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Thread Number: 34954
/ Tag: Brand New Vacuum Cleaners
KMart vacuums ???? ???? |
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Post# 377017 8/18/2017 at 21:39 (2,441 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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I went into my local K Mart tonight. They just had a "Summer Blowout Sale", getting ready for a "Fabulous Fall". ALL of the top shelves are bare. That might be to make room for the plastic pumpkins.
I naturally went to the vacuum section. There was ONLY ONE HOOVER cleaner in the the entire display. They also don't even sell Genuine Hoover Bags. I'm wondering...................... | ||
| Post# 377019 , Reply# 1 8/18/2017 at 21:57 (2,441 days old) by carolinaguy1996 (Candler, NC) | ||
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K-Mart is dying. | ||
| Post# 377020 , Reply# 2 8/18/2017 at 22:05 (2,441 days old) by S2_82 (Ohio) | ||
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They closed just about every location here.. barely surviving | ||
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Post# 377022 , Reply# 3 8/18/2017 at 22:39 (2,441 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL) |
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| Post# 377023 , Reply# 4 8/18/2017 at 22:45 (2,441 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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| Post# 377026 , Reply# 5 8/18/2017 at 23:26 (2,441 days old) by martin187 (Illinois) | ||
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In Illinois As far as I know, there are still two KMarts in Illinois, however i haven't been in either in a long time so i am unaware of the vacuum section there. | ||
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Post# 377032 , Reply# 6 8/19/2017 at 03:10 (2,440 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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The former K-Mart in Greenville was bulldozed in favor of a Publix grocery store that I haven't been to yet.K-Mart & Sears-the buzzards are flying closer! | ||
| Post# 377047 , Reply# 7 8/19/2017 at 08:52 (2,440 days old) by S31463221 (Frenchburg, KY) | ||
KMart | ||
| Post# 377048 , Reply# 8 8/19/2017 at 09:50 (2,440 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
Circling the drain...
If Sears and Kmart were people, they'd be in hospice care. It's only a matter of time before they're just a memory. Kmart is pretty much gone from North Carolina and the number of Sears stores is dwindling. Greensboro has a traditional Sears at the upscale shopping mall. It was extensively remodeled and subdivided five or six years ago with about a third of the space leased out to Whole Foods. We've also got a Sears Outlet across town, which I understand is actually a separate company. It occupies part of what used to be a Super Kmart. When they downgraded it to a "Big K" about ten or twelve years ago, they subdivided the interior of the store and set up the Sears Outlet without actually building any permanent walls between the two, just pegboard between the shelving units. The wall finally went up after the Kmart closed down in 2014. I guess they were waiting for the new tenant, a discount retailer called Gabe's, to pick up the tab for that.
I've heard more than one person say in recent months that they're not considering Sears for a needed appliance purchase because they don't think the company will be around to stand behind the product. I think both Sears and Kmart will be completely gone in the next 3-5 years and that's a generous estimate. A few reminders of Sears may live on, however. The Craftsman tools brand will outlive Sears since it was sold to Dewalt/Stanley earlier this year and I could see the same possibly happening with Kenmore appliances. There may still be some value in the name even though it's essentially a re-badge brand. Sears will also likely cut Land's End loose and it would likely survive the sinking of Sears as a mail order/ecommerce business. I could actually see Amazon acquiring it. | ||
| Post# 377050 , Reply# 9 8/19/2017 at 10:46 (2,440 days old) by carolinaguy1996 (Candler, NC) | ||
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The K-Marts in Asheville are still alive, but they are dumpy now. | ||
| Post# 377051 , Reply# 10 8/19/2017 at 10:46 (2,440 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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| Post# 377100 , Reply# 12 8/20/2017 at 17:33 (2,439 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 377109 , Reply# 13 8/20/2017 at 20:09 (2,439 days old) by funnynet1231 (Maine) | ||
My K-Mart closed back in April | ||
| Post# 377131 , Reply# 14 8/21/2017 at 08:11 (2,438 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
Kansas and Oklahoma are losing SEVERAL of their K-mart and Sears stores. The K-mart in Bartlesville Ok I swear marked everything UP 30% then marked down 30% so the price is the same and people fall for it. Even at 30% off it's still higher than our Walmart regular price. We went in this Summer to see if they had their cheap pools on sale and they were horribly high. We just ended up getting the in ground pool going again. (Those of you at the convention didn't see that. I forget to show you the pool house lol)
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| Post# 377133 , Reply# 15 8/21/2017 at 08:48 (2,438 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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mark up / mark down | ||
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Post# 377134 , Reply# 16 8/21/2017 at 09:02 (2,438 days old) by n0oxy (Saint Louis Missouri, United States) |
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k-mart Most if not all of the k-marts are gone from the Saint Louis Missouri area, there are two sears stores that I know of that are still here, but k-mart is definitely a dying store, I can't help but wonder if the Sears company regrets buying them back in 2006 I think it was. Mike | ||
| Post# 377145 , Reply# 17 8/21/2017 at 14:34 (2,438 days old) by carolinaguy1996 (Candler, NC) | ||
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You're close, the merger happened in 2005. | ||
| Post# 377148 , Reply# 18 8/21/2017 at 14:56 (2,438 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Sears/Kmart merger | ||
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Post# 377165 , Reply# 19 8/22/2017 at 08:05 (2,437 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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It seems Sears put the General Stores out | ||
| Post# 377174 , Reply# 20 8/22/2017 at 11:44 (2,437 days old) by carolinaguy1996 (Candler, NC) | ||
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Even The Great Indoors once had a vacuum business. | ||
| Post# 377221 , Reply# 21 8/24/2017 at 00:56 (2,436 days old) by man114 (Buffalo NY) | ||
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I was just at a fairly well maintained Kmart, looks like they shifted most of the vac line to Kenmore branded vacs but they're the lower end of the ones they carry at Sears. Our Sears just expanded the vac department and also seems to be focusing more on Kenmore branded vacs. | ||
| Post# 377275 , Reply# 22 8/26/2017 at 09:36 (2,433 days old) by carolinaguy1996 (Candler, NC) | ||
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You're lucky the K-Mart and Sears near you take good care of their places. | ||
| Post# 377281 , Reply# 23 8/26/2017 at 11:47 (2,433 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 377283 , Reply# 24 8/26/2017 at 12:24 (2,433 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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Sounds the same as our Kmart, mostly Kenmore brand I think, but they still had Kenmores on display last I was there that were no longer sold, such as the orange canister.
Sears moved their vacuum department a few months ago. Moved it where the TV dept was and now have a smaller TV department in between there and the old vacuum dept which is now a big mattress dept. They also moved the small appliances and kitchenwares over to where the mattresses used to be and moved bedding into the vacated space there too. But I'm not seeing utensils and such along the walls like they had before. | ||
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