K-Mart

[XISMZERO]

ENOLA, PA near Harrisburg. This one had another old Garden Shop sign!

[XISMZERO]

ENOLA, PA near Harrisburg. Old Garden Shop sign!

[XISMZERO]

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OH at Ohio Valley Mall. The mall was somewhat bogged with vacancy.

You can usually tell a mall is second rate if Kmart is an anchor. I wanted a shot of the interior entrance (looked like the exterior but was painted tan) but there were maintenance workers all over the place.

[Zayre88]

Originally posted by XISMZERO
GROVE CITY / COLUMBUS, OH.

A typical mid-70s one with pre-Big K sign. I was surprised this one missed the Big K invasion.

Nice Kmart pictures !!  I'm surprised too about that "regular" Kmart logo.  From this angle, you can see the labelscar spots from the older K-mart logo.

Those Craftsman/Kenmore/DieHard signs really attracted thousands of shoppers to that store... ;)

[Zayre88]

Want a modern Kmart for your city? Wait until a tornado goes through it!

Kmart will reopen Prattville location - March 25, 2008

Kmart is returning to Prattville, a company spokesman said, but the retailer won't promise its former employees their old jobs back.

(...) Freely also refused to release details of what the new store will look like. Kmart is introducing a new design to some of its stores, but she said the company would not decide the Prattville's store's concept until closer to its opening.

Arthur said he had hopes the store would be one of the new designs.

"Our market is ripe for that," he said.

Other retailers have decided to introduce new concepts in Prattville, he said.

"We are seeing that trend," he said. "It is good for us."

Kmart said the new store will be more modern than the former outlet in a statement announcing the new store.

"While merchandising and design plans are still in the early stages, the store will have new fixtures and other design concepts which will give the store a fresh, bright and exciting appearance," the company said.


http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080325/NEWS/803250316/1001  

[dmx10101]

interested to see what it looks like.

[NJxxJon]

The k-mart here in Brick NJ on Rt- 88 : Feels Old School with Nu-School signs. The people that work here HATE the place.  The Floors are brown on black like wallo -mart however.

[XISMZERO]

ACTON, MASS. Taken today 3-30-2008.

A weird looking Kmart with a wood shingled roof. This one didn't have a road sign or a garden shop sign!

[XISMZERO]

ACTON, MASS. Taken today 3-30-2008.

A tiny sign and a label scar. This must've been something else before Kmart? This one looks just like the one in Great Barrington.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by XISMZERO
ACTON, MASS. Taken today 3-30-2008.

A tiny sign and a label scar. This must've been something else before Kmart? This one looks just like the one in Great Barrington.

 it was a WT GRANT. the kmart opened in 1976 and is 60,000 sq.ft.

[store215]

Originally posted by XISMZERO
CAMBRIDGE, OH at the I-70 junction.

Stopped here to use the restroom -- never been inside a Super K before. Very, very big store!

looks like it was a regular kmart expanded...surprised its still open (wal-mart sign in background)

[d_fife]

Originally posted by MBZ321

Originally posted by XISMZERO
CAMBRIDGE, OH at the I-70 junction.

Stopped here to use the restroom -- never been inside a Super K before. Very, very big store!

looks like it was a regular kmart expanded...surprised its still open (wal-mart sign in background)

 it was a regular Kmart that expanded. I Went there in November and they told me it was expanded 6 yrs ago. here is my take of this store: I went here November 13, 2007.

[XISMZERO]

Here's the Kmart at Billerica Mall in Billerica, MA. It's a dead mall, but the Kmart is still kickin'... Taken on March 30, 2008.

[XISMZERO]

Billerica Mall in Billerica, MA. Taken on March 30, 2008. Old-school road sign!

[XISMZERO]

Billerica Mall in Billerica, MA. Taken on March 30, 2008. Old-school garden shop sign!

[XISMZERO]

Billerica Mall in Billerica, MA. Taken on March 30, 2008.

Sign inside the mall.

[XISMZERO]

Billerica Mall in Billerica, MA. Taken on March 30, 2008. Kmart benches!

[Anonymous]

So is KMART trying to be more high end like Target? The only one left near me is in Braintree, MA.

We used to have one in Rockland that was ghetto fabulous. I get nostalgic just thinking about it. They turned the Kmart building into some weird church!

[XISMZERO]

Originally posted by Anonymous
So is KMART trying to be more high end like Target? The only one left near me is in Braintree, MA.

We used to have one in Rockland that was ghetto fabulous. I get nostalgic just thinking about it. They turned the Kmart building into some weird church!

The Boston area is still a rich market for Kmart stores. Go look at the store locator: you've got Saugus, Acton, Billerica, Somerville, Brockton, Milford -- all within 30 miles!

[Birdsong]

Originally posted by storehistoryguy
Brooksville, Florida.


http://www.sptimes.com/2003/01/15/Business/Attention__shoppers__.shtml

This one moved from  across the street from a tiny store to a new huge store. It did not last long Super walmart opened up...I think this closed in 2000

[Anonymous]

Yeah.. Braintree is the only one close by. I went there on Saturday just to appease my curiousity. The decor was deliciously out of date and the prices were not that good. It was awesome. I actually got this really cute purple sleeveless sweater though.

http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p_10151_10104_027B969144110001P?vName=Clothing&cName=Women%27s&sName=Sweaters

[FearlessSwan]

Former K-Mart in Largo, FL. A self-storage facility has taken it over, along with most of the dead strip mall that surrounds it. I wonder if it will swallow up the recently closed Kash-N-Karry as well.

[FearlessSwan]

The infamous Appliance Direct in Daytona Beach, FL looks like an old Kmart.

[Kmart4life]

I could not agree more. I was in there not to long ago.

[FearlessSwan]

St. Petersburg



St. Augustine, FL

[dmx10101]

I think I've been in the St. Augustine one before.

[wwefan101]

they need to have more check outs open  when ther busy but they allwyas hvae one  right now ther  in the progase of  a remoudle  ther puting in newflooring and check outs    right now from regster 5 to 13 is a big wall up      im sure  ther probley wont  use half the check outs when it opens whats evey ones   opion about kmarts to me i cant stand them

[FearlessSwan]

Former Kmart, Sidney, NY. A newer one was built down the road during the whole Big K craze.

[C. Fontaine]

I hate the Webster, MA Krapmart.  The floors are so dirty in some spots I don't even think bleach could clean it up.  Since Little Caesars closed I've had no reason to go there.  A few years ago they had some guys walk out with a big screen tv and no one even stopped them... and they got away.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by C. Fontaine
I hate the Webster, MA Krapmart.  The floors are so dirty in some spots I don't even think bleach could clean it up.  Since Little Caesars closed I've had no reason to go there.  A few years ago they had some guys walk out with a big screen tv and no one even stopped them... and they got away.

thats theft, or near Grand theft. I have a friend from my college from Oxford who thinks the store is gross!   I read the store got expanded in 1992.