NEW YORK (AP) — Attention, Kmart shoppers, the end is near!
The erstwhile retail giant renowned for its Blue Light Specials — featuring a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole enticing shoppers to a flash sale — is shuttering its last full-scale store in the mainland United States.
The store, located in swank Bridgehampton, New York, on Long Island, is slated to close Oct. 20, according to Denise Rivera, an employee who answered the phone at the store late Monday. The manager wasn’t available, she said.
That will leave only a small Kmart store in Miami. There also are a handful of stores in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Transformco, the company that in 2019 bought the assets of Sears and Kmart out of the bankruptcy of Sears Holdings, did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment.
Of particular interest in Anoka County, MN, where I live: realty recycling, here (May 2016) and here (now).
Jesus saved, and remodeled. Church of the Blue Light Special.