Sears & Kmart 2024: Will someone please put them out of their misery?
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Sears & Kmart 2024: Will someone please put them out of their misery?
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
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
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Re: Sears & Kmart 2024: Will someone please put them out of their misery?
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.
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Re: Sears & Kmart 2024: Will someone please put them out of their misery?
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.
I don't think there will be any Kmart reopenings.
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Re: Sears & Kmart 2024: Will someone please put them out of their misery?
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).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
So, one more to leave the list
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Re: Sears & Kmart 2024: Will someone please put them out of their misery?
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.BillyGr wrote: ↑January 7th, 2024, 11:03 amThere 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).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
So, one more to leave the list
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.
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Re: Sears & Kmart 2024: Will someone please put them out of their misery?
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.storewanderer wrote: ↑January 7th, 2024, 6:16 pmThat 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.BillyGr wrote: ↑January 7th, 2024, 11:03 amThere 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).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
So, one more to leave the list
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.
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Re: Sears & Kmart 2024: Will someone please put them out of their misery?
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.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
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Re: Sears & Kmart 2024: Will someone please put them out of their misery?
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.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.
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Re: Sears & Kmart 2024: Will someone please put them out of their misery?
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.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.
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Re: Sears & Kmart 2024: Will someone please put them out of their misery?
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).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.