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[QVCkitty1]

I just read that our local KMartwill be closing in April. I'm not surprised, but I will miss it, because Walmart is a pain to get around, and this leaves no competition. This storehasbeen going downhill the last few years, and not much was done to improve the situation. In a small community like mineany closing makes a difference.

[KitTkat]

Same here. Disappointing to lose Kmart since it was there before walmart. Also losing the local sears. This makes shopping locally so difficult since there isn't much else here.

[Leeny]

@QVCkitty1

We lost our last K-mart last year. We use to have 2 in our area. The other one folded up about 15-20 years ago. K-Mart just couldn't keep up with technology. A lot of people shopped there as it was the one that was located near a residential area.  I seen on TV today on the news they are closing 34 K-Marts. I would imagine yours is one of those.

[OKPrincess]

We lost our Kmart last year which was less than 2 miles from us. Bummer!

[Carmie]

They closed a Kmart close to where I live about two years ago ago.  Now there is a Marshalls, a home Goods Store and Steinmart In it’s place.

Now another one is scheduled to close in April.  I don’t shop at Kmart often, but if I need to, there is still another one 20 minutes away.  They seem to have so many stores in the same area.  Walmart does too.  It doesn't make sense.

[Marp]

@QVCkitty1, I think we might be neighbors!  My town is now in the same situation, Kmart closing in early April leaving only Walmart for an all purpose store.

Coincidentally I was looking for nearby Kmart locations because the local Kmart did not have the quantity of an item I wanted.  The nearest Kmart will be just over 40 miles away.

ETA: I forgot to mention that when I was doing a location search based on zip code my store is no longer listed.  I took that as absolute confirmation that the store will close.

[151949]

For department stores my small town has only Bealls & bealls outlet and a walmart. I have pretty much figured out that Bealls are kinda an outlet store. You can't go back and find something again. Prices there are very decent though for pretty good quality goods.

If we want to go to stores like Macys, Dillards ,Neiman  Marcus or JC Penney they are about a 45 min drive away.

[Moonchilde]

I stopped shopping at the LA K-Mart about 20 years ago. All the SoCal stores were shoddy (never spent any $$ on paint, new flooring) and frankly, always dirty or dirty-appearing. Full of multi-generational families from new baby to great-grandma all walking through the store together en masse with the toddlers running around screaming. And many shoppers running screaming in the opposite direction.

In the country, our K-Mart is utter kwap. It’s disgusting. And it will stay open because there is a large customer base locally that supports it.  I can’t stand to even go in.

[panda1234]

@Moonchilde Sounds just like my Kmart. Won't go there even if it is two miles away. I drive to the mall to go to Target which is seven miles away. 

[QVCkitty1]

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@panda1234 wrote:

@Moonchilde Sounds just like my Kmart. Won't go there even if it is two miles away. I drive to the mall to go to Target which is seven miles away. 

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I wish we had a Target that close.