So I came across a list of K-Mart stores that were given to district managers a few months back. The stores are mostly negative EBITA stores but also have other criteria that out them on this list. Now, this list is not a definitive list of stores that are closing or that will close soon, but I would say it is pretty close. I looked up the first 12 stores on the list on vendor portal, and 10/12 are either already closed or were amongst the stores announced to close on May 2. I can't copy and paste the list because it is a jpeg image file that was copied and pasted from an excel file, but I can let anyone know if there store is on the list if anyone would like to check. My store IS on the list, which is the reason I'm sharing this info and will be letting my coworkers know. Like I said, it is NOT a 100% positive sign your store is closing but judging from the stores I've looked up thus far it is scarily accurate to say the least. It is based on regions so I need to know the region your store is in if you want me to check, and store number wouldn't hurt.
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is 7075 on the list? Getting very scary there
what about 4825 mill hall pa
So does phase 1 mean that they will be closing soon?
Could you please check store #3822, Glasgow, Kentucky?
Please check on 4465, in Sioux City, Iowa. The axe could fall here at anytime, lease is up in 16 months. Thank you!
Can you check store #4093 (Madison, TN Kmart? Possibly in the SE Region. Please & thank you! :-)
Store 7353 Johnson City TN is on the list. It is a phase 1 store (there are 3 phases). It is only for KMart stores, no Sears. I do not see anything in Paducah KY but if you can find the store number I can double check. As far as number of stores I would guess there are somewhere between 150-200. It is broken into regions (SE, SW, NE, NW). The NW region has by far the most stores on it I would guess about 60 in this region alone but most are phase 2 stores which I believe means they are less at risk than the phase 1 stores because a lot of the phase 1 stores are already listed on vendor portal as being closed or set to close soon.
I was wondering if store number 7353 is on the list its in northeast tn... They had us clean out the entire stockroom
Does your list include any Sears? Interested in Peabody MA. Sorry don't know store number. And how many stores are on your list? Hundreds?
Is the Paducah, KY, Kmart store on the list? I know Paducah's Sears store was included in the REIT but not Kmart.
May I ask what your store number was ?
We had to clear out the back room of everything but bulk. We were told we were a p2p store (pathway to profitability) and within a month I would say, we were told we were closing at the end of July.
4987 is not on the list.
Could you check store# 4987? Thanks, in advance.
My store is already announced is it closing so I am wondering if it was on this list too. but I was wondering, did anyone else go through the process of emptying their stockrooms and getting everything except big bulk stuff out? Our store was told to take everything out of the bacroom and put it on shelves, overhead, stack areas, pretty much wherever it would fit. We were told it was to try to sell more items and cross-display stuff in departments but I am now wondering if it was an attempt to get last ditch sales efforts since they may have known the store would be closing soon anyways?