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'''Kmart #4388''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[8801 Research Boulevard (Austin, Texas)|8801 Research Boulevard]] in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]].<ref>[https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/staxpayersearch/processTaxpyer.do?tpNtrlId=2000160044410 K mart Corporation], Sales Taxpayer Search, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.</ref> The store opened on September 30, 1971 as one of the first two Kmarts in the city of Austin, one of two stores to open that day for a total of 452 Kmarts overall, and was tied with [[Kmart 4365]] for the 37th Kmart in Texas.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104074148/austin-american-statesman/ "2 K mart Discount Stores To Open Here on Thursday."] [[Austin American-Statesman|''Austin American-Statesman'']], September 29, 1971, p. 13.</ref> In 1985, the store would be remodeled, with a grand reopening ceremony on October 16.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119935668/austin-american-statesman/ Full-page advertisement], [[Austin American-Statesman|''Austin American-Statesman'']], October 16, 1985, p. B4.</ref> The store closed on or around March 7, 1990, when it was replaced by [[Kmart 3771]].<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58882484/austin-american-statesman/ "Stores to join Research Blvd. exodus."] ''[[Austin American-Statesman]]'', January 13, 1990, p. D7.</ref><ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>
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