ravan

From fatwallet - thought someone might find this interesting..

http://www.freep.com/money/business/kmart_stores.htm



Unofficial list outlines possible Kmart store closures

February 12, 2002








FREE PRESS STAFF REPORT





A list of unknown origin suggests Kmart Corp. will close 291 stores in the country, including 16 in Michigan, as part of its attempt to come out of bankruptcy a stronger -- but smaller -- discount retail chain.

Kmart officials will not confirm that the stores on the list are ones that will close. The Troy company stands by its statement that it continues to evaluate the performance and leases of its 2,114 stores as part of its Chapter 11 reorganization.

The following is a copy of the list, obtained by the Detroit Free Press.

STORE NO. LOCATION
7336 Pelham, AL
3528 Birmingham, AL
3930 Fairfield, AL
4836 Ozark, AL
3356 Birmingham, AL
7045 Muscle Shoals, AL
3114 Pine Bluff, AR
9717 El Dorado, AR
9590 Jacksonville, AR
3611 Chandler, AZ
3918 Phoenix, AZ
3403 Phoenix, AZ
7633 Safford, AZ
4239 Los Angeles, CA
4811 Moorpark, CA
7714 West Hill, CA
7609 Highland, CA
4806 Folsom, CA
7497 El Cajon, CA
7638 Santee, CA
4843 Palmdale, CA
3974 Fresno, CA
7379 Fresno, CA
3334 La Verne, CA
3362 Compton, CA
3915 Fresno, CA
4291 Simi, CA
3986 Crescent City, CA
3697 Chino, CA
7538 Parker, CO
3892 Louisville, Co
7082 Fountain CO
9759 Durango, CO
4418 Southington, CT
9410 Bristol, CT
7568 Lake Wales, FL
9289 Okeechobee, FL
7263 Naranja, FL
3626 Punta Gorda, FL
7604 Destin, FL
7359 Boynton Beach, FL
3906 Port St. Lucie, FL
3603 New Port Richey, FL
3746 Orlando, FL
7901 Live Oak, FL
7556 Deerfield Beach, FL
7517 Ruskin, FL
7150 Miami, FL
7389 Indian Harbor Beach, FL
7231 Leesburg, FL
3355 Panama City, FL
7339 Orlando, FL
3762 Marianna, FL
7522 South Pasadena, FL
4894 Orlando, FL
4759 Lafayette, GA
3487 Roswell, GA
3867 Perry, GA
3940 Decatur, GA
3674 Lawrenceville, GA
3099 Atlanta, GA
4138 Sandy Springs, GA
3702 Kennesaw, GA
3854 Marietta, GA
3947 Brunswick, GA
9627 Hinesville, GA
9625 Calhoun, GA
3166 Austell, GA
7183 Athens, GA
4434 Clinton, IA
3049 Fort Dodge, IA
7603 Spencer, IA
7261 Des Moines, IA
9309 Webster City, IA
7668 Mountain Home, ID
4879 Burley, ID
9092 Paris, IL
7473 Lake Zurich, IL
4386 Arlington Heights, IL
3309 Decatur, IL
7789 Cicero, IL
7305 Rockford, IL
7913 Vernon Hills, IL
3599 Bolingbrook, IL
9340 Calument City, IL
9375 Chicago, IL
9355 Chicago, IL
9373 Aurora, IL
9349 Countryside, IL
4823 Woodbridge, IL
9368 Geneva, IL
9352 Niles, IL
4822 Schaumburg, IL
3508 Edwardsville, IL
4228 Wheeling, IL
7073 Sycamore, IL
7244 Centralia, IL
4801 Mattoon, IL
9352 Merrilville, IN
3249 Fort Wayne, IN
4249 Elkhart, IN
9014 Mt. Vernon, IN
3248 South Bend, IN
9187 Connersville, IN
3177 West Lafayette, IN
3813 Newton, KS
3236 Topeka, KS
7280 South Williamson, KY
4077 Lexington, KY
3446 Ashland, KY
9566 Mayfield, KY
7237 Lexington, KY
9783 Middleboro, KY
9749 Winchester, KY
7138 Louisville, KY
7245 Louisville, KY
7386 Marrero, LA
7350 Lafayette, LA
3936 Sulphur, LA
7910 Thibodaux, LA
9796 Cut Off, LA
7599 Hammond, LA
3652 Baton Rouge, LA
3019 Shreveport, LA
7269 Westfield, MA
7238 Hadley, MA
4703 North Adams, MA
3799 Laurel, MD
3509 Randallstown, MD
3794 Columbia, MD
7200 Waldorf, MD
7507 Aberdeen, MD
4352 Livonia, MI
4256 Lansing, MI
3537 Novi, MI
3344 Kentwood, MI
9003 Coldwater, MI
7337 Plainwell, MI
9709 Charlotte, MI
3139 Essexville, MI
3421 Benton Harbor, MI
3159 Farmington, MI
9583 Houghton, MI
4393 Taylor, MI
3000 Marquette, MI
3069 Flint, MI
9288 Albion, MI
3662 Holland, MI
7559 Apple Valley, MN
3952 Forest Lake, MN
9659 Hutchingson, MN
3042 Columbia Heights, MN
7189 Richfield, MN
7704 Mankato, MN
9588 Hibbing, MN
7502 Sikeston, MO
9345 Galdstone, MO
9544 Gautier, MS
3872 Pascagoula, MS
3900 Vicksburg, MS
7052 Biloxi, MS
4930 Hattisburg, MS
4853 Laurel, MS
3622 Billings, MT
9667 Washington, NC
4901 Charlotte, NC
9688 New Bern, NC
4950 Winston, Salem, NC
3294 Greensboro, NC
3658 Kernersville, NC
9747 Asheboro, NC
7670 Charlotte, NC
9150 Elkin, NC
9668 Clinton, NC
7365 Beatrice, NE
3006 Omaha, NE
7097 Hackettstown, NJ
7519 Morganville, NJ
3259 Trenton, NJ
3787 Phillipsburg, NJ
7015 Clovis, NM
9170 Carlspad, NM
7367 Gallup, NM
9425 Glen Oaks, NY
3008 Williamsville, NY
4788 Dunkirk, NY
3694 Buffalo, NY
4726 Jamestown, NY
7664 Rome, NY
7025 Geneva, NY
7581 Saratoga Springs, NY
7144 Lockport, NY
9274 Greenwich, NY
3261 Columbus, OH
4992 Euclid, OH
4991 Maple Heights, OH
9585 Tiffin, OH
3290 Columbus, OH
4954 New Philadelphia, OH
7190 Bowling Green, OH
3250 Westerville, OH
3687 Cleveland, OH
3756 Hamilton, OH
9502 Ashland, OH
3536 Macedonia, OH
3717 South Tulsa, OK
9367 Edmond, OK
9449 Oklahoma, OK
9364 Oklahoma City, OK
9365 Midwest City, OK
3284 Tulsa, OK
9398 Oklahoma City, OK
4778 Ponca City, OK
9530 Pendleton, OR
7153 Springfield, OR
9421 Philadelphia, PA
9422 Philadelphia, PA
9158 Bloomsburg, PA
3048 State College PA
3827 Reading, PA
7125 Wilkes Barre, PA
3460 Flourtown, PA
9234 New Castle, PA
3564 Clearfield, PA
7075 Shamokin Dam, PA
9787 Humacao, PR
3965 Greenville, SC
9379 Spartanburg, SC
9552 Myrtle Beach, SC
3875 Simpsonville, SC
4738 Charleston, SC
7462 Greer, SC
3606 Summerville, SC
9757 Harriman, TN
9694 Gallatin, TN
3297 Nashville, TN
3782 Springfield, TN
9634 Mcminnville, TN
9728 Smyrna, TN
3022 Bristol, TN
7286 Carrollton, TX
3791 Fort Worth, TX
9390 Houston, TX
3772 Austin, TX
7248 Garland, TX
3904 Sugarland, TX
3913 Houston, TX
3519 Midland, TX
3718 Dallas, TX
3497 Houston, TX
4908 Corpus Christi, TX
4139 Dallas, TX
3909 Houston, TX
7314 Plainview, TX
3948 San Antonio, TX
9327 Allen, TX
3636 Colleyville, TX
9576 Paris, TX
4904 Victoria, TX
4926 Pearland, TX
3743 Duncanville, TX
3844 Houston, TX
4958 Humble, TX
4346 White Settlement, TX
3452 El Paso, TX
3863 Houston, TX
3647 Houston, TX
9369 Amarillo, TX
9607 Borger, TX
9552 Kerrville, TX
3648 Conroe, TX
3690 San Antonio, TX
4775 San Angelo, TX
4838 Park City, UT
4750 Farmington, UT
4792 Sandy, UT
3548 Brigham City, UT
9084 Radford, VA
7256 Richmond, VA
3792 Burke, VA
7136 Madison Hgts, VA
4755 Sunnyside, WA
7315 Veradale, WA
7212 Marshfield, WI
4374 Wausau, WI
3533 Monona, WI
3107 Beloit, WI
7191 Fond Du Lac, WI
4321 Madison, WI
7907 Grafton, WI
7178 Madison, WI

El Scorcho

The closing of these stores will result in the loss of jobs for a grand total of 3 quality employees.

caiman

Everything was right about your statement except the word quality.

JCJF10

Ouch!

Thunderball

Damn, the ones near me aren't closing. No clearnace sales for me

Canis Firebrand

Wow.. the one in Houghton, MI will kill the mall up there. K-Mart is one of the big end-mall stores. The only other is JC Penny. The rest of the mall stores are typical small ones, halmark, sam goody, etc.

Though there is a WalMart up there now. Probably a good reason that that K-Mart is losing sales.

POWERBOMB

Well, I don't shop there anyways so it doesn't matter much if they will have a clearance sale.

AgtFox

The one where I live is closing...I knew it! Oh well, that's what happens when you get Target and Wal-Mart after K-Mart sets up shop.

Tsar Chasm

Darn, only 2 closing in Oregon

shumway

Wow, 2 closing in San Antonio. Probably NOT on the southside where people ACTUALLy shop there.

adamblast

This could be legit, of course, but I have a hard time believing that our local K-Mart *ISN'T* on the list... It's like a piss-smellin' ghost town in there...

Geofferson

Looks like they're wiping all of them out here in Minnesota.

AgtFox

Geofferson...not quite. I don't see the Maplewood or St. Paul one on that list (for instance).

ANDREMIKE

Isn't Mn the home of Dayton/Hudsen/Marshall Fields/Target?

General Zod

Your so right. Just the other day I went to K-Mart as a last-ditch effort to find an Electric Blanket. They had regular blankets but no electric ones. I went to the "customer service" desk, and had to rudely interrupt them as they were busy talking about some tv show that was on last night. They said they didn't know if they had them or not, and I need to ask the girl who works in Jewelry because she also is the one who does the blankets (duh! - why didn't I know that?).

I went to her and she told me she no longer does blankets, and its done now by the guy in Sporting Goods (duh! - This makes much more sense). I went to ask him and he said they might have some, but he doesn't remember. He also told me he cant leave the sporting goods area, and I would need to talk to someone in Customer Service.

And on that note I gave K-Mart a final farewell...

AgtFox

Yes. There is no Daytons or Hudsons anymore though...it's all Marshall Fields. And the corporation is now Target Corporation located in downtown Minneapolis.

Geofferson

You're right. Looks like the one on Lake Street is still standing as well.

Jabx

I find it interesting that they aren't closing either of the stores in NW Arkansas. Both stores are basically deserted at all times. I can only guess they want to maintain some sort of presense in Wal-Mart's backyard.

victant

I wonder how they decide which stores to close. IMO, KMart as a whole really isn't doing too well, especially those near WalMarts.

John Richmond

Yup. 3948 is the Super Kmart on 281N and 3690 is out on Guibeau Rd. Walmart and Target are killing them.

jr

jw2299

I'm surprised none of the Kansas City stores are on there. The one on 95th and Metcalf's shelves were bare the last time I went in there.

Aaron Amos

This is strange. None of my county's K-Mart's (Solano County,CA) are listed on that list. I wonder why?

SnoopDogg

Ours in MN is staying open (Marshall, MN), my uncle lived in Richfield for awhile, and said that was a shi%%y Kmart.

cruzness

I'm surprised that the one in Port Orange FL isn't closing as it is super empty whenever I have stopped in there.

kaisha no saru

Though its not on the list, the Kmart in Brighton, MA isn't long for this world.

Stuff is being marked down, staff let go, and the stores only filled to about 50% capacity (they've also changed the return policies).

We've got a Target opening about a mile down the street within a year so even without the whole bankruptcy thing it probably wouldn't have made it much longer.