Kmart 7309: Difference between revisions

'''Kmart #7309''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Kmart Plaza (Texarkana, Texas)|Kmart Plaza]], [[4520 West 7th Street (Texarkana, Texas)|4520 West 7th Street]] in [[Texarkana, Texas|Texarkana]], [[Texas]].<ref>Store numbers are shown in the URL. [http://web.archive.org/web/20140322083430/http://www.kmart.com/stores/texas/texarkana/7309.html Kmart Store - Texarkana, TX], kmart.com, archived by the WayBack Machine on March 22, 2014.</ref> The store opened on October 30, 1980.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/texarkana-gazette-10-26-80-p-16-d/Texarkana_Gazette_10-26-80_p16D.pdf Full-page advertisement], [[Texarkana Gazette|''Texarkana Gazette'']], October 26, 1980, p. 16-D.</ref> Between 1989 and 1995, the store would be remodeled and expanded from a Group 7 mini Kmart, and would later be converted to Big Kmart.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref> In 2002, the store would have self-checkouts installed.<ref>Wade, Charles. [https://archive.org/download/texarkana-gazette-08-13-02-p-1/Texarkana_Gazette_08_13_02_p1.jpg "Changing lanes,: Self-checkouts no threat to employees, store manager says."], [[Texarkana Gazette|''Texarkana Gazette'']], August 13, 2002, frontp. page1.</ref> The store ultimately closed on January 28, 2018.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/texarkana-gazette-01-19-18-5-a/Texarkana_Gazette_01_19_18_5A.jpg Advertisement], [[Texarkana Gazette|''Texarkana Gazette'']], January 19, 2018, page 5Ap.</ref> It was the last Big Kmart-branded store in Texas to close.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]]5A.</ref>