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{{Infobox Kmart
| coordinates = {{coord|33.949600|-84.518206|display=inline,title}}
| name = Kmart #4071
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| city_state = [[Marietta, Georgia]]
| opened = March 16, 1964
| closed = unknownJanuary 4, 2009
| store_type = POBPreviously-owned building
| floor_area = {{convert|104209|sqft|m2}}
| replaced =
| replaced_by =
| previous = Thrift City
| next = Sears Outlet
}}
'''Kmart #4071''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[1140 Roswell Road Southeast (Marietta, Georgia)|1140 Roswell Road Southeast]] in [[Marietta, Georgia|Marietta]], [[Georgia]].<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit The"Kmart storelatest"] opened[[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref> Opening on March 16, 1964 in former [[Thrift City]] store buildings, the location and closedits unknowntwin, [[Kmart 4070|Kmart #4070]] in Atlanta, were the 56th and 57th stores in the Kmart chain and the first two in the Atlanta area.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71648679/the-atlanta-constitution/ Full-page advertisement], [[Atlanta Constitution]], March 9, 1964, page 12.</ref> The attached Foodfood store opened Jan.ahead of time on January 1, 1964;, convertedthe fromday after Thrift City;'s 56thlease orexpired.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71648728/the-atlanta-constitution/ 57th"S. S. Kresge K-Marts to Open Jan. 1"], [[Atlanta Constitution]], December 25, 1963, page 10-D.</ref> The store closed on January 4, 2009,<ref>Chapman, Dan. [https://docsweb.googlearchive.org/web/20120319175219/http://www.ajc.com/spreadsheetshotjobs/dcontent/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7gbusiness/editstories/2008/11/03/marietta_kmart_closing.html "Longtime Kmart lateststore in Marietta to close"], [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheetAtlanta Journal-Constitution]], November 3, 2008.</ref> and the building has since been primarily occupied by a [[Sears Outlet]] store (now American Freight).
 
In June 1992, in a protest against Kmart's decision not to sell the band's music, Georgia-based metal band {{w|Jackyl}} held an impromptu concert on a flatbed truck in the store's parking lot, which they called "Jackyl Awareness Day".<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71648268/the-atlanta-constitution/ "Jackyl: Bad boys back in town"], [[Atlanta Constitution]], April 9, 1993, page H9.</ref> Footage of the performance was used as the official music video for their song "I Stand Alone."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCm6re-RTdc "I Stand Alone"], Jackyl, via YouTube.</ref>
 
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