Don't know if this is the case at your W*M but there are Gold and Maroon badges that many of the new "long service" employees wear. The 25yr red, white and blue are old school.
Have you also noticed that some of the stores are done up in tan or green too? Went by a few Kmarts the other day, they are still closed up tighter than a jug. By golly they stuck by their guns they stayed true to their roots. Well, at least till they went tits up anyway. Absolutely the best way to fail is to not change.
Would your town be better served by an empty building where W*M used to be located? You assume a new store would take there place, maybe, maybe not. I don't want to have to drive 25 miles for a pair of underwear, a quart of oil and a puzzle.