In their recent rounds of store closings, Sears Holdings tried something new: they announced them to the stores’ local news outlets, but didn’t release a nationwide list of stores slated to close. We started compiling our own list based on local news stories and reader tips at the beginning of this year. Late Thursday, Sears Holdings announced an additional 78 store closings, and saved us some work by putting out a national list. Scheduled to close in this round are 65 Kmarts, 3 Super K stores, and ten Sears stores.
Most of the stores listed will begin liquidation soon; Sears stores will start on April 29, and Kmart stores on May 12. A few, which we’ve noted, won’t close until September; those stores may begin their liquidation sales earlier.
Closing stores is a necessary thing when they’re underperforming, but Sears Chairman Eddie Lampert continues to cite the retail company’s planned “transformation” into a company with fewer retail stores across the country, brisk online sales, and a profit that comes from something other than selling its stores to an affiliated real estate investment trust.
“We’re focusing on our best members, our best categories and our best stores as we work to accelerate our transformation,” Lampert said in a statement along with the store closings press release. Closing their worst stores is a good start, as is renting out space that remaining stores don’t need, but Sears and Kmart to struggle with the idea of selling merchandise that customers are interested in, and being helpful when those customers show up in the store. We really are cheering for them to succeed, but are not hopeful.
State
Town
Store Type
Closing
AL
Birmingham
Kmart
Late July
AL
Decatur
Kmart
Late July
AL
Homewood
Kmart
Late July
AL
Mobile
Kmart
Late July
AL
Oxford
Sears
Late July
AR
Little Rock
Sears
Late July
AZ
Nogales
Kmart
Late July
CA
Dinuba
Kmart
Late July
CA
Lodi
Kmart
Late July
CA
Tulare
Kmart
Late July
CA
Wasco
Kmart
Late July
CT
Putnam
Kmart
Late July
FL
Jacksonville
Kmart
Late July
FL
Jacksonville
Sears
Late July
FL
Neptune Beach
Kmart
Late July
FL
Perry
Kmart
Late July
IL
Chicago (South Pulaski)
Kmart
Late July
IL
Danville
Kmart
Late July
IL
Galesburg
Kmart
Late July
IL
Lansing
Kmart
Late July
IL
Pekin
Kmart
Late July
IL
Rock Island
Kmart
Late July
IN
Bloomington
Kmart
Late July
IN
New Albany
Kmart
Late July
KS
Hutchinson
Kmart
Late July
KY
Elizabethtown
Kmart
Late July
KY
Louisville (Poplar Level Road)
Kmart
Late July
KY
Louisville (Taylorsville Road)
Kmart
Late July
KY
Maysville
Kmart
Late July
KY
Paintsville
Kmart
Late July
LA
Houma
Sears
Late July
LA
Pineville
Kmart
Late July
MA
Tewksbury
Kmart
Late July
MI
Houghton Lake
Kmart
Late July
MI
Midland
Sears
Late July
MI
Taylor
Super K
Mid-September
MO
Bridgeton
Kmart
Late July
MO
Springfield
Kmart
Late July
MS
Corinth
Kmart
Late July
MT
Billings
Kmart
Late July
NC
Brevard
Kmart
Late July
NC
Gastonia
Kmart
Late July
NC
Lumberton
Kmart
Late July
NC
Pineville
Kmart
Late July
NC
Rocky Mount
Kmart
Late July
NE
Hastings
Kmart
Late July
NY
Irondequoit
Sears
Late July
NY
Plattsburgh
Sears
Late July
NY
Poughkeepsie
Kmart
Late July
NY
Rochester
Kmart
Late July
OH
Ashtabula
Super K
Late July
OH
Eaton
Kmart
Late July
OH
Fremont
Kmart
Late July
OH
Lima
Kmart
Late July
OH
Lorain
Super K
Mid-September
OH
Marion
Sears
Late July
OH
Springboro
Kmart
Late July
PA
Beaver Falls
Kmart
Late July
PA
Butler
Sears
Late July
PA
New Castle
Sears
Late July
PA
Philadelphia (Frankford Ave)
Kmart
Late July
PA
Pittsburgh (McIntyre Square Dr)
Kmart
Late July
PA
Reading
Kmart
Late July
PA
Uniontown
Kmart
Late July
SC
Camden
Kmart
Late July
SD
Huron
Kmart
Late July
SD
Yankton
Kmart
Late July
TN
Athens
Kmart
Late July
TN
Maryville
Kmart
Late July
TN
Sweetwater
Kmart
Late July
TX
El Paso
Kmart
Late July
TX
Mission
Kmart
Late July
TX
Sweetwater
Kmart
Late July
UT
Draper
Kmart
Late July
UT
Price
Kmart
Late July
UT
West Jordan
Kmart
Late July
WI
Hartford
Kmart
Late July