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'''Kmart''' |
'''Kmart''' Was a chain of 35 [[discount department stores]] in the United States, created by the [[Kmart Corporation|S.S. Kresge Company]] and currently owned by [[Transform Holdco]]. [[Kmart 4003|The first Kmart store]] opened in [[San Fernando, California]] in January 1962, while [[Kmart 4000|the first full-size Kmart]] opened in [[Garden City, Michigan]] later that year. |
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==Store history== |
==Store history== |
Revision as of 05:53, 29 January 2022
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Kmart Was a chain of 35 discount department stores in the United States, created by the S.S. Kresge Company and currently owned by Transform Holdco. The first Kmart store opened in San Fernando, California in January 1962, while the first full-size Kmart opened in Garden City, Michigan later that year.
Store history
In addition to its stores in the United States, Kmart also operated locations in Canada from 1963 to 1997, in Australia from 1969 to 1978 (when Kmart Corporation sold its direct financial stake in Kmart Australia), and in the Czech Republic and Slovakia from 1992 to 1996. Kmart also briefly experimented with joint ventures in Mexico and Singapore between 1994 and 1996. The store counts in the table below are taken from the annual financial reports of the S.S. Kresge Company, Kmart Corporation, and Sears Holdings Corporation.[1][2][3][4]
Date | United States | Canada | Outside North America |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
12/31/1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12/31/1962 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
12/31/1963 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 53 |
12/31/1964 | 80 | 8 | 0 | 88 |
12/31/1965 | 111 | 11 | 0 | 122 |
12/31/1966 | 145 | 17 | 0 | 162 |
1/31/1968 | 197 | 19 | 0 | 216 |
1/31/1969 | 247 | 26 | 0 | 273 |
1/31/1970 | 300 | 33 | 5 | 338 |
1/31/1971 | 363 | 40 | 8 | 411 |
1/31/1972 | 429 | 47 | 10 | 486 |
1/31/1973 | 516 | 53 | 11 | 580 |
1/31/1974 | 601 | 58 | 13 | 672 |
1/31/1975 | 714 | 64 | 25 | 803 |
1/31/1976 | 834 | 70 | 31 | 935 |
1/31/1977 | 1,094 | 78 | 34 | 1,206 |
1/31/1978 | 1,242 | 86 | 39 | 1,367 |
1/31/1979 | 1,395 | 101 | 0 | 1,496 |
1/31/1980 | 1,584 | 104 | 0 | 1,688 |
1/31/1981 | 1,775 | 110 | 0 | 1,885 |
1/31/1982 | 1,939 | 116 | 0 | 2,055 |
1/31/1983 | 1,998 | 119 | 0 | 2,117 |
1/31/1984 | 2,041 | 119 | 0 | 2,160 |
1/31/1985 | 2,055 | 118 | 0 | 2,173 |
1/31/1986 | 2,062 | 118 | 0 | 2,180 |
1/31/1987 | 2,086 | 118 | 0 | 2,204 |
1/31/1988 | 2,105 | 118 | 0 | 2,223 |
1/31/1989 | 2,145 | 119 | 0 | 2,264 |
1/31/1990 | 2,194 | 121 | 0 | 2,315 |
1/31/1991 | 2,205 | 122 | 0 | 2,327 |
1/31/1992 | 2,249 | 126 | 0 | 2,375 |
1/31/1993 | 2,281 | 127 | 13 | 2,421 |
1/31/1994 | 2,323 | 127 | 13 | 2,463 |
1/31/1995 | 2,316 | 128 | 17 | 2,461 |
1/31/1996 | 2,161 | 127 | 20 | 2,308 |
1/31/1997 | 2,134 | 123 | 4 | 2,261 |
1/31/1998 | 2,136 | 0 | 0 | 2,136 |
1/31/1999 | 2,161 | 0 | 0 | 2,161 |
1/31/2000 | 2,171 | 0 | 0 | 2,171 |
1/31/2001 | 2,105 | 0 | 0 | 2,105 |
1/31/2002 | 2,114 | 0 | 0 | 2,114 |
1/31/2003 | 1,831 | 0 | 0 | 1,831 |
1/31/2004 | 1,511 | 0 | 0 | 1,511 |
1/31/2005 | 1,479 | 0 | 0 | 1,479 |
1/31/2006 | 1,416 | 0 | 0 | 1,416 |
1/31/2007 | 1,388 | 0 | 0 | 1,388 |
1/31/2008 | 1,382 | 0 | 0 | 1,382 |
1/31/2009 | 1,368 | 0 | 0 | 1,368 |
1/31/2010 | 1,327 | 0 | 0 | 1,327 |
1/31/2011 | 1,307 | 0 | 0 | 1,307 |
1/31/2012 | 1,305 | 0 | 0 | 1,305 |
1/31/2013 | 1,221 | 0 | 0 | 1,221 |
1/31/2014 | 1,152 | 0 | 0 | 1,152 |
1/31/2015 | 979 | 0 | 0 | 979 |
1/31/2016 | 941 | 0 | 0 | 941 |
1/31/2017 | 735 | 0 | 0 | 735 |
1/31/2018 | 432 | 0 | 0 | 432 |
1/31/2019 | 332 | 0 | 0 | 332 |
12/31/2019 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 107 |
12/31/2020 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
References
- ↑ S.S. Kresge Company and Kmart Corporation Annual Reports: 1912–1985, 1992, 1994–2001, via archive.org.
- ↑ KMART CORP (annual reports 1993-2002), EDGAR, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
- ↑ KMART HOLDING CORP (annual reports 2003-2004), EDGAR, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
- ↑ SEARS HOLDINGS CORP (annual reports 2005-2017), EDGAR, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.