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{{Infobox Kmart
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| name = Kmart #4071
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| opened = March 16, 1964
| closed = January 4, 2009
| store_type = POBPreviously-owned building
| floor_area = {{convert|104209|sqft|m2}}
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| next = Sears Outlet
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'''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 its twin, [[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 food store opened ahead of time on January 1, 1964, the day after Thrift City's lease expired.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71648728/the-atlanta-constitution/ "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://web.archive.org/web/20120319175219/http://www.ajc.com/hotjobs/content/business/stories/2008/11/03/marietta_kmart_closing.html "Longtime Kmart store in Marietta to close"], [[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]], November 3, 2008.</ref> Foodand storethe openedbuilding Jan.has 1,since 1964;been convertedprimarily fromoccupied Thriftby City;a 56th[[Sears or 57thOutlet]] store<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart(now latest"]American [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]]Freight).</ref>
 
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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