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| closed = 1994
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'''Kmart #4101''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[7325 West Colfax Avenue (Lakewood, Colorado)|7325 West Colfax Avenue]] in [[Lakewood, Colorado|Lakewood]], [[Colorado]]. The store opened unknown and closed unknown. First blue-light special, according to employee Bob Anderson<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>
'''Kmart #4101''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[7325 West Colfax Avenue (Lakewood, Colorado)|7325 West Colfax Avenue]] in [[Lakewood, Colorado|Lakewood]], [[Colorado]]. The store opened October 28, 1965<ref>[https://ia601500.us.archive.org/25/items/reschultzed-newsbank/denver/News_Article__Denver_Post_published_as_THE_DENVER_POST.___October_28_1965__p33.pdf "$2 Million K Mart Opens Thursday"], [[Denver Post]], October 28, 1965, page 33.</ref> and closed 1994.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref> Bob Anderson, who managed the store's menswear department in the 1960s, claimed to have created the idea for Kmart's iconic blue-light special while working there, which subsequently spread throughout the chain.<ref>[www.colfaxavenue.org/2015/09/the-first-kmart-blue-light-special-was.html "First Kmart Blue Light Special was flashed on Colfax Avenue"], ''Amole One More Time'', Gene Amole, 1992, via colfaxavenue.org.</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Coordinates: 39°44′26″N 105°04′42″W / 39.740468°N 105.078388°W / 39.740468; -105.078388

Kmart #4101
Store number4101
Address7325 West Colfax Avenue
CityLakewood, Colorado
OpenedOctober 28, 1965
Closed1994

Kmart #4101 was a Kmart discount department store located at 7325 West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood, Colorado. The store opened October 28, 1965[1] and closed 1994.[2] Bob Anderson, who managed the store's menswear department in the 1960s, claimed to have created the idea for Kmart's iconic blue-light special while working there, which subsequently spread throughout the chain.[3]

References

  1. "$2 Million K Mart Opens Thursday", Denver Post, October 28, 1965, page 33.
  2. "Kmart latest" spreadsheet.
  3. [www.colfaxavenue.org/2015/09/the-first-kmart-blue-light-special-was.html "First Kmart Blue Light Special was flashed on Colfax Avenue"], Amole One More Time, Gene Amole, 1992, via colfaxavenue.org.