Kmart enjoyed its heyday in the 1990s, when there were more than 2,300 branches across the U.S. It filed for bankruptcy in 2002, unable to stave off competition from Walmart and Target, but has limped on ever since. Earlier this month, the last full-size Kmart in the contiguous U.S., located on Long Island, closed, leaving just five on American soil. For The Dial, reporter Jasmine Stole Weiss visited the Kmart in Guam, a little piece of America in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean.

https://flip.it/ETLWvX

#Lifestyle #HumanGeography #History #Guam #USHistory #Kmart #Retail

5 points
*
Deleted by creator
permalink
report
reply

@reddig33@lemmy.world An Ayn Rand fan, you say? 🤔

permalink
report
parent
reply

History

!history@fedia.io

Create post

an mbin magazine for all things related to history

Community stats

  • 467

    Monthly active users

  • 168

    Posts

  • 160

    Comments