How Kmart Went From Beating Walmart And Target To Bankruptcy

[@mechajay3358]

Kmart survived the Great Depression and Two World Wars, but wasn't able to survive their own lack of innovation.

[@lylewalker5681]

@Donald Kasper This is a good take. You also can't outsource/offshore labor in American retail stores.

[@Jakefrommaine1]

They weren't their during the depression or either world war. What you talking bout?

[@jackson5116]

@@Jakefrommaine1 0:37, since you couldn't listen, here's the transcript: "Kmart's origins date back to 1899..." That right there means Kmart goes back to 1899. And yes, Kmart DOES go back that far, because as shown at 1:42 "So, the company renamed itself Kmart Corporation" See? Same company, and it goes back to 1899! Original poster is correct, Kmart survived both world wars, and the great depression.

[@mduke2k]

Do y'all remember a big box store called Venture?

[@adriennevega6539]

Michael Duke loved it!

[@whocares5114]

My local Kmart felt like a time machine as soon as you stepped inside you were transported to the late 80s early 90s, it was so outdated. LOL.

[@96213sam]

Outdated in what sense?

[@whocares5114]

@@96213sam the way it was set up even the cash registers and computer were old and yellow looking running on Windows Me.

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

That’s actually why I liked going to Kmart lol. Nostalgia. I may be weird but I like the older stores and older offices etc. I even like the “institution” feel of some places. I even miss the older hospitals for that reason. I don’t like the newer buildings with all the plastic fixtures and faux this and faux that. Does anyone know what I mean? Oh and I miss Woolworths. I remember one time though when I was starting at a new school, I was about 13, and my mum took me to Kmart for new clothes. I was worried that someone would see me there because at that time only poor people shopped at Kmart. My mum said not to worry, because if someone did see me it was only because they to were shopping there lol

[@NickDalzell]

I preferred kmart as it wasn't huge and oversized like Walmart. Now it's like if it's not 20 acres long a store just cant make it. Now, Dollar General is as close as I get to a Kmart. Fyi the IBM POS terminals were indeed lost in time. Not even windows. It was POSDos. A custom DOS made for point of sale systems. Before our kmart died, they were unable to take credit cards as the dial u network the system ran on was obsoleted.

[@AlfredHawthornBennyHill]

@@prepperjonpnw6482 1950s through about 1982, had the best designs for businesses, stores, malls, hospitals etc. Now everything is always white, off white, dull colorless tones, plastic everything, recessed lighting, ugly, no character or style and almost always sterile looking and every place you go looks the same as the last place you were in. It's sickening. If I had a business, I would have different styles from the mids 50's to the late 70s in it. I know there are some people who like that.

[@Christof708]

They didn’t innovate, the stores looked old and outdated in the early 2000s, while target kept refreshing the stores with new items and a fresh look.

[@Carlos.Rivera]

Agreed, and the cash box is an old IBM... WTF

[@OldHoboManYouTube]

My Wal-Mart keeps repainting the outside every few years to give it a nice look.

[@curtisag24]

@@OldHoboManKZbin Good for them! Walmart is always busy and updated periodically. They have more selection, plus a lot of people shop there for groceries.

[@OldHoboManYouTube]

@@curtisag24 also my walmart has their own personal Facebook where the people vote on what they want to see from the walmart.

[@technologyproductions-ye3px]

When a store innovates it self it loses its charm I hate the minimalistic look brands have nowadays it looks lazy I miss the old Walmart logo I miss how Walmart stores used to look back in the 2000s.

[@creedtragedy5564]

My Mom worked at a Kmart for 20 years. She had worked every department worked in HR and Management. When they closed her store all her time meant nothing and she had to scrounge for work like the hundreds of other employees that lost their jobs.

[@asanta2023]

😔

[@yvonneemmert9185]

I actually shopped at Kmart more than Walmart; and I really liked their brand route 66. My grandma would take us to Kmart and would get us hats, Gloves and purses for Easter. Years ago they had wigs and my sisters and I would try on different styles and colors of wigs - my mom would say you goofballs! And laugh. We had fun shopping at Kmart! They had a deli at ours and the Best cold cut subs marinated in mustard and vinegar overnight. Your Mom didn't waste her time or her life! Kmart was a great store; I am sad it's gone. All good things always go way of the dinosaur!

[@loydkline]

Love/ ❤️ Kmart 🍿 popcorn & layaway

[@aygulmemet4201]

​@@yvonneemmert9185 Good products. Terrible company.

[@elizabethpeterson455]

Here in Australia Kmart is more than huge....it's essential. And there are no coffee shops or food sales. It's just merchandised well and cheaper than anywhere else.

[@wuznab5109]

Rip radio shack, k mart, Sears, block buster, and toys r us. Maybe rite aid.

[@Powehi-bit]

WuzNab Sears is not a thing anymore?

[@Nga-1984]

Sears still survive in northern Virginia, I don't know for how long though.

[@youtubesecuritypatrolservi4362]

Sears will not survive in the midwest

[@1dogissky]

Blockbuster

[@Jony42069]

There is a sears here in Florida

[@Juangomez9186]

Most Walmart’s stores have a McDonald’s. Most Target stores have a Starbucks. Most Kmart stores have nothing.

[@cleopatrastarseed8558]

Walmart has more than McDonalds these days. I've been in walmarts that had hair and nail salons and eye doctors.

[@Chewyzard]

Mines had a Little Caesars, bad move on them tho cause nobody goes to Kmart, they closed the Little Ceasars months later, Kmart is still open

[@ra-xr7fp]

my walmart has a nail and hair salon and a subway

[@nofsgiven3855]

I love bacon and target stores here in AZ have Pizza Hut

[@8luvbug]

Kmart had Lil howies pizza

[@achance007]

They never had enough registers open and stores always seemed dirty

[@jabber1990]

Walmart never has enough registers open, doesn't seem to be affecting them

[@Tony-my3sy]

jabber1990 walmart has finally put in self check out which is way better

[@austina4189]

That's the epitome of Walmart though. Except they have cash for millenniums

[@jabber1990]

@Boco Corwin ....most people shop at walmart where do you shop?

[@jamesslick4790]

@@Tony-my3sy self check out is SLOWER! Only OK if you have less than 5 items.

[@meticulous_pickulous30]

Our Kmart (in the town over from us) stayed pretty strong up until 2011. Ours never looked outdated or gross so it was really disappointing when they closed. Growing up poor it was great that struggling families could put back to school clothes and supplies on lay-a-way and pay it out. It really helped our family out and they always had in style clothes and home decor. Halloween was probably my favorite time of the year bc they seemed to have sooo many more costumes than Walmart

[@EWUFBIiswatching]

I worked at Kmart in high school the day a Walmart opened in our city. It went from being busy af to a ghost town, literally overnight.

[@lockheart619]

Okay but your profile picture is everything 😂😂😂

[@frenchboi4912]

@@lockheart619 bruh

[@-elchoya9832]

they changed the name to KNOTTS BEERY FARM,the gunfights at the blue light special were legendary i heard.

[@islagiron]

Okay, in Australia Kmart is our GO-TO store. We have no Walmart and target is WAAAAY to expensive. Kmart is nearly everyone's favourite store...

[@pilot1721]

Kmart is awesome. Target is if you feel fancy but not david Jones fancy

[@islagiron]

@@pilot1721 so true!

[@rebeccamurphy3735]

I was just going to comment that!! Kmart is the best, target is pricey and big W is meh

[@jimberkau7431]

You don't want a Wal-Mart most of their stuff is more expensive

[@yourdad3379]

That’s the one 🤙🤙

[@sarahfrances1025]

I bought a pregnancy test at K-mart when I was in college because I knew there was absolutely no chance I would run into any of my peers there because no one ever went there

[@xattr8403]

ok but how did the story end?

[@DIVISIONINCISION]

So, now you're a single parent?

[@chuckgates1171]

sarahfrances1025 TWINS.

[@kamotekamote3002]

Am I the farher tho?

[@CindyCya]

wow nosey much?

[@rdm8522]

My dad work for Kmart/Sears for 30 years he raised 4 kids in that time..My first real job at 16 was working at Kmart , my sister also. Kmart was a big part of my life. It shall be missed.

[@josephinetracy1485]

They should regroup and lay low for awhile. Target had to reinvent itself too. I never understood the Wal-Mart thing..... I always preferred K-Mart

[@Goodwillwinoverevil1984]

@@josephinetracy1485 Do you know if K-mart had produce like Wal-Mart? That would probably be one big reason.

[@cyan1616]

Both KMart and Sears were victims of terrible upper management. They treated their employees like crap, couldn't hold talented non-executive employees, and it showed in their stores. Their employees stopped caring, because the top guys didn't care about them. Executives and CEO's should never lose sight of the fact that ultimately, it's all the little guys that are making them their money. A business will thrive if they get us little guys on their side. I ended up hating going to these stores in the end, staff seemed miserable, managers would argue with you, and everyone seemed completely disengaged. At Sears they cut staff from departments and put all the registers in the front. I would wander around desperately looking for someone to help me. So sad, I loved those stores.

[@lacucurrucucu9245]

Shiba Lover true I went to those stores once and the vibe is depressing Kmart just closed a few months ago in my area,and Sears looks like an old factory I was looking for help but there’s no employees just the ones in the registers.

[@Vapor817]

yet amazon is in the same boat yet is still thriving, i guess it'll take another massive competitor like walmart was for kmart for amazon to change or die

[@angry-white-men]

They drove the stores to bankruptcy to cash in big on real estate and other things. They were crooked, just like the current sears CEO. If they were legit and wanted to save the companies they would've taken a pay cut and paid employees more to care

[@Pugetwitch]

that's sear's CEO was a real piece of work at the end there, huh? Sucks, my grandpa was the Craftsman manager for decades when he returned from world war II and made a good living, enough to own a home in the affluent area of Seattle, to buy his children at home, and he retired from there before he was 65 back in the 80s, having plenty of time left to spend with us grandkids while we traveled in his RV across the United States. He made enough money working at Sears to get himself and grandma a nice new RV, buy my parents an RV for their ten year anniversary, buy my mom a car every five years or so for her birthday, etc. of course he invested a lot of money and they had hooked him up with a terrific 401k. Complete opposite of my situation, I live paycheck to paycheck right now and am currently struggling like no other, even working in healthcare I still can't afford to live in seattle on a single income. Life was so much better back then.

[@soumm8949]

Our Sears here in Yakima is still open :D

[@MartellThaCool]

Rip to k-mart and sears

[@DanielMartinez-be1ej]

😶😶

[@robertmartinez8576]

Walmart is a rip off store people need to quit shopping there period Walmart needs to be shut down cuz they have the worst employees there and cheap product there from Mexico anything you buy there doesn't last long i quit shopping there two years ago and i would never buy food there cuz it is all bad for even dogs to eat

[@wyzemann]

@@robertmartinez8576 Even if your wish was granted, some other Walmart clone would just immediately replace the original. Redundant & cheap merchandise is what paying shoppers want most of all.

[@danielramsey1959]

Craftsman tools can be found in Lowes now.

[@j0epark1]

I still have a Sears near my house where I get all my oil changes done, so not RIP yet.

[@missmelissaa]

“Attention Kmart shoppers” ahh I’m gonna miss that😭

[@generalgrievous8639]

cringe asf 😂

[@ThingsILikke]

"service is speeded with layaway"

[@SHUB281]

Blue light special

[@jackson5116]

Why do you think I recorded one at a non-closing Kmart in 2018? It made it here at 2:17

[@areithy]

Same

[@stephenhayslip8701]

When Sears took over Kmart, they raised alot of prices and people went elsewhere for better prices. I even saw saw prices triple on a few things.

[@pick2568]

Kmart bought Sears. Sears was for sale, Kmart had closed some stores where they owned the buildings. Sears bought a lot of those buildings. Kmart used the money to buy Sears.

[@austinh1028]

@@pick2568 borrowing from peter to pay paul The sears and kmart closest to me were both inventory gluts, and both had computer/invoicing systems from the 80's. I still think they used the same machines in both until they both closed their doors. I stopped going to the sears for anything because it always took 10+ minutes to check out because the machines never worked

[@Mutlap]

also, reduced the number of people working in the store. Trying to increase profits was a disaster!

[@neilkurzman4907]

Kmart with Sears after Kmart came out of their first bankruptcy.

[@Goodwillwinoverevil1984]

My sears was still open till 2016 lol. It helped that it was at the edge of a big mall.

[@Monster12255]

Its mainly the executives that get paid millions and dont want to upgrade their stores because they are greedy for money. They still get millions after the company closes

[@gmln9ne]

Exactly! So many companies are failing because of greedy management that would rather watch the ship sink, than to stuff some of those hard un-earned dollars in the leaking hole.

[@revolutionalist]

In finance it’s called the agency problem

[@Mr.Legend_Speaks]

Funny! All the regional managers, high positions from sears and Kmart are moving to Walmart! We’ll see Walmart’s fate against Amazon!

[@chrisperez7656]

@@Mr.Legend_Speaks ikr

[@wisenber]

@Monster "They still get millions after the company closes" Actually it will cost them millions per the video.

[@BrianCheng24]

It's hard to believe there's still Kmart stores hanging around in 2019. I worked at a Kmart store in 2007, and it was by far the most depressing job I've ever had. We've had shelves that were literally empty. Packages all over the store. It's like you go to Kmart just to feel depressed.

[@paranoidhumanoid]

Just out of curiosity: when shelves were empty or the presentation of products were otherwise in disarray, why didn't the staff do anything about it? Was there any effort from the lowest level of staff to upper management to make sure products and services were presented in a decent and visually attractive format and that customers got what they asked for? Were you ordered to just leave things as they were and not worry about it? I used to walk into their stores and would sense that the staff just didn't care and a huge part of the reason why customers were turned off from the retailer altogether was because it no longer seemed attractive as Walmart or Target. Some analysts will say it is more complicated to operate a business of that scale than just it being an "image" or "presentation" issue, but this clip demonstrates how important it really is. Both Walmart, and especially Target offer customers great experiences from the moment you walk in to to check-out.

[@prohen3049]

That's how the Kmart around my house was before they close. Junk just everywhere, empty shelves in half the store, just looking like flea market.

[@DaftPunkSkittle]

@@paranoidhumanoid tbh one employee cant run a store like K-Mart even if you care. Plus at that point theres probably employees in that job just clocking in to do nothing of work and will probably bully or try to talk to the other employees on not to try to work on any improvements unless management asked. I been in Jobs where ppl try to stop you from working hard because they want to take it easy and management doesnt care if you do work or dont work. And most times its managements fault in the first place. This is why K-mart in New Zealand and Australia are doing great because of good management unlike in the US

[@danielgarcia9945]

Ross is becoming the same way you see empty shelves, open boxes because people steal stuff inside, clothes on floors and cheap clothes.

[@DaftPunkSkittle]

@@danielgarcia9945 I think Ross has mostly always been like that since its a discount store too, Kmart was more higher end then Ross

[@bamreacts7796]

What Eddie Lampert did to both Sears and Kmart after the merger is criminal. He drove both companies into the ground to squeeze as much money as he could out of it and refused to update the stores that badly needed it.

[@heribertogomez5191]

he is suposse to be in jail, he got stocks, ceo and his company is a lender

[@technologyproductions-ye3px]

That's not Illegal it's wrong yes but it's not Illegal to buy a corporation to close it afterwords if you're buying a company it's already struggling.

[@charleschristian6125]

Brian Your comment is the closest to the reality of what is happening to these stores and how it is taking place. even closer than the video. the videos take on what and why they are failing is off course and quite lacking in reality.

[@smilesgirl17]

It's a theory happening all over if you notice. A huge accident happened in an amusement park in Australia based on your theory. CEO went from Fashion to Theme Parks and cut maintence costs way way low... Everything is a cash grab these days.

[@416asshole]

If a company shuts down its not someone elses fault.

[@Rhaspun]

One time I stopped by Kmart. I forgot why I quit going there. After looking around the store I realized I stopped going there because the store was very messy. Product seem to be strewn around almost everywhere. It looked like a mob had come through pickup items to look at them and randomly put the item back anywhere on a shelf or the floor.

[@ngndnd]

the last sentence is exactly what happened. After working in the style department at target, i never get mad when i see a store that looks trashed. I realized its not the employees fault, its the customers who are 20+ years old and cant pick up the shirt they “accidentally” threw on the ground

[@aygulmemet4201]

I'm not surprised. So many teens and adults in my area steal from Kmart. Corporate is just not willing to hire more security.

[@emradford5173]

Meanwhile in Aus, Kmart is huge! And Target is more aimed at middle class. Like they have nice stuff (like Kmart but better quality) but quite a bit more expensive

[@spence5767]

Em Radford IKR I just moved from aus to the USA they have no Kmarts

[@GamerBoy-zc5rh]

Target AU is closing. Yay!

[@therealog6831]

agreed, here in australia k mart is normally our first choice, they have cheap prices, aesthetic items, and you can find stores everywhere

[@evelinholmes6401]

Here in Canada target stayed less than 18 months. Empty shelves all the time. The closed all 150 stores in May 2015.

[@luke8240]

Big W is the best

[@theDavidChannel1]

I remember going to Kmart back in the '80s and it was the place to go. But by the time the '90s came around Target was much more appealing. A cleaner, fresher, more modern look and feel, plus great prices. Then in the 2000s Walmart crashed the whole party! Nobody could touch Walmart's prices, although Target was still a much more pleasant experience. Meanwhile Kmart remained stuck in the '80s, with no upgrades, evolution or innovation. Their demise is not a shock to anyone.

[@joslyncarter4813]

You have to change with the times to remain relevant.

[@pika62221]

try the 90's. Big Kmart wasn't from 80's: www.nytimes.com/1997/04/24/business/kmart-introduces-prototype-for-new-store-layout.html

[@theDavidChannel1]

@@pika62221 I wasn't talking about Big Kmart, just Kmart. Big Kmart was a last ditch, failed '90s experiment. But Kmart was a huge retail player in the '70s and '80s.

[@janam4152]

David Duarte - and 60s.

[@catheriney862]

Don't forget Target's popcorn! :D

[@skrt3821]

The only Kmart near me has had a clearance and a closing sign for the past 5 years

[@palerider6099]

Lol

[@BoostedDeere]

SkRT -hell at least you got a Kmart near you. In a couple months there won’t be a Kmart probably within 4-5 hours of me 😞. I got my first Sony Walkman from Kmart.

[@Strawhatalex]

Me too

[@Blackbuck9832]

The last Kmart went out of business where I live.

[@anthonymcmillan1975]

For myself and family Kmart has a very special meaning to us. In the 80s my Father worked as an Assistant Manager of the shoe department for a year in the Twin Cities and then for eight years back home in southern Minnesota. He worked very hard long hours to provide for his young family. My Father found out in 1985 three weeks before Christmas that he had a brain tumor and only had a few years to live. in the late 80s it was tough for him to go to work but somehow through the pain of chemo he try his best to be at Kmart because he was proud of his work. Six months before he died Kmart employees from around the country chipped in to send our family to Disney World in Orlando. We had a wonderful time and i will never forget it. Two months after the trip my father was working a normal shift at Kmart but in the late morning he had a sesher. It was the final time he went out the front doors of Kmart. But it was on a streacher to an ambulance. He fought his final months at home with his family and hospice care by his side. He died on Sunday July 30, 1989 at the age of 30. I was six years old. His memorial service had alot of Kmart employees and customers who loved his warmth and outgoingness to make Kmart a wonderful store to shop at. Over the years it was sad to go into Kmart and see the store go down hill. It also was hard in the fall of 2016 to see the store closed for good that my father worked hard at. The brightside is the former building was turned into a medical clinic. So I believe that people having cancer treatments are getting some spirtual help from my father. R.I.P. Dad I love you and miss you. :)

[@yvonneemmert9185]

I'm so sorry! I am happy to know that you felt cared for! Kmart was a good store and your dad made it that way! I miss Kmart. I shopped at Kmart more than Walmart!

[@edwardx4979]

Kmart will always have a place in our memories for those of us who grew up in the 60s - 90s

[@NFSMAN50]

Kmart was big from the 60s until the early to mid 2000s; i remember when they had great deals for clothes and toys, i bought most of my toys from Kmart. This new generation will never get to experience Kmart in it's heyday

[@1computernew]

@@NFSMAN50 I'm still using a tea kettle that I purchased at KMart about 35 years ago. I have a set of cast iron skillets that I purchased about 28 years ago. I finally had to get rid of my toaster that was about 25 years old. I loved their lay-a-way, too. I remember going to the lay-a-way counter with a shopping cart full of items, including six boxes of Crunch'N'Munch. The cashier was about to put my Crunch'N'Munch on lay-a-way. My cousin was with me. We both had a good laugh about that. I told the cashier that I was going to pay for that. She said it was OK if I wanted to put it on lay-a-way.I will never forget that.

[@jelenag6112]

Yeah, mine has been in town since I was a kid

[@rebccarae7669]

And mine are all very fine memories on this play they do take a long time at checkout but it's a fine place when they had the little restaurant coffee shop like thing in there that was okay me and my girlfriend would meet there and then we go shopping and come and have another break or a fountain drink or something and and Christmas time with crazy but we loved it

[@anonemous1046]

Kmart shopping trips with Mom. I let Kmart go in my mind nearly two decades ago because in the early 2000s they became the butt of a lot of retail jokes. I still would like to visit one if any still exists.

[@ghina8002]

I feel bad for Kmart. I feel bad for every store that closes down 😞

[@The23op]

Ghina it’s business

[@deleteduser5162]

Ghina IT’S BUSINESS

[@fatelephant0196]

NOT IN AUSTRAILA

[@angelmartinez-rg4ds]

Ghina 😞😞😞😞

[@sonstopsimping2677]

Ghina so you feel bad for a gun shop that closed down cause it supplied shooter

[@vce.john1734]

I prefer target because it not crowded not like Walmart where everybody block the aisle

[@rafaelcastro6743]

You must be white

[@mikezerker6925]

Target looks so much better, cleaner and more upscale compared to Walmart!

[@vce.john1734]

Dwight Kurt Schrute III my local target got rid of hot dog and popcorn store now they have Starbucks

[@Leon-ci6ym]

Walmart has wider aisles though, compared to Target.

[@zollar98]

LOL...LOL....

[@ismaelpenalver4722]

My Kmart store was on Hacienda Blvd , hacienda Calif . They shut down years ago , it's a empty lot now my late wife and I used to eat are lunch there . When I pass the lot it always brings back memories.

[@fme008]

I still remember sometimes going to the Hot Wheels car event at the Kmart in Diamond Bar, CA (now it's a Sprouts).

[@NoName-to5xl]

Thats nice, very sweet. I never had a wife, shoot me a prayer if you have one to spare.

[@ouranhshc100]

Lambert didn't care about the customer or either companies. He left both companies to rot

[@jshepard152]

He should be in jail

[@elighb4314]

Lampert...

[@Jinglemyberries]

Combining Kmart and Sears is like combining water and oil

[@ChickenC0re]

That's how margarine is made.

[@STAROMEGA54]

More like throwing water on a grease fire.

[@ChickenMcThiccken]

new name: kmart and sears = smart

[@TruckerNaz]

perfect combo for boiling pasta without it sticking?

[@darkworlddenizen]

Pretty lame analogy

[@jjasb3ar]

wtf, in Australia, if you need a snack at 5 in the morning, kmart has your back, kmart is like walmart, but cheaper

[@reganlol5856]

musicalpanda10 big w reminds me of Walmart

[@alli3822]

How is Kmart cheaper than Walmart? Walmart is literally so cheap

[@ruben2365]

@@alli3822 yea right amazon and yard sales are the best or go to the thrift store

[@bella-yt2tl]

Kmart is Legendary

[@theresatuia2384]

I just went to kmart in Australia it was literally like walmart😂😂. I loved it and yes it was cheaper, WAYY CHEAPER!!! I got so many snacks for 50 dollars (yes i know, very american😂😂).

[@Emriv]

While in high school I worked in Kmart. Loved it so much.

[@josephinetracy1485]

I never understood the Wal-Mart thing..... I always preferred K-Mart

[@LaBucci]

Kmart just digged itself into bankruptcy because of the lack of innovation and dirty stores, high prices and they just never evolved with the time! If they really liquidate all their stores I’ll be torn since Kmart was the store my parents always took me as a child, now I just do my shopping at Target or Amazon.. Kmart, you’ll be missed! Thanks for those 90s memories ❤️

[@asaiahspoonerzayzay7315]

@N A bruh someone smart???

[@Hydrang3a]

Wow that’s literally the opposite of kmart here in australia. They’ve been so innovative with their products that it’s literally everyone’s go to place now

[@Titanic19127]

Eddie Lamperts fault

[@itrthho]

Eddie lampert only wanted the Real Estate of both Kmart and Sears...his intentions was never to actually run them both for long. But, he was stuck when the US real estate crashed in 2008 then he let them die a slow death as he spun off as much as he could for cash.

[@p.r.t7420]

I hear you buddy. Having been born in 1980 KMart was the place parents shopped and actually dressed up to go. I remember spending almost every weekend 3 hours at Kmart eating their huge subs and nachos and the shopping again. It was heaven to me. I always got a toy, every now and then a He-man or Thundercat. It was awesome!

[@bslinvestor4686]

Too slow to adapt! Also, poor customer service!

[@xeevang1023]

Walmart probably have worst customer service but no one give a f....

[@Jl777100]

@@xeevang1023 Customer Service is the least of their worries. Have you not been to. Target or Walmart?

[@jabber1990]

customer service doesn't matter just look at the Airline Industry, the McDonalds in Potosi, or any Walmart

[@tomlind1772]

@@3hreeoshortsvideos8 i only buy online from walmart and never shop the store itself. I go straight to orange pick up area, no lines.

[@briangbur8743]

jabber 1990 that's right

[@Monster12255]

Wait, so you're telling me that the executives would rather stuff the money in there pockets than to reinvest the money into the company? I'm shocked.

[@glow1815]

Shock?? Lol where have you been????

[@Keebrev]

@@glow1815 that’s the joke

[@NealB123]

They don't call him Fast Eddie for nothing.

[@greggstrasser5791]

@@NealB123 Let me guess... he doesn’t celebrate Christmas & says “Happy Holidays.”

[@kidddirt414]

Sad to say it but most companies die this way if u can get past the 2 to 5 yr start up & start making sustainable revenue & keep loyal customers its really all up to u & your team how long u want to make your company last McDonald's has colleges that ppl go to so when the graduate they'll help involve the company & keep it going that way McDonald's should basically never die💯

[@vulksen]

Kmart gives me childhood nostalgia. My parents and I were frequent customers. I remember that one of the Kmarts in our area had a Little Cesar's in it.

[@fxsupermaster]

The KMart where I live in just closed a few months ago, getting replaced into 3 stores. It was a huge Kmart anyways, But the fact that the store smelled like the sewers, made me not like the store

[@kai-yc3hp]

Just a question. How the hell do you know what the sewers smell like?

[@fxsupermaster]

Aura idk Like im not saying i’ve been to the sewers before

[@giovanna2868]

lol_eddypogi mine got turned into a Ross, savemart, and I think sprint and something else

[@ishi831]

Mine is getting replaced to a gym

[@fxsupermaster]

@@giovanna2868 mine got changed to, target, Ross and another store that i don't know

[@missesmukta3415]

it all started because you wanted a toaster...

[@miguell4835]

Say you need a shirt and you have to buy it in a physical store. Where would you buy it? JcPenney? Burlington? Or perhaps Gucci if you're feeling fancy. What about Mervyns? No? Mervyns may have not occured to you and it doesn't surprise me because that store shut down over a decade ago. I should start making my own videos about stores shutting down.

[@lamsrojo]

@@miguell4835 u truly should. U should report all the big and small chain stores going out of business or merging or simply just changing names and rebranding. And u should include actual facts as to what led to company shut down. This whole retail business just seems like a big monopoly estate games. They build these building and then run them for a couple years and suddenly just shut down the store and they build these big chain stores in these lonely low population cities where they almost did it on purpose to fail and have a excuse to close business. Once they close they continue to have these abandoned warehouse size stores just empty and usless and taking up useful land where home development can grow. These rich greedy evil elite are taking up and claiming ownership to land and the american people are homeless or are living over crowded on top of each other and keep ua secluded to sections of land that they choose for us.

[@ItzDrPlow]

damn toaster lovers

[@shanty6953]

lmfaoo

[@justmason7672]

Kmart was my favourite store when I was a child. They always seemed to have the best toy selection in my town and it was just a treat to go there.

[@-elchoya9832]

now your 12 years old

[@darlahouston4670]

I remember early in my childhood when these type stores were new...

[@woolyfish6175]

Same

[@Lucha045]

But now. Kmart is no longer open.

[@philiphatfield5666]

From 1966 until the late 1970's, my family lived at K-Mart. We got our school clothes there, and we were in ecstasy when the 'Blue Light Special' was announced over the PA system. The wheels on my Mom's shopping cart would practically smoke as she raced and picked up speed to be the first to get 'Six steak knives for just $3.99'. The toy section was superb. I was able to buy fuel powered control line airplanes, model rockets, whatever. They had a cafeteria which served great grilled cheese sandwiches. What a place.

[@chrisl8355]

Eddie Lampert should be in jail for what he's done to Sears.

[@xx2345000]

That is a fact Chris, I loved being able to exchange broken Craftsman tools at Sears, never a question and they sold Craftsman to Stanley and just squandered 600 million dollars!

[@nbacurly]

@@xx2345000 so cringe when you call someone you don't know on the internet by their first name

[@josephorona32]

he abused sears....😭😭😂😭😂

[@BriBee2468]

@ipmala Don't forget Ross :D

[@greenearthblueskies8556]

ipmala jc penny sill exist 🤔

[@king.kthebest6158]

I have many memories shopping as a child at Kmart with my mom...

[@michellejones2427]

I do too!!

[@MrHappy-rt3nr]

Me too!

[@justchillin6117]

Me to King. Blue light special. And eating at the restaurant lol

[@kevin4428]

Same, even though I'm young (14), it was my childhood store. So sad to see them go. There's still one near me in chicago although no one goes to it and it's definitely closing soon. There was another k-mart near me but they closed and it turned into a Seafood City and Jollibee.

[@phoenixdavida8987]

@@kevin4428 WHERE IS THIS JOLIBEE U SPEAK OF? IN CHICAGO?!

[@hadoukenhadouken9219]

Bad investments, terrible business decision and major corruption at the corporate level. - Truth

[@peacefuldaizy5717]

You nailed it.

[@sg8953]

I worked at K-Mart around age 16 in the mid 90s and even employees didn't shop there. The prices never rang up correctly based on the signs/ price labels/ sales flyers. They always rang up higher in the company's favor. If you needed to buy more than a few items, it was impossible NOT to miss a few and get overcharged. Even if items had rang up correctly, the prices were higher than competitors and the quality wasn't very good. Plus my store manager was constantly yelling at employees for things we had zero control over so employee morale was pretty much nil after a few days. I think I lasted less than 6 months and I lasted longer than most. K-MART put itself out of business long before Target even hit the scene in my area.

[@wiishopchannel0175]

I miss Kmart is was part of my childhood 😭😭

[@stza16]

Sounds like a boring childhood.

[@Greencloud8]

We still have ours You can visit it it’s like stuck in the 80s

[@matthewnugent9094]

I used to go there just to get an ICEE

[@dhk1467]

@@stza16 better than hipster Walmart

[@marcelac.7374]

Me too and toys r us.

[@cindyli8626]

Video: “let’s say u have to buy a toaster” Me- “Amazo-“ Video- “and it has to be in a physical store”

[@zaksharaz5105]

Amazon go

[@darkhero7658]

I hate amazon an iteam cost like 7 dollars tax makes it 14 dollars shipping makes it 17 wtf? And also i just dont like odering online

[@TheManinBlack9054]

dark hero plus they're an immoral mega-corporation

[@wturner777]

@@zaksharaz5105 Not yet available everywhere. Well, off to Wally World!

[@coolingheat5644]

dark hero god you don't like oding

[@secretsocietyofsv]

K-mart was my generations Walmart.

[@Kimberly-wt1nu]

GustavoFring Caldor was my generations K-Mart.

[@Kimberly-wt1nu]

Rui Wang perhaps that was just Gustavo’s creative writing style. A play on letters. Don’t get your panties in a knot about it.

[@enonymuz8627]

Kimberly how old are you?

[@Kimberly-wt1nu]

Enony Muz 40

[@secretsocietyofsv]

all this from a spelling mistake...... Some humans....

[@danieldougan269]

I used to buy groceries at a Super Kmart store circa 2004. It was one of the closest places to me for groceries. I quickly smartened up because their grocery prices were absurd. That store was not too bad on the inside, but I couldn’t justify the grocery bill.

[@kallyannabanana3723]

Kmart is *VERY* popular here in New Zealand. And there sales are poppin

[@diamondcole9502]

Kallys Awesome I heard that they are doing good in Australia too But the owners of Kmart in American are different

[@bigdogone916]

Their

[@cloudbebex8757]

Its still open in Australia

[@namjoonmyheartgoboomboom5694]

Same for Guam....

[@jansenskyler6072]

Kmart New Zealand and Australia are own by the same company, it's an Australian company

[@TorranceJPlaylist]

Didnt adopt internet. Stuck to an old business model

[@jaredlangley6924]

They did. It was too late though. They also had a CEO that was horrible and tried gutting the company for self gain.

[@jamesslick4790]

Didn't adopt the Internet?!?!-Actually, they were there at the start! Did you know that "way back" in the "day" KMart actually had their own Internet Service Provider ("BlueLight")?searsholdings.com/press-releases/pr/1657

[@wisenber]

@Torrance "Didnt adopt internet." That wouldn't explain 1991 to 2001.

[@wisenber]

@Donald Kasper " It is hard to browse online. People tend to go online for exact things they want already." Go to Amazon or EBay and type "toaster". There's plenty to browse. Amazon doesn't spends millions a year maintaining their review sections for nothing.

[@miningcamper]

@@wisenber - It's awfully hard to shop for a gift online- I always had to actually see the items rather than a picture.

[@GAROmx]

At the rate we are going amazon will take over soon

[@Duni4ever22]

ESGAR MONTALVO they already did

[@iKingRPG]

yeah until it goes bankrupt

[@Duni4ever22]

iKingRPG Amazon is not going bankrupt anytime soon, have u seen how much their stock is worth? They will put other many companies out of business before they go bankrupt

[@samuelwhite3173]

@@Duni4ever22 Inevitably Amazon will go bankrupt. Not soon, maybe 2050?

[@Duni4ever22]

Samuel T. White for that to happen there would have to be another rival company with lower prices, not impossible but I do not see another company that can put Amazon out of business. Maybe in the future or maybe a current company like Walmart and their current use of the internet with Walmart.com. However Walmart does have over two million employees where as Amazon has around 660,000 less wages and benefits that Amazon has to pay out, increasing their profit margins.

[@dude28405]

What is bizarre is I didn’t make a conscious decision to stop shopping at Kmart it just sort of happened. Two Walmarts were in town easier to get in and out of. You’re right in the 1970s and 1980s I was at Kmart all the time. I didn’t think about Kmart until people said they were closing the store somewhere around 2016

[@jamesrichey2434]

i got hired at kmart in 1989, i was 19, and was there during the height, and it was great. i was electronics manager and our dept was the best in the district, but i saw the flaws even then, we never had the ad merch. and rainchecks were a joke, but if you were smart, you used their system against themselves. I couldn't get product that i needed, but if i keyed a raincheck request, i usually got it, i had to use the system to get product to sell, it was pretty insane and the ceo and his buds, they lived the high life, with 6 corporate jets and nice golden parachutes while we were sent packing in the end with nothing. I miss kmart, and my family there, they let us down.

[@user-pc7ef5sb6x]

All these stores like Kmart, Sear, ToysRUs, Circuit City came out of our artificially inflated economy. They've been riding on low interest rates for decades, which kept them afloat.

[@tofuyam7361]

Huh...

[@ericpurkey7502]

Both kmart and Sears will be gone by 2021.

[@wisenber]

@Retro "All these stores like Kmart, Sear, ToysRUs, Circuit City came out of our artificially inflated economy. " Sears and KMart predated the Great Depression. Has the economy been "artificially inflated" for over 100 years?

[@technologyproductions-ye3px]

No the market wanted them.

[@dudeseriously57]

No DUMB-DUMB; in retail, there will always be winners and losers as long as there is open honest or dishonest competition.

[@itzzsidra]

Kmart was my childhood I would go there with my parents since in the store there was a ceasers pizza place 😭😭

[@autokid311]

Same

[@rebccarae7669]

Not long ago because I go back to the restaurant The Little Restaurant it become like a little Maid-Rite type thing not Little Caesars but I do remember Little Caesars that was probably the late 90s early 2000s

[@josephinetracy1485]

I never understood the Wal-Mart thing..... I always preferred K-Mart

[@chuckecheeseminnesota]

The Kmart in my city closed in 2012, after that our local Kmart was 30 minutes away before THAT closed in 2020.

[@VladimirPudding_]

There used to be a Kmart in the shopping center near me. Then they replaced it with a Target.

[@veemo5055]

RetardNation there was a little "plaza" with a chuck e cheese payless k mart and some auto shop I think they shut all of it down payless was the last one I don't think it was still open

[@domthebomb7067]

Mine is now a Pet co and ULTA beauty lol

[@palerider6099]

Junk target

[@RudeDude4000]

They replaced mine with a Ross

[@warchiefv5207]

Same

[@inazumanfrash]

K-Mart near me were always super ghetto and marked up in pricing.

[@aahmas6670]

Taka yes same here...except our employees are ghetto too..they won't help u...

[@austinha11]

Ghetto? How?

[@FranciscoElNeneGalan]

Only in getho towns...only low life and criminals shop there..Walmart the same

[@Seroxm13]

There's a Kmart 5 minutes from where I live and it was never ghetto. I loved it more than Walmart just bc it was less crowded and more chill to shop. But Walmart has better prices and more variety.

[@miningcamper]

@@FranciscoElNeneGalan - Shopping Walmart is like slumming no matter where they are. And it has nothing to do with the race of the shoppers- it's a matter of class.

[@iwonder7475]

Why am I watching this I don't even live in america lol

[@1dogissky]

Dwayne Kirby is it really bad? I’ve been America many times I want to live there.

[@1dogissky]

Yuyugt 86 thanks

[@1dogissky]

Christopher Chinchilla what states are good?

[@almostgreatnate7444]

1dogissky some parts gotta pick the right place to live, I live in AZ and I love it but there are alot of problema

[@kikomontes8444]

@@1dogissky Go anywhere except for the big city here in the state. I use to lived in Pella, Iowa such a nice calm beautiful place flat road, Wise, Virginia peaceful and quiet you can go out at night and ghost hunt, and now I lived here in Cranston, Rhode Island I like it cuz everything so close together city to city I can get to Boston, Massachusetts in like 45 minutes from here since the State are small but I won't recommended living here though tax way too expensive, route 95 always traffic, unlike Virginia or Tennessee where you can see a nice beautiful Appalachian Mountains but you will need a car since everything so far away. Just go to the place in State with a good nature and avoid big city at all cost.

[@sharonb5812]

I worked at Kmart during college. Always a mess and unorganized aisles but man we had some loyal shoppers!

[@nyxxie023]

I have a Target, Walmart and Kmart near me. Surprisingly, the Kmart's not doing that bad. The only reason I would choose Kmart is if I don't feel like dealing with Walmart or Target's busy parking lot.

[@CafezzitoCafe]

What state you in?

[@pixytori28]

nyxxie023 Do you live in New York?

[@nyxxie023]

California

[@Johnny-od9ri]

Please go to kmart. #SAVETHEKMARTS

[@memyself1176]

True

[@msg472]

Kmart Woolworths and Sears were awesome. Sadness.

[@sasz2107]

I fully agree!!

[@Malepical]

Woolworth's in Chicago had a pet store and an ice cream counter downstairs.. sometimes my mom would take me and my sister there for a chocolate malt and a replacement goldfish lol #memories

[@felicitylittler]

Omg in Australia Kmart is the place to be everyone loves it

[@dnlcast2]

Different country, different culture, different vibes.

[@queenielol2082]

factsss

[@kylem.7466]

The Australian Kmart is run by a different company, one that actually updates their stores and sales processes.

[@robbydoesit3780]

That's because there's no Wal*mart ithere?

[@americaswildestprospector]

I miss Kmart. Had some good memories shopping there.

[@CWR66]

I worked for Kmart from 1983 until 2006. I gave 23 years of my life to that company and they laid me off in January 2006 along with several other long time loyal employees. The store I worked at closed a couple years ago and I have a much better paying job today so I guess it worked out ok . I had a lot of good friends and good times working there as well as meeting my wife while working there so yeah Its kind of sad to see it decline the way it has.

[@mrfunkybassist]

There was a kmart on my side of town and i shopped there and at sears pretty regularly because you could work their rewards program to get some crazy good deals on products but when they closed the Kmart near me, I refused shopping at sears after that (which is also now closing in our town). The one thing I would always tell my wife was that kmart needed to update its infrastructure. Their registers were straight out of the 80’s and were slow, they asked 5,000 questions before you finished checking out, and their receipts were a mile long. They made it painful to purchase rather than simple which is what the modern shopper wants imo...

[@kevinmorley9372]

It's never the executives of a closing business that suffer but the suppliers & employees

[@Christof708]

Kevin Morley That’s true they just latch on to the next company, and ruin that one too.

[@kevinmorley9372]

chris corona And listening to this the man responsible owns the Kmart/Sear assets, bet he's making a fortune either selling or leasing them out

[@wisenber]

@Kevin "It's never the executives of a closing business that suffer " Unless you count the loss of the initial investment. They didn't buy it for free.

[@kevinmorley9372]

@wisenber We pay for those initial investments through the tax incentives they receive

[@wisenber]

@@kevinmorley9372 Which tax incentive would that be?

[@dave23024]

That headline is messing with my head. It's written like one store beat the others to bankruptcy. 🤣

[@charloman297]

The typical story of a company who kept eating the eggs, but didn't feed the goose. Management didn't take care of the company and the stores and were only concerned with their fat salaries. Of course it's all gonna crash and burn eventually

[@jefftX]

@Charloman That phrase sounds like something an 80 year old man would say. Their problem was online presence. You’ll notice the common denominator in every business that’s shutting down now is they failed to establish an online shopping presence. Their competitors were getting online sales. They weren’t. Game over.

[@charloman297]

@@jefftX Well that's obvious friend. Part of the responsibility of 'taking care of the stores' is to make sure the company makes the transition into the modern business landscape. That includes an updated infrastructure not just with the physical stores and well trained staff but a sustainable online presence 👍🏼

[@Greencloud8]

Goose can go free range and eat

[@adamjones1040]

I worked for Kmart in Temple Terrace from 2014 to 2016. The store I worked for closed down in September 2018. I could see signs of it closing down shortly before I left. The TV wall was becoming very small and most of the electronics department became furniture. All I could think to myself what is how does a company so successful during my childhood in the 90s turn into this.

[@adeolaruva8266]

BUT IN AUSTRALIA KMART IS THE BOMB PLACE TO GO FOR ANYTHING

[@floydefisher]

And who owns KMART in Australia? I doubt it's Sears Holdings.

[@TimmyTickle]

floydefisher Wesfarmers

[@floydefisher]

@@TimmyTickle And there is the difference. The US company is owned by idiots, and the Australian company is owned by competent retailers.

[@jecos1966]

@@floydefisher When it came to Australia it was own by Sears then a group call Cole bought Kmart and Target too today it is own by Westfarmers who also owns Target and Coles

[@floydefisher]

@@jecos1966 All of which happened long before Eddie Lampert took over Kmart in the US, and ran it into the ground. Which proves my point completely.

[@jc_malone8217]

When I was a kid my mom won money from a fishbowl drawing. They announced it on the intercom, and we were so excited. This happened twice in a row. I thought it was good luck. Now, I realize it was because we were pretty much the only people in the store.

[@toughmanrandysavage3077]

I supported my KMART till the very end.... goodnight sweet prince.

[@sweetiepie4328]

😂😁sweet prince

[@miguell4835]

😁 Epic Same here. It shutdown here in town around 2001. I was a kid but I still have vague memories. Kinda had a target feel to it. This city is now ran by walmart. The new prince. 😝

[@bigguyCIA4u]

F

[@jasonolguin]

Same it was really sad it closes down late 2017 early 2018 and everything left was 90% off

[@-elchoya9832]

did you have to hold up the center beams

[@zinia980]

I remember K Mart but then it also feels like a fever dream😂

[@Sean-sn6gn]

We still have Kmart in Australia and it’s going strong. It is owned buy a different company though.

[@tylerbarnes209]

same here in new zealand

[@jonathanguillen4152]

I’m glad k mart atleast still exist in other countries I hope it never goes extinct like it’s happening here in the U.S

[@mangolollipop_]

Kmart is so popular in Australia that it has its own cult following (also an avid Kmart shopper). Makes me sad for the US Kmart to see them fail, but then I barely saw a Kmart while I was in US.

[@seaguy]

Lampert isn’t in charge thankfully or you’d have run down stores without customers

[@NoNo-qj3ef]

SLK im Aussie too I have a K mart and Woolworth’s at South Gate and target

[@darkwing11]

Australia's KMart (which is owned by a different entity within Australia) took all the lessons US Kmart didn't learn. Australia's Kmart is now thriving today - having started almost at the same time the US Kmart brand was introduced - while US KMart doesn't even exist anymore.

[@cheollie2180]

Kmart in Australia..... Is like a national treasure

[@cheollie2180]

Mr. Fix It NZ is not in Australia but ok

[@AznCracker13]

It's a separate company than the US holdings. Whereas the aussie stores were updated, the US ones have not been updated in 20 years

[@rebeccamurphy3735]

In Australia, target is pretty pricey for a ‘cheap’ store

[@ChavoMysterio]

Kmart used to have a good eatery express as well as those delicious pre made submarine sandwiches.

[@briangbur8743]

I remember

[@Qusin111]

yes that was a big mistake taking these out

[@williamhaynes7089]

you would also get the big bag of pop corn.. always in the middle of the store

[@timjansen7694]

My patronage to KMart ended in about 1997 or so. I stood in a check-out line and two shoppers in line in front of me proclaimed that their puschase items were on sale in a newspaper flyer even though they weren't marked as such in the store. So the cashier pulled out a KMart flyer she had under her cash register and started leafing through the items on sale. It took me 20 minutes to get through a line with 3 shoppers in line. This same scenario happened again about a month later. I told the cashier that it was not her fault, but I was never coming back to KMart. And I never did.

[@michaelsteele2761]

And?

[@randallanderson1632]

+Tim Jansen There was a discount department store chain in Ohio called Gold Circle. The same thing happened to me. It took just once. I still remember I was buying golf balls. That was the days before barcodes and scanning. I'm not sure those things would have solved the problem.

[@jamesslick4790]

That type of thing has happened to me one time or another at literally every discount and supermarket I've been to. - How is it a Kmart issue?

[@timjansen7694]

+James Slick When do you make poor performance an issue for the store you patronize? For me, I discovered that it is a total of about a half hour of waiting in two different times in checkout lines that had a total of about five other shoppers in line. I've never run across anything so unsatisfactory at any other store.

[@jamesslick4790]

@@timjansen7694 I patronize lots of different stores, and this type of thing has happened at all of them an occasion.

[@beatricesiaw8776]

Greed of upper management and lack of innovation is the demise of kmart

[@Moon___man]

I worked at a Kmart back in 2013-14 while i was in school.. Even I questioned why people shopped there...

[@pika62221]

they were still reasonable in their selection. They let video games go, and that along with Martha Stewart was the final straw, they were toast when they let their biggest sellers leave.

[@jaridkeen123]

Every 1 week a Kmart was opening and it was crazy, but Starbuck's opens a new Store every 15 hours in Singapore

[@NotShowingOff]

Jarid Gaming did Singapore have local coffee?

[@isabellatinley]

In Australia in total we have (I think) 4 stores.

[@TheFourthWinchester]

Starbucks is failing in most of the world though

[@jacobreinhart8948]

ya but a Kmart store if way different from a coffee store with four employees at a time

[@smilesgirl17]

That's not right. That's like an infectious disease.

[@itzaureos9180]

Kmart is a shop in Australia, it’s basically Walmart.

[@jackson5116]

and it was started under the American side of Kmart- until they sold it to an Australian company.

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

Kmart in Australia is on fire. Its doing better than ever.

[@legojenn]

@@silvervalleystudios2486 It's too bad that the rest of Australia is also on fire.

[@GillianPridgen]

@@legojenn IM DYING

[@WeedShaggy]

@@GillianPridgen So are the Koalas

[@GummyBearWA]

I was 13 (1977) when they built the Kmart a few blocks away from my house. We went there for everything. Later when they started shutting down stores I made out like a bandit. Soon after Sears was shutting down stores and once again I bought tons of stuff for pennys on the dollar. I was able to sell everything at flea markets because all my merchandise was new in box. Between the two chains closing down I made an extra $50,000.

[@wesss9353]

Nice

[@lmsorenson8503]

I remember going into Kmart when I was little and I could tell at a preteen age that the stores didn't seem like they cared anymore. Everything was mismatched on shelves, shelves with DVDs were empty, there's always just screaming children lying on the floor and long lines not enough employees... Good times👍

[@-elchoya9832]

i remember dog biscuits were on the cookie shelves,wonder why they didnt taste so good but i got shiney head of hair.

[@johnlaux6962]

I still prefer kmart over walmart...

[@briangbur8743]

yes

[@oofoof8042]

Any day of the Week

[@alexhunter6141]

Good luck finding any good products with empty shelves and dirty stores.

[@TigerTT]

Walmart is where you're guaranteed to find alot of walruses lol

[@dieselmax2383]

Izunami as somebody who is working there I can confirm this

[@Titanic19127]

Eddie Lampert is the reason for their failure

[@Titanic19127]

chief tp I guess

[@user-zx8de8op9l]

From 1982-1986 all I had to do was cross the street to go to K-Mart. I thought my aunt created the way people would say Target.

[@Spitfire__1944]

This store night of been outdated but this store was a part of my childhood and I always enjoyed going there.

[@thekmfdmmachine3919]

My family would spend a Friday night at k mart with slushies and hell yeah blue light specials haha

[@thekmfdmmachine3919]

Oh yeah, and soft pretzels.

[@thetechlibrarian]

Anyone remember Ames

[@janemorris2865]

Submarine Sandwiches AND last minute Blue Light Specials on them, too!

[@pelosuelto70]

My family too... Especially that we had a Little Ceaser's in the store. Good memories.

[@timothywilliams2601]

I believe one of the reasons why Kmart lost out because they stayed old school way to long. While the other stores mentioned, made changes to modernize faster. Me myself enjoyed the old school personalization. Now these stores today are so impersonal. The employees don't interact like the old stores did. It's ashame because an employees interaction made you feel good about coming back in the future.

[@DS-ky9dl]

I worked at KMart for 8 years in the 90"s. We were usually busy and it was a fun job, but toward the end the store started to look worn and dirty.

[@mdot2597]

To me, Walmart is an updated version of Kmart. It's not very appealing when you're walking into a Walmart. It always looks disorganized and not very clean.

[@tatsking01]

Thats sad to hear about Kmart stores in US. Kmart in Australia is doing well bec they reinvented themselves. Its really good esp for homestarter who has very limited budget. I bought some of my furniture from Kmart and its still doing well after over a year. Its good value for money.

[@vsatx]

The last time I stepped foot inside a k Mart was the mid 90s.

[@FloridaMan69.]

you must be old as dust lmao granny

[@user-pq6mr6op3p]

She bought condoms

[@-elchoya9832]

@@user-pq6mr6op3p, funny guy!

[@Abyssal2808]

I remember when I was a kid, there was a Kmart near our old house, and a little cesar's pizza was inside it. I still remember eating pizza while my mom was shopping for a toaster. Memories.

[@kokococoxdmakesdecentconte8750]

Same mann

[@isabellatinley]

Kmart is AMAZING in Australia! I don't know if it is owned by the same company but everyone here loves it. We don't have Walmart and target isn't popular (and isn't as good as Kmart). Kmart in Australia is really updated and quite clean and always checkouts open. From this video American Kmart is soooo different to our Kmart.

[@MrFunkadeIic]

It's a different company. Wikipedia Kmart Australia, it will give you the story of it.

[@supa3ek]

Lol Australia is 40yrs behind the rest of the world that's why !

[@dementos7806]

Danny wtf

[@rosewhite259]

You don't have Walmart. That's the biggest difference. Walmart was a direct competitor and simply did it better.

[@elighb4314]

@@supa3ek Haha is that like your go to comment for this video,, I bet you're the type of person who puts up a reply comment with a half witty sounding smart ass remark that attracts some sort of positive reaction from other subintellectuals then instinctively scrolls through the comments looking for more candidates to make that same exact reply to again in hopes of more "praise" and thus the cycle repeats itself.. I'm that bloody confident that I would happily bet a half blown out pair of thongs, one pre-licked Vegemite sayo and a room temperature stubbie of VB or XXXX either one of your choice mate..

[@tyk7733]

Lack of reinvestment in the business

[@tineyjesickahful]

Every time I walked into a Kmart, it was always so cluttered, messy, unorganized and employees worked when they felt like it. It eventually just started feeling like a bargain store rather than a target or Walmart. It always seemed outdated and most of the time, people thought it was totally cool to open everything, see if they like it and then place it back on the shelf. Leaving products opened, damaged or disgusting. Kmart was always rode hard and put away wet. Poor thing. 😂 Also I hate target. Super over priced and boring as hell. The stores are always so mundane and I can’t wait to get out of there. The only time I go there is if they have something no other store has or I can’t find online. (Which is usually kitchen stuff). Walmart’s will be here forever. Absolutely unbeatable prices, huge selections, convenient, and best of all ORGANIZED! Hate to say it but Walmart knows their stuff!

[@glorygracek.1841]

What did it was they started making their products cheap and junky. Used to be THE best place to get good shoes, purses, bedspreads, towels, pillows, etc. Oh I miss my pillow! We found the best pillow there, had them my whole teens/ early adulthood. When theh closed, their went that pillow. Never been able to find a replacement that was equel. Made my last bought pillows last 6 years because of it. Until I washed it one final time and the padding knotted completely. What makes it hardee for me is that my head is extremely pressure sensitive. Sure miss Kmart, the good products one.