Title: Is Kmart chain closing entirely soon? - Quora
Headings: Is Kmart chain closing entirely soon?
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Doris Arnold
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Content: Kmart cannot afford to lower its prices so that have no other choice but to continue shutting down stores, which I believe is now under 300 for 2019. Kmart has been closing stores for 25 years now, after reaching its performance peak in 1992. Kmart cannot afford to operate in states where they only have 1 or 2 stores, the store locations need to be in the right areas. It has to become more of a smaller regional chain, operating in places where stores like Target and Walmart don’t dominate if Kmart were to have any chance to survive. Target and Walmart aren’t as cheap as they used to be either. People are also shopping at Dollar General, Family Dollar, Dollar Tree, and Goodwill in search of better prices
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Doris Arnold
, former teacher (1970-2008)
Answered 11 months ago · Author has 8.6K answers and 4.8M answer views
Originally Answered: What are some reasons why Kmart is shutting its stores down? K-Mark is closing stores because Amazon and internet buying is gaining in popularity. Also K-Mart has barely been hanging on for years. We haven’t had a K-Mart close to my house for years.