Author Topic: Had enough change yet?? Sears and kmart to close over 100 stores. (Read 837 times)

powderman · « **on:** December 28, 2011, 03:58:20 AM »

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More than 100 Sears, Kmart stores closing nationwideadd to reading list Posted on December 27, 2011 at 6:10 PM
Updated yesterday at 6:10 PM
It is not yet known whether the announcement will affect any of the Louisville area's three Sears stores or six K-mart locations.
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Graybeard · « **Reply #1 on:** December 28, 2011, 05:57:29 AM »

Wouldn't bother me if every K-Mart on the planet closed and I seldom shop Sears anymore since they went out of the catalog sales business. I guess I've not been in a Sears store in three or more years and can't recall going into a K-mart in over 20 years.

garbhead · « **Reply #2 on:** December 28, 2011, 06:09:35 AM »

Montgomery Ward folded up in 2001...guess we can blame George W for that?

Lon371 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 28, 2011, 07:59:09 AM »

Crap that means more unemployed. That means more Democratic voters.

Lonny

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #4 on:** December 28, 2011, 08:15:35 AM »

Well Wal-mart with the 80% china products (Admitted hear say) is winning it seems. This has been comming since Nixon visited and Clinton opened trade doors wide for them.

jlwilliams · « **Reply #5 on:** December 28, 2011, 08:22:50 AM »

All the 'big picture' economic issues aside, this isn't good.

Sure, big box retailers have hosed the small buiseness man hard and I don't care for Sears or K Mart or Walmart much myself. The big dogs at the top of those corporate chains aren't about to be hurt by this. Hundreds of people, mayabe thousands, who count on the money they make at those 100+ stores are the ones who will be hurt by this. And for them I'm deeply sorry.

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #6 on:** December 28, 2011, 08:27:50 AM »

But you don't like the stores as is the same with many .

kevinsmith5 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 28, 2011, 08:35:43 AM »

Quote from: Graybeard on December 28, 2011, 05:57:29 AM

Wouldn't bother me if every K-Mart on the planet closed and I seldom shop Sears anymore since they went out of the catalog sales business. I guess I've not been in a Sears store in three or more years and can't recall going into a K-mart in over 20 years.

Our local Sears is tools and appliances only. I shop.there a couple times a year for hand tools and bought a freezers there a few years back. I thinning if every Sears in America switched ti that they'd be better off. Who goes there for clothes? Dishes? Jewelry? Its Craftman tools and Kenmore appliances. As for KMart, the inky.ones around.here are in bad parts of whatever town they're in and don't sell anything but cheap junk.

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powderman · « **Reply #8 on:** December 28, 2011, 04:45:24 PM »

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Hundreds of people, mayabe thousands, who count on the money they make at those 100+ stores are the ones who will be hurt by this. And for them I'm deeply sorry.

Thats not counting the warehouses, truck drivers and suppliers of the goods they sell. This is a big blow. Not sure whether the stores here will be affected yet, I hope not for the economies sake. POWDERMAN.

Empty Quiver · « **Reply #9 on:** December 28, 2011, 05:15:01 PM »

I happen to be one of those drivers Powderman. I see the backend of the stores. I'm gonna be honest and say it comes as no surprise at all to me. The stores are wastelands, actually pretty nice if you want to avoid the crowds.

If you take an honest look around they aren't that bad. It's like visiting a funeral home though, don't care what you do to pretty it up, it's still an unnerving experience. People don't like going there.

Singleshotsam · « **Reply #10 on:** December 29, 2011, 12:47:44 AM »

Online business has contributed more to the closing of these stores than anything else. People can shop on big sites such as Amazon and get their items in one or two days delivered to their doorstep while paying much less the the overpriced KMart and Sears stores. In my case this always beats driving the 70 mile round trip to a sears or k-mart to do my shopping.

powderman · « **Reply #11 on:** December 29, 2011, 04:14:05 PM »

EMPTYQUIVER. Theres a kmart and a sears at Elizabethtown KY. The Sears has plenty of help but not a lot of customers, they are too high on most items. We did buy a Canon digital camera there late last summer. It was $50- $70 less than any of the 7 other stores we went to. Theres rarely more than 1 cashier at kmart and never any help on the floor. I bought a box of 16 ga shells there that I couldn't find anywhere else. I waited 20 min at the sptg gds counter and could find no help. I reached over and took their phone and hit page. Heh, I got help then. POWDERMAN.

jlwilliams · « **Reply #12 on:** December 30, 2011, 12:38:07 AM »

Quote from: Singleshotsam on December 29, 2011, 12:47:44 AM

Online business has contributed more to the closing of these stores than anything else. People can shop on big sites such as Amazon and get their items in one or two days delivered to their doorstep while paying much less the the overpriced KMart and Sears stores.

Amazon. The worlds biggest river and it runs straight to your door. Hard to not buy there.

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #13 on:** December 30, 2011, 01:25:49 AM »

the 2 k-marts closing here should have been closed years ago.

powderman · « **Reply #14 on:** December 30, 2011, 03:54:17 AM »

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) -- Florida will be hit the hardest by the closing of Sears and Kmart stores, losing 11, according to a preliminary list of 79 planned closures released Thursday. Ohio, Michigan and Georgia are not far behind with six store closures planned in their states. Tennessee, North Carolina and Minnesota are set to lose four stores each. A spokeswoman for Sears Holding Corp. said each store employs between 40 and 80 people. None of the closures announced so far are in Sears' home state of Illinois. The 125-year-old retailer said on Tuesday it would close up to 120 stores to raise cash. The projected closings represent only about 3 percent of Sears Holdings' U.S. stores. Sears and Kmart merged in 2005. The company now has about 3,560 stores in the U.S. That's up from 3,500 immediately after the merger. Here is the list of closures announced so far http://www.searsmedia.com/tools/122711_close.pdf : — Alabama (3): Sears in Mobile; Kmart in Auburn and Gadsden. — California (3): Sears in El Monte and San Diego (2). — Colorado (3): Sears in Longmont; Kmart in Broomfield and Glenwood Springs. — Florida (11): Sears in Crystal River, Deland, Port St. Lucie, Stuart, West Palm Beach; Kmart in Callaway, Fernandina Beach, New Smyrna Beach, Orange City, Pompano Beach and St. Augustine. — Georgia (6): Sears in Macon; Kmart in Atlanta, Buford, Columbus, Douglasville and Jonesboro. — Idaho (1): Sears in Lewiston. — Indiana (3): Sears in Anderson; Kmart in Indianapolis and St. John. — Iowa (2): Kmart in Cedar Rapids and Davenport. — Kansas (1): Sears in Lawrence. — Kentucky (3): Sears in Middleboro; Kmart in Hazard and Winchester. — Maryland (1): Sears in Ellicott City. — Michigan (6): Sears in Adrian, Brighton, Chesterfield Township, Harper Woods, Monroe and Washington Township. — Minnesota (4): Kmart in Duluth, New Hope, White Bear Lake and Willmar. — Mississippi (3): Sears in Columbus, Jackson and McComb. — Missouri (2): Sears in Lee's Summit and St. Louis. — New Hampshire (2): Sears in Keene and Nashua. — North Carolina (4): Sears in High Point, Morehead City, Rocky Mount and Statesville. — Ohio (6): Kmart in Chagrin Falls, Columbus, Medina, Springfield and Toledo (2). — Oregon (1): Sears in Roseburg. — Pennsylvania (2): Sears in Pottstown and Upper Darby. — South Carolina (1): Sears in Sumter. — Tennessee (4): Sears in Antioch, Cleveland, Oak Ridge; Kmart in Hendersonville. — Virginia (3): Sears in Norfolk; Kmart in Midlothian and Richmond. — Washington (2): Sears in Walla Walla; Kmart in Lacey. — Wisconsin (2): Sears in West Baraboo; Kmart in Rice Lake.

Savage .250 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 30, 2011, 08:07:47 AM »

Local K-Mart (Orange City) closing as per our local newspaper.

kevinsmith5 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 30, 2011, 08:25:08 AM »

I live 25 miles from Morehead City and just found out there is a Sears in it when they announced its closing. Probably explains why it's closing.

rdmallory · « **Reply #17 on:** December 30, 2011, 05:07:48 PM »

The last time I went to a Sears auto center they wanted $45 to fix a flat because I did not buy the tire from them.
Took it to Walmart $15. ( did not buy the tire from them either)

I have not been back.

Went to Kmart last year looking for a flat shovel. Was told they don't carry shovels anymore.

Doug.

powderman · « **Reply #18 on:** December 30, 2011, 05:25:47 PM »

Where are all the obamaite worshippers?? I figured they would all be here telling us how great the economy is. I reckon this last vacation is over now and he's all rested up. Destroying America is hard work ya know. POWDERMAN.

guzzijohn · « **Reply #19 on:** December 31, 2011, 01:57:19 AM »

Quote from Powderman:
"Where are all the obamaite worshippers?? I figured they would all be here telling us how great the economy is. I reckon this last vacation is over now and he's all rested up. Destroying America is hard work ya know. POWDERMAN. "

You don't catch a fish every time you throw bait in the water.

GuzziJohn