K-Mart

[TRJ22487]

Took these pictures last night. Sorry for the blur (1/24/09)

Claremont, NH (recently got new logo, never had Big K logo but had 1990 logo until last year)


Sears entrance is to the side behind the Garden Shop, but you can use the Kmart entrance

[dmx10101]

So is that a combo sears/kmart then?

[TRJ22487]

Originally posted by dmx10101
So is that a combo sears/kmart then?

It was a regular Kmart until 07/08 - there is a separate entrance for Sears but it is really just like a big "Sears section"

[dmx10101]

Originally posted by TRJ22487

Originally posted by dmx10101
So is that a combo sears/kmart then?

It was a regular Kmart until 07/08 - there is a separate entrance for Sears but it is really just like a big "Sears section"

hmm that must be another one of their concepts.

[XDeSuEhTX]

Is it just me, or does this look like a Kmart in a former Walmart building? I guess not...

[CTAmeshopper]

Originally posted by XDeSuEhTX
Is it just me, or does this look like a Kmart in a former Walmart building? I guess not...

Well the type of roof and the red stripe is a dead giveaway,so maybe. If it was a Walmart it was probably built in 1995 or so.

[dmx10101]

I would say yes thats a former Wal-mart.

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

Originally posted by tntornadox
^ They went with 'Orange' because 'Lime' costed quite a bit more- they replaced every single piece of floor tile (look in the pics- they are brand new) and most of the fixtures.

That Kmart store was also touted as having wider aisles and better selection than your average Kmart store. They thought that going with lime would be better at the time, because of red being overused by other chains like Target. I really liked the futuristic-looking prototype logo. I just wish they would've kept that logo's physical structure, and change the gray to blue, and lime to red.

[jmcnamara96]

why does it say morton?

[dmx10101]

Originally posted by jmcnamara96
why does it say morton?

thats the city its in. The lime prototypes always have the name of the city next to the Kmart logo.

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

Originally posted by dmx10101

Originally posted by jmcnamara96
why does it say morton?

thats the city its in. The lime prototypes always have the name of the city next to the Kmart logo.

...or underneath it, like on the White Lake, Michigan prototype.

[Zayre88]

If you want to see one of the last remaining vintage Kmart logo, go to South Burlington Vt. or look at this report... picture and video (and we're in 2009)

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090127/NEWS02/90126044/1007

[dmx10101]

Originally posted by Zayre88
If you want to see one of the last remaining vintage Kmart logo, go to South Burlington Vt. or look at this report... picture and video (and we're in 2009)

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090127/NEWS02/90126044/1007
 

The road sign for the store is a vintage one too.

[wiseguy93]

This K mart in Northport, Al was built in 1989. Located at Northport Corners.

[Zayre88]

Originally posted by dmx10101

The road sign for the store is a vintage one too.

First time i see a white on red old Kmart logo.  I think i'm going to Burlington this summer just to see that!

[videogamer75]

The logo on the road sign is not necessarily vintage. The font is much different - and it is the logo currently used by Kmart Australia. Look at their website and you'll see it. The sign on the building, however, is original and old school.

[TRJ22487]

I'm driving to Burlington tomorrow by complete coincidence

Will take pics.

[TRJ22487]

Thanks to Zayre88 for the heads up on this
As soon as I swung into the parking lot I got taken back 20 years instantly
I honestly haven't even been to a Kmart of this style for 15+ years
The inside is all up to the current decade, just a small small cramped store and for whatever reason the logo was never changed.
Electronics section is tiniest I've ever seen in a current dept store
It was great to see with my own eyes in 2009
For viewing ambiance *Insert Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer into cassette tape deck*
South Burlington, Vermont
All pictures taken by me 1/30/09













All carts were grey with updated logo, but I found this blue cart
around the back of the building behind the vacant supermarket
What supermarkets have been here? The back area is huge. I found a price chopper and shaws cart out front but obviously carts get around
The long abandoned supermarket leaves this massive plaza
with the little Kmart as the only tenant
They do not even bother plowing the parking lot in front of the vacant area




On the way back I visited the Kmart I went to most in the 90's
West Lebanon, New Hampshire





in the late 90's when the Big logo was added
red stripes were painted in gray


Garden Center


All the carts used in the store are grey with variations of the 90's logo
I was about to leave the store thinking I'd find nothing significant
When I found this hidden well behind the huge row of registers
Tied up and with a locked grate over the top! I wanted to use it!!
Much smaller than the fleet of current carts, woulda fit in my jeep nicely!

[dmx10101]

sweet pics..thanks for takin them

that K cafe looks a little nice than most of them.

[NJxxJon]

That old school logo rocks. Man, they will prob shut that one down I bet. The store near me was required to to a overhaul and thats down by the shore.....K-mart keeps sending me Junk emails....spend 50 get 5 bucks off....Thats NOT REALLY a deal.

[wiseguy93]

This Kmart is located in Southwood Square.

[TRJ22487]

Originally posted by NJxxJon
That old school logo rocks. Man, they will prob shut that one down I bet.

I hope not, but just going inside the store I was pretty surprised it was still open because the store was just so tiny and crammed. The fact that logo is still on the building was so cool though.

I've been thinking for nearly a decade that the West Lebanon Kmart I took pictures of would close since Walmart opened in town around 1999-2000, but I'm suprised everytime I go there the store is still packed with cars and people. I always thought the West Lebanon Rich's and Ames seemed to do well too. I've always thought of West Lebanon as a good shopping town

[KmartDanny09]

The cart you saw with the locked cabinet is called the "Tank" and is used to transport the money collected at the end of the night to the cash office.

During peak-register times, it is also used as a place to store cash "dumps" for when their is excess cash in the registers.

Normally, it is stored in the office and they shouldn't have had it out.

[videogamer75]

I've seen my local Wal-Mart use one of their old ''Discount City'' carts from the 80's, for the same reason. They should use one of the boring old regular carts for that and let the customers use the old carts. Although, I guess it's better than them not even having one at all.

[XISMZERO]

Great photos, TRJ. If you want to see another great old Kmart, come to the Watertown, CT store -- it has the 70's logo still up on the building. It's like two miles off I-84 in a sea of car dealerships and not near much other retail stores. It's a true relic!

[C. Fontaine]

Originally posted by KmartDanny09
The cart you saw with the locked cabinet is called the "Tank" and is used to transport the money collected at the end of the night to the cash office.

During peak-register times, it is also used as a place to store cash "dumps" for when their is excess cash in the registers.

Normally, it is stored in the office and they shouldn't have had it out.

Hmmm, makes me want to take a ride there with a pair of chain cutters...;)

[TRJ22487]

Originally posted by C. Fontaine

Originally posted by KmartDanny09
The cart you saw with the locked cabinet is called the "Tank" and is used to transport the money collected at the end of the night to the cash office.

During peak-register times, it is also used as a place to store cash "dumps" for when their is excess cash in the registers.

Normally, it is stored in the office and they shouldn't have had it out.

Hmmm, makes me want to take a ride there with a pair of chain cutters...;)

Haha right! If only I'd known at the time what that was for

[nims57]

I found an interesting Kmart in Somers Point, NJ. This one is fairly new and is not a "BIG" Kmart, and still has a Little Caesars. It might have been a Caldor. There was a newer Acme in the plaza which even had a Starbucks. The Starbucks is now closed as they built one across the street.

[KmartDanny09]

Originally posted by videogamer75
I've seen my local Wal-Mart use one of their old ''Discount City'' carts from the 80's, for the same reason. They should use one of the boring old regular carts for that and let the customers use the old carts. Although, I guess it's better than them not even having one at all.  

Well my Kmart uses a "Family Dollar" shopping cart for the tank... in fact, we have several "Family Dollar" carts in back.

[jmcnamara96]

Really why?