Seems to be very random. I've tried to make sense of their methodology being that I've seen and heard of "good" stores closing right along with the underperforming ones.
Do they draw slips out of a hat? Or does it look like a bingo hall where there's a giant light up board with all the store numbers and someone is pulling balls as they roll out of the cage? Are they throwing darts on a dartboard full of store numbers? I'm half serious. Like I said, their methodology behind picking these stores fo closure is very random.
I've heard of stores staying open that were on performance plans (path to profitability, I think it's called) and stores that have done decent for a Sears store close. .How does a store stay in business if it can't break $5k in it's daily sales?
I don't know a lot about Kmart but I'm sure it's the same thing over on that side. Only then Sears holdings views Kmart like an unwanted stepchild when you look at how many they close against the number of Sears stores they close, no offense to the Kmart people.