Attention, Kmart shoppers: On October 20, Kmart’s last full-sized location in the mainland U.S., a store in Bridgehampton, New York, will close its doors.
That leaves just one smaller Kmart in Miami and three stores in the U.S. Virgin Islands as the only locations left — a far cry from the over 2,300 stores Kmart operated in its prime in the 1990s.
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“Kmart was part of America,” U.S. retail history author Michael Lisicky told PBS. “Everybody went to Kmart, whether you liked it or not.”
The Kmart store in Bridgehampton, New York. Credit: Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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