I remember reading some posts about that omen. What does it mean? Sq ft of freight can't go to overheads so I can't understand how that plays. I think it means the end is in sight but was wanting to find those old posts. Thanks for any recall of that
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9055 is a coward and only posts on here, what corporate PR wants him to post and not the truth.
@3vsm/Billy, Thankyou my thoughts exactly.
To clarify this, Roses 20 years ago was on par with Kmart.
But Roses is nothing more than an oversized dollar general now.
9055 - You should be ashamed. You've managed to turn Kmart into a sh-- hole, and we recognize you don't believe it any store reinvestment - but the fact that you are proud to place kmart in the same sentence as "rose's / variety wholesale" is pathetic - even for you mr. carpetbagger
@2xtx, yes there are some shared DC's that service both the Kmart & Sears stores with certain items. I am not sure where those DC's are?
But yes that is correct both Sears & Kmart have their own DC's also in addition to the shared DC's.
You guys are all forgetting that Sears and Kmart have separate DCs everywhere. Perhaps there is some plan to operate a single facility per region??
@2mmz, That makes sense, if a certain batch of stores are closing and that DC services all of those stores. Why not close a DC that services those stores?
Once the stores that are serviced by that DC close. There is no point to keeping a DC open if there are no stores to service.
How many DC's are left does anyone know? I know just a guess, that the leased DC's are closing first and the owned DC's will close last?
What does everyone think?
With the DC's closing and stores closing it makes sense to ship all the goods to closing stores. THey will sell much faster in a store that is liquidating than in a store staying open. People love a sale (even if the sale is a clearance item at full price). Vendors change and there is a lot of stuff in the DC left over from vendors SHC does not do business with anymore. THis stuff gets shipped to closing stores to get rid of.
Also, with DC's closing, logistically it will not be cost effective to ship to certain stores. I always wondered if the closing stores were all in a certain area so that they could stop deliveries to that region or if closing the DC determined what stores closed because of shipping cost?
@2OUF, Thanks for responding. Here is what I am wondering. At the remaining stores that are not closing yet, why has massive DC shipments not been sent to them yet? The old Super Kmart stores that had the grocery yanked have more storage space. Why have several trucks from the closing DC's not been sent to the old Super K's?
We have two Kmarts left and two Sears left in my area:
4953, Super Kmart/ Now Kmart
3606, Big Kmart/Kmart/Sears Grand/ back to Kmart
1325, Sears Full Line
2855, Sears Full Line
@2gct, You are exactly right. That is what it is all about. We are one of the Kmarts that are currently closing. We have been on the one touch program for several months. We had tom empty everything out and then send pictures of the empty stockroom to corporate. But the merchandise just keeps coming and right now our stockroom is fuller than it was before the one touch. DC trucks keep coming to our store overflowing with stock. A lot of it is store brands - Craftsman, Kenmore, Essential Home, Just Kids, etc. And tons and tons of garden shop. The garden tools are all the new ones, not the old. This stuff should be sent to the other stores after Christmas to be sold for a profit instead of liquidated now. Make no mistake, they are emptying the DCs out.
@2OWH, Thank You for the refreshing opinion on the "one touch" program.
FYI: I am referring to Kmart in my reply.
It somewhat makes sense on the Pantry and Health and Beauty care since those two departments especially food goes out of date quicker than medicine.
I think the "one touch" program would work for certain departments like those two. Other departments like soft lines you only have so much space. With hardlines also certain items you can put out if you have space.
My opinion personally is this. The "one touch" program does get stores prepped for the liquidation process. I know from reading on this board DC's are shutting down and that product is being pushed out to stores.
If the "one touch" program is good why was it not used before and why were stores not informed of how to do the program?
To me the "one touch" process is prepping the stockrooms to be empty so they can send several tractor trailers full of products to all stores so the DC's can be emptied and either be put up for sale if owned or be returned to landlords if leased.
I don't know who 9055 is nor do I care. I will say I have worked for Kmart for over 15 years and I think the one touch program actually makes sense. If you can get it to the floor and put it in overheads then you don't need to worry about stocking from the back room. In our store this has helped with the pick list. It has kept items with expiration dates to get sold before they expire. When these items were kept in the back room what would happen is that as a truck came in the new stuff would be put out and any overstock from previous trucks would sit on the shelf in the backroom. So while I do think 9055 has a little too much "corporate speak" for my liking I do think that "one touch' works. Now they should have started it 10 years ago, along with updating stores, hardware, software, policies etc. No matter what SHC does not have much more time.
Nice try 9055, your not a very good liar.
Both Roses Stores and ShoppersWorld Stores own DC's. I just verified it online.
Now exactly how do you know they are on this "one touch" crap??
You have never told us what position you hold at SHC, you worthless piece of sh--.
One chain of stores, albeit smaller than Kmart with just 40 locations, has nearly all of its product shipped directly to stores, rather than passing through a company-operated distribution center: Shopper's World.
Another discount store chain, Rose's, has more than half of its merchandise directly shipped to stores from suppliers.
Both have stores that keep very little product in their backrooms.
Our one-touch initiative is an accepted practice in the retail industry.
@YZZ, Thank You for your informative post. 9055, we are sick and tired of your BS. Your a troll on this board. Go to f---ing hell 9055
9055, EXACTLY WHAT POSITION DO YOU HOLD WITH SHC????
We already verified the Kmart store you were employed at closed.
Your spewing the same BS about the "One a Touch" crap that corporate gave the employees and the press.
One touch is exactly what employees are saying it is. Prepping the store for liquidation, and the massive DC shipments that stores are receiving as the DC's close down.
So again your feeding us BS. No one likes you 9055 and no one on this board believes a word your saying.
The one touch program is intended to allow stores greater operational efficiency. With the exception of bulky items like large furniture and patio sets, there should be nothing in back rooms. Product should be unloaded from the truck and sent to the floor to be packed out. This practice is in place at other retail chains.
Payroll hours are saved on no longer having to restock from the backroom. And, the more hands that touch the product, the more costly it is to make it ready for sale. Plus, product on the sales floor isn't lost or damaged in the backrooms.
There are exceptions to the rule for specific departments with compact space on sales floors for pantry and hba. In those stores, some pantry and hba is limited to one or two overstock racks in the backroom. Previously, cases and cases of one product would be left in the back and never accounted for in back room locator system.
They try to use inventory as a source of cash to keep the company alive. Then they come up with delusional methods to operate the stores with less inventory. Sears started this kind of program decades ago. It sounds great on paper. Only keep a minimum quantity of an item on the floor. Get things out to the floor right away. Order more immediately after products sell. But in reality with the skeleton crews in the stores and warehouses it doesn't work. It's hard to make money selling merchandise in a retail store if the merchandise isn't available.
It's a step along the way to closure for the entire company.
At Kmart, they began removing everything from the stockrooms. They put up more overhead shelves if necessary. It is called the one touch program and ALL stores will eventually go to it. The company is lying to associates and the media by saying it is to improve efficiency. It is not. It is to prepare for liquidation. the first couple waves of stores to start it have already been closed or are now in the process of closing. Whatever wave you are on, that is the order that you will be closed. Again, it doesn't matter what the Sears/Kmart spokespeople say. We were lied to numerous times, and then told we were closing. You will be too.