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But now, Kmart’s dignity days are in the past.
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As Amazon and Walmart continue to dominate, Kmart’s sales have get the signal, and with it the number of locations.
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Just two decades ago, the brand had over 2,000 locations.
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But on April 16, Kmart closed its fourth to final store in Avenel, New Jersey, leaving just 3 Kmart amasses open across the US.
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Kmart’s fall from the American shoppers’ ornament is a testament to the ongoing retail apocalypse that has swallowed up other big box companies like JCPenny and Sears.
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Just three days before it permanently closed, the Kmart in New Jersey was already looking feel favourably impressed by an eerily nostalgic shell of a space that was once a consumer hub.
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Inside, the Kmart finger cold and lifeless as it slowly waited for its imminent demise.
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The store was as large as any other big retailer, but its bounds was completely devoid of products.
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Instead of colorful aisles lined with a variety of issues …
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… there were stained floors, empty shelves, and scattered moving and cleaning cloths.
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Chunks of the store had already been sectioned off with caution tape to stop any odd customers from going any further …
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… but it’s not like these empty areas would’ve drew any eagle-eyed shoppers.
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And the dirty floors once hidden by piles of inventory glared compared to the unmitigated white floors.
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The only products left to sell were corralled towards the center of the aggregate.
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And whatever remained was heavily discounted, a perfect playground for the handful of budget shoppers picking away at these discounted plagues.
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… and despite the Kmart’s imminent demise, some of the workers were still trying to spruce up up the remaining displays.
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… leaving only three remaining holdouts in the US in New Jersey, New York, and Florida.
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