Also the Craftsman brand line of tools will be expanded to sell at ACE hardware stores.
K-Mart/Sears To Close Twenty-One Stores By Spring
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supremewhirlpol
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Wow! finally! This does not surprise me! Kmart closes an hour early now.
I see the one near me, in Milford, OH is on the list. I well remember when the store was under construction. Used to go there rather often, but bet I've not been there for at least 3 years. Hwy. 28 used to go right past it, but a bypass was made about 15 years ago. Nearly everything else in that strip has closed. A Meijer has been within a mile for several years.
Hmm, wonder which one in Houston is being closed.
lordkenmore
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I noticed a KMart that, hypothetically, I might shop at on the list. (Bremerton, WA.) I wish I could sob out a story about how sad it is that it's going and life won't be the same without it. I guess I could, but I'd be lying--as far as I can remember, I haven't set foot in that KMart. As far as I know, that will leave this county sans KMart.
This should make people even more excited about buying a Kenmore appliance. That ugly new washer with the black front looks more like KMart than Sears anyway.
I've had branches start wilting and then dying on rhododendrons; learned the expensive way that it means the root system is already shot. I think Sears is like a blight-stricken rhododendron.
I've had branches start wilting and then dying on rhododendrons; learned the expensive way that it means the root system is already shot. I think Sears is like a blight-stricken rhododendron.
iheartmaytag
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I think K-Sears is circling the commode. It won't be long they will go the way of Montgomery Wards (A store which I liked by the way)
BTW what's this with Martha Stewart and Macy's ? I thought she was bilking the big bucks from stupid-o K-Mart.
We were just talking here at work yesterday. Does anyone remember the apple dumplings you used to be able to buy at the K-Mart cafeteria? If so, does anyone know how to make the Cinnamon sauce they put over them?
BTW what's this with Martha Stewart and Macy's ? I thought she was bilking the big bucks from stupid-o K-Mart.
We were just talking here at work yesterday. Does anyone remember the apple dumplings you used to be able to buy at the K-Mart cafeteria? If so, does anyone know how to make the Cinnamon sauce they put over them?
I wish I
could defend K-Mart, but the one here in Cheyenne is a filthy, neglected, stinky pit. Free of merchandise anyone would care to buy, overpriced compared to Dillards and Macy's and with check-out personnel who refuse to accept my passport as identification when I use my DEBIT card with PIN number, I would not shed a tear to see them flushed down the toilet.
There was a time when K-mart stood for decent quality at decent prices.
Sure isn't the case today.
What I do regret is the loss of jobs. Those people aren't going to just run next door to Walmart or Target. Otherwise, good riddance and I hope the managers at Sears who caused this all end up having to sell their MacMansions at great loss.
could defend K-Mart, but the one here in Cheyenne is a filthy, neglected, stinky pit. Free of merchandise anyone would care to buy, overpriced compared to Dillards and Macy's and with check-out personnel who refuse to accept my passport as identification when I use my DEBIT card with PIN number, I would not shed a tear to see them flushed down the toilet.
There was a time when K-mart stood for decent quality at decent prices.
Sure isn't the case today.
What I do regret is the loss of jobs. Those people aren't going to just run next door to Walmart or Target. Otherwise, good riddance and I hope the managers at Sears who caused this all end up having to sell their MacMansions at great loss.
Sears store in Houston to close.
It is the Store at Greenspoint Mall. I had heard that the whole mall has run down. We lived off Aldine-Westfield Rd almost in Spring when that mall was built. Used to have to drive to the North Shepard store to shop Sears then.
Here is a link to it's closing.
It is the Store at Greenspoint Mall. I had heard that the whole mall has run down. We lived off Aldine-Westfield Rd almost in Spring when that mall was built. Used to have to drive to the North Shepard store to shop Sears then.
Here is a link to it's closing.
danemodsandy
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Let 'Em Die...
...I have seen the trouble with KMart over and over and over again, and it is this:
Forty or fifty people will want to check out, and there will be only one, or at absolute most, two registers open. Every other person seems to have an item requiring a price check, making the speed of checkouts something worse than glacial. Management has to be summoned all over again every time there's a problem, and they take their sweet blankety-blank time coming to the front. The disused register lanes are always littered with "reshop" merchandise abandoned by customers who walked out because they just got tired of waiting. And waiting. And waiting.
Any company that has customers standing in line with money in their hands, and which will not make proper arrangements to take that money, deserves to fail.
...I have seen the trouble with KMart over and over and over again, and it is this:
Forty or fifty people will want to check out, and there will be only one, or at absolute most, two registers open. Every other person seems to have an item requiring a price check, making the speed of checkouts something worse than glacial. Management has to be summoned all over again every time there's a problem, and they take their sweet blankety-blank time coming to the front. The disused register lanes are always littered with "reshop" merchandise abandoned by customers who walked out because they just got tired of waiting. And waiting. And waiting.
Any company that has customers standing in line with money in their hands, and which will not make proper arrangements to take that money, deserves to fail.
There was a beautiful KMart over on the highway
But they closed it, and the building sits empty for about ten years, and the ratty old one in Fort Pierce with the high rate of theft is still open. I confine my shopping to thrift stores and the grocers anyway. And that two cashier maximum is really old too.
But they closed it, and the building sits empty for about ten years, and the ratty old one in Fort Pierce with the high rate of theft is still open. I confine my shopping to thrift stores and the grocers anyway. And that two cashier maximum is really old too.
laundromat
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Back in the early 70's---
I remember Kmart opening what seamed to be hundreds of stores in the metro-Baltimore areas.they carried major appliances and really pushed the old style FRIGIDAIRE trend of being very picky about who was to carry their brand.If I remember correctly, they had FRIGIDAIRE and GE major appliances available.I was working at Bernie and Harry's Appliance which was bought out by George's.I was there two and a half years and wound up going to work at Johns Hopkins Hospital for about 12 years or so.The problems we had trying to match prices with KMart and Luskin's was almost impossible.I'd spin folks on to the Maytag washers and dryers and show the differences among them and the Frigidaires,Whirlpools and GEs.Not that I wouldn't sell the hell out of the Jet Action 1-18's and the RSE line of electric ranges,just that because of their massive by out of products they carried,KM would cut better deals with the manufacturers and were able to sell products like a WCG5 or WCG6,the Crown models with the glass lid for around $329. We couldn't touch that because our dealer cost on them was around $369 and we'd mark it up to around $429. Not a good profit margin. We'd get the Maytag Fabric-Matics for dealer cost of $299 and sell them for $439.Not only a better profit but rarely got any complaints or DOA's like we would on Frigidaire and White Westinghouse products.I remeber selling a Tappan double oven gas range with the upper oven being a microwave. It retailed for $1199 and the buyer ( I only sold one of them in 2 years) was a complete ass who would constantly complain and got 4 units before he decided to cancel due to product defects ( they all had micro scratches on either side not at all visible without using a microscope)I charged him a 20% restocking fee on all 4 units!Anyway,these big box companies are about to get a rude awakening, if they've not already,on the price of overstocking on popular products that seam to have become a fad that is fading away real fast.Today,consumers are doing a lot more research on products and choosing to shop the specialty stores where the sales people are more in tune with the customer's needs and features of the products they sell.That will never happen at KMart,Home Depot or Walmart.Unfortunately,Kmart's purchase of Sears Holdings may have caused an irreversible action that could bring them to a major downfall putting them both out of business.We'll see.I just can't visualize anything happening ,with our economy the way it is now, for the better.Walmart has taken over and now dominates the retail business and nobody seams to want to do anything about it.I'll buy my cleaning supplies and other staples there but,that's it.
I remember Kmart opening what seamed to be hundreds of stores in the metro-Baltimore areas.they carried major appliances and really pushed the old style FRIGIDAIRE trend of being very picky about who was to carry their brand.If I remember correctly, they had FRIGIDAIRE and GE major appliances available.I was working at Bernie and Harry's Appliance which was bought out by George's.I was there two and a half years and wound up going to work at Johns Hopkins Hospital for about 12 years or so.The problems we had trying to match prices with KMart and Luskin's was almost impossible.I'd spin folks on to the Maytag washers and dryers and show the differences among them and the Frigidaires,Whirlpools and GEs.Not that I wouldn't sell the hell out of the Jet Action 1-18's and the RSE line of electric ranges,just that because of their massive by out of products they carried,KM would cut better deals with the manufacturers and were able to sell products like a WCG5 or WCG6,the Crown models with the glass lid for around $329. We couldn't touch that because our dealer cost on them was around $369 and we'd mark it up to around $429. Not a good profit margin. We'd get the Maytag Fabric-Matics for dealer cost of $299 and sell them for $439.Not only a better profit but rarely got any complaints or DOA's like we would on Frigidaire and White Westinghouse products.I remeber selling a Tappan double oven gas range with the upper oven being a microwave. It retailed for $1199 and the buyer ( I only sold one of them in 2 years) was a complete ass who would constantly complain and got 4 units before he decided to cancel due to product defects ( they all had micro scratches on either side not at all visible without using a microscope)I charged him a 20% restocking fee on all 4 units!Anyway,these big box companies are about to get a rude awakening, if they've not already,on the price of overstocking on popular products that seam to have become a fad that is fading away real fast.Today,consumers are doing a lot more research on products and choosing to shop the specialty stores where the sales people are more in tune with the customer's needs and features of the products they sell.That will never happen at KMart,Home Depot or Walmart.Unfortunately,Kmart's purchase of Sears Holdings may have caused an irreversible action that could bring them to a major downfall putting them both out of business.We'll see.I just can't visualize anything happening ,with our economy the way it is now, for the better.Walmart has taken over and now dominates the retail business and nobody seams to want to do anything about it.I'll buy my cleaning supplies and other staples there but,that's it.
Boy, Does This Say it All...
"Spokeswoman Kimberly Freely says the closings are part of Sears' normal operations".
Precisely; that's how well-functioning businesses operate: closing down locations as management has a product/service which is unwanted by a buying public! What a joke.
There's little more amusing than corporate-speak, gobbledygook. These folks don't even realize how incredibly stupid and inept they sound. (Of course, just look at the results...)
For reasons that appear obvious to most of us, I've been predicting the demise (not happily) of Sears for some time now. Their continuing lack of business savvy coupled with horrible economic times may finally signal its death knell.
Quite some time back Sears lost touch with the American buying public allowing companies such as Wal-Mart to more than overtake them. As hard as it may seem right now, the same could befall even the monstrous Wal-Mart sometime in the future if they allow themselves to get too cocky. In spite of legislation and court rulings to the contrary, companies aren't people, and even the most successful amongst them can and do fail.
"Spokeswoman Kimberly Freely says the closings are part of Sears' normal operations".
Precisely; that's how well-functioning businesses operate: closing down locations as management has a product/service which is unwanted by a buying public! What a joke.
There's little more amusing than corporate-speak, gobbledygook. These folks don't even realize how incredibly stupid and inept they sound. (Of course, just look at the results...)
For reasons that appear obvious to most of us, I've been predicting the demise (not happily) of Sears for some time now. Their continuing lack of business savvy coupled with horrible economic times may finally signal its death knell.
Quite some time back Sears lost touch with the American buying public allowing companies such as Wal-Mart to more than overtake them. As hard as it may seem right now, the same could befall even the monstrous Wal-Mart sometime in the future if they allow themselves to get too cocky. In spite of legislation and court rulings to the contrary, companies aren't people, and even the most successful amongst them can and do fail.
whirlcool
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The Sears Greenspoint location has been a ghost town for years.
The mall was built in 1979-80 and the neighborhood was great. But in the energy company crash of 86' a lot of people were laid off and relocated to other cities. Desperate for tennents, a lot of the huge apartment complexes went Section 8 just to survive.
Soon the crime in the area began to skyrocket. Retailers started to leave the area. Then there were gang shootings inside the mall. The anchor stores started to close down and most importantly most of the customers stayed away. The Houston Police Department put in a substation in the mall, which helped out but it was too little too late.
Now if you go inside Greenspoint mall you will find most retail shop spaces empty and a Macy's Clearance Center and a Dillard's clearance center. And the food court is still full and doing nicely thanks to all the ExxonMobil people who occupy the high rise office buildings across the street from the mall.
The mall was built in 1979-80 and the neighborhood was great. But in the energy company crash of 86' a lot of people were laid off and relocated to other cities. Desperate for tennents, a lot of the huge apartment complexes went Section 8 just to survive.
Soon the crime in the area began to skyrocket. Retailers started to leave the area. Then there were gang shootings inside the mall. The anchor stores started to close down and most importantly most of the customers stayed away. The Houston Police Department put in a substation in the mall, which helped out but it was too little too late.
Now if you go inside Greenspoint mall you will find most retail shop spaces empty and a Macy's Clearance Center and a Dillard's clearance center. And the food court is still full and doing nicely thanks to all the ExxonMobil people who occupy the high rise office buildings across the street from the mall.
bobbyderegis
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As a kid in Syracuse NY, I can remember going into the old Sears and Roebuck store downtown. It looked more like a fortress than a store, with several floors of top quality stuff. The Boston store looked quite the same. K-Mart was called Kresge's, after the owner. (that's the K in K-Mart) It was a well run downtown store, with several floors and an awesome cafeteria in the basement. Like many American institutions, they will become US history as well. I wonder if the almighty Walmart will ever come to the same fate.
Bobby in Boston
Bobby in Boston
Well if the particular store is not meeting it's numbers,then yes, it is pretty normal for them to be shut down.
Sears stores in particular suffer from mainly being located in malls,which for long time in the United States is where Americans went to shop, but things are a changing.
IIRC, Sears has very few stores in large urban areas, something the taking over by K-Mart was supposed to address. For instance the only Sears stores in the NYC area are either on Staten Island, Brooklyn and I think Queens. The only store in Manhattan is the K-Mart store on Astor Place, which only recently began selling appliances, and other things normally found in major Sears stores.
Sears big claim to fame was major appliances/white goods, tools and perhaps the catalog. It seems they just haven't found away to adapt to the new ways of doing business. Indeed some of the better things about Sears stores that kept customers coming in and or back (customer service, prices, merchandise quality, etc), have slipped enough to keep people away in droves. Even Sear's famed appliance service division seems not to be what it once was.
Sears stores in particular suffer from mainly being located in malls,which for long time in the United States is where Americans went to shop, but things are a changing.
IIRC, Sears has very few stores in large urban areas, something the taking over by K-Mart was supposed to address. For instance the only Sears stores in the NYC area are either on Staten Island, Brooklyn and I think Queens. The only store in Manhattan is the K-Mart store on Astor Place, which only recently began selling appliances, and other things normally found in major Sears stores.
Sears big claim to fame was major appliances/white goods, tools and perhaps the catalog. It seems they just haven't found away to adapt to the new ways of doing business. Indeed some of the better things about Sears stores that kept customers coming in and or back (customer service, prices, merchandise quality, etc), have slipped enough to keep people away in droves. Even Sear's famed appliance service division seems not to be what it once was.
Sear's nearly loan shark credit card rates, probably aren't helping either. Making the minimum payment on a $500 appliance purchase at about 30% annual interest
