily for the remodel then they will reopen.

Other possibility is the ceiling tiles all fell in to the point they can't occupy anymore.

Looks like this closure now has wide news coverage, probably because it's the last Sears in New Jersey, and the store will finish liquidation in March or April.

submariner wrote: ↑January 7th, 2024, 6:50 am Based on data available as of 1 January 2024, here's where we stand:

Kmart - 6 total: 2 stores in the 50 States, 1 in Guam, and 3 in the USVI.
• Miami, FL (banished to its former Garden Center)
• Bridgehampton, NY
• Tamuning, GU
• St. Croix, VI
• St. Thomas (Tutu Park Mall), VI
• St. Thomas (Lockhart Gardens), VI

Sears - 13 total: 12 in the 50 states (2 re-opened stores), and 1 store in Puerto Rico remain.
• Burbank, CA
• Concord, CA
• Stockton, CA
• Whittier, CA
• Miami, FL
• Orlando, FL
• Palm Beach Gardens, FL
• Braintree, MA
• Jersey City, NJ
• El Paso, TX
• Tukwila, WA
• Union Gap, WA
• Hato Rey, PR

It's still funny to me that there is still ONE store outside the two coasts of the US for Sears - in El Paso, where nobody goes largely on purpose except from Mexico.

wnetmacman wrote: ↑January 8th, 2024, 9:52 am

It's still funny to me that there is still ONE store outside the two coasts of the US for Sears - in El Paso, where nobody goes largely on purpose except from Mexico.

There is a very nice looking Sears nearby in Mexico in Ciudad Juarez. I can only imagine the confusion of folks who shop on both sides of the border.

storewanderer wrote: ↑January 8th, 2024, 10:51 pm There is a very nice looking Sears nearby in Mexico in Ciudad Juarez. I can only imagine the confusion of folks who shop on both sides of the border.

Sears Mexico is a separate company not connected to the US company. They do far better than our dozen do. It's kind of like Kmart Australia.

wnetmacman wrote: ↑January 9th, 2024, 5:59 am Sears Mexico is a separate company not connected to the US company. They do far better than our dozen do. It's kind of like Kmart Australia.

Now that is the case, but like the other there was a connection in the past, since the US chain started the stores in Mexico (and at one time a number of other countries).