They went shopping at the last full-size Kmart in the mainland United States, which is set to close its doors in Bridgehampton, New York, for good on Sunday. Their cart was full of close-out ...
Wesfarmers-owned Kmart now operates over 300 stores across Australia and New Zealand and employs around 40,000 people.
The store was the last full-size Kmart in the U.S. The chain is now down to a handful of locations, including a small store in Miami.
Kmart filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early 2002 — becoming the largest U.S. retailer to take that step — and announced it would close more than 250 stores. A few years later ...