{"id":118244,"date":"2024-10-25T15:20:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T08:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118244"},"modified":"2024-10-25T15:20:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T08:20:52","slug":"in-a-suburban-miami-shopping-center-kmarts-last-blue-light-specials-flicker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118244","title":{"rendered":"In a suburban Miami shopping center, Kmart&#8217;s last &#8216;Blue Light Specials&#8217; flicker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MIAMI (AP) \u2014 The last Kmart on the U.S. mainland sits at the west end of a busy suburban Miami shopping center, quiet and largely ignored.<\/p>\n<p>All around it are thriving chain stores attracting steady streams of customers in sectors where the former box-store chain was once a major player: Marshalls, Hobby Lobby, PetSmart and Dollar Tree. <\/p>\n<p>But at this all-but-last outpost of a company once famed for its \u201cBlue Light Specials,\u201d only an occasional shopper pops in, mostly out of curiosity or nostalgia, then leaves after buying little or nothing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"ImageEnhancement\">\n<figure class=\"Figure\">\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-840000\"\/><\/p>\n<picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"567\" 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data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\">\n<p>FILE &#8211; Kmart shoppers mill around the flashing blue light, sign of the \u201cBlue Light Special,\u201d at the first Kmart ever built in Garden City, Mich., on March 1, 1982. (AP Photo\/Dale Young, File)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI hadn\u2019t seen Kmart in so long,\u201d said Juan de la Madriz, who came to the shopping center on a recent weekday to buy dog food at PetSmart. The architect spotted the Kmart and wondered if he could find a gift for his newborn grandson. He exited 10 minutes later having spent $23 on a stuffed dog and a wooden toy workbench.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be sad if it closes,\u201d he said about the store, \u201cbut everything now is on computers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kmart-closing-sears-blue-light-last-store-6b302bbaec8c003351f62aefcf0528b4\">The last full-size Kmart<\/a><\/span> in the 50 states closed Sunday in Long Island, New York, making the Miami store \u2014 now a fraction of its former size \u2014 the last operating in the continental U.S. At its peak 30 years ago, Kmart operated about 2,500 locations. Today, four others remain: three in the U.S. Virgin Islands and one in Guam. There is also a website. <\/p>\n<p>Transformco, the Illinois-based holding company that owns Kmart and what\u2019s left of another former retail behemoth, Sears, did not respond to email requests for comment or allow the store manager to speak. The company\u2019s plans for the Miami location are unknown \u2014 but there is no indication it will close soon. <\/p>\n<h2>The last outpost<\/h2>\n<p>If the Miami Kmart were a brand new mom-and-pop retailer, a shopper might think it could eventually thrive with advertising and a little luck. Kmarts long had a reputation for clutter and mess, but this store is immaculate and the merchandise is precisely stacked and displayed.<\/p>\n<p>The size of a CVS or Walgreens drug store, the branch occupies what was its garden section during its big-box days. A couple years ago, an At Home department store took over the rest of the space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet it all! Must Haves. Wish Fors. 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(AP Photo\/Marta Lavandier)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Halloween and Christmas decorations line the entryway, next to the 30 shopping carts that no one is using. A robotic voice says \u201cWelcome,\u201d as does a cheery employee, one of three spotted in the store. A lone customer checks out the Halloween candy.<\/p>\n<p>Straight ahead are a few dishwashers, refrigerators, washing machines and dryers: the appliance department. In the store\u2019s main room, there is a large section of toiletries and diapers, a few hardware essentials and some cleaning and pet supplies. The toy department comprises a couple rows of dolls, action figures, games and squirt guns. Sun dresses, summer tops and sweatshirts make up the small clothing section. Oh, and there are snacks.<\/p>\n<p>Also still present: a recorded voice intoning a once-familiar message over a loudspeaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttention Kmart shoppers,\u201d it says, announcing that almost all items are on sale. <\/p>\n<p>If there were only customers to hear it, like there used to be. <\/p>\n<h2>A fast rise and a slow death <\/h2>\n<p>Kmart was founded by the retailer S.S. Kresge Co. in Michigan in 1962 and grew quickly, reaching 2,000 stores in 20 years. The company sold almost everything, from clothing to jewelry, TVs to dog food, appliances to toys to sporting goods. By the mid-1980s, it was the nation\u2019s second-largest retailer behind Sears, and there were stores in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. <\/p>\n<p>The roots of Kmart\u2019s decline were laid during that decade when management bought Waldenbooks, Borders Books, Builders Square, The Sports Authority and a stake in OfficeMax, thinking the company needed diversification. They were wrong. 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Garden City, Mich., store, on Nov. 12, 1993. (AP Photo\/Richard Sheinwald)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2002, Kmart declared bankruptcy as Walmart and Target devoured its market share. Its website never took off, allowing Amazon to beat it in the e-commerce space. There were executive pay scandals, a purchase by a hedge fund manager who stripped it bare and a disastrous 2005 acquisition of Sears. <\/p>\n<p>Mark Cohen, a former Sears Canada CEO and former director of retail studies at Columbia University\u2019s graduate school of business, said Kmart would have thrived if not for the top executives who ran it into the ground. It could have been Walmart. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sold in its heyday things that people continue to buy in large quantities today,\u201d Cohen said. \u201cKmart went down the drain because it was led by incompetent managers.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-fullwidth=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"ImageTwoUpEnhancement\">\n<figure class=\"Figure\">\n<picture data-crop=\"twoup-3x2\"><source media=\"(max-width: 599px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/e63f740\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2541x1693+0+10\/resize\/599x399!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fc1%2F36%2F5f05aba8e361af62bbee91e5af0e%2F925746d9b019434d94713df33620b1aa 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/ffa713d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2541x1693+0+10\/resize\/1198x798!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fc1%2F36%2F5f05aba8e361af62bbee91e5af0e%2F925746d9b019434d94713df33620b1aa 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 599px)\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/9e7e696\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2541x1693+0+10\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fc1%2F36%2F5f05aba8e361af62bbee91e5af0e%2F925746d9b019434d94713df33620b1aa 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/0140556\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2541x1693+0+10\/resize\/1198x798!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fc1%2F36%2F5f05aba8e361af62bbee91e5af0e%2F925746d9b019434d94713df33620b1aa 2x\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/68f9c2e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2541x1693+0+10\/resize\/767x511!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fc1%2F36%2F5f05aba8e361af62bbee91e5af0e%2F925746d9b019434d94713df33620b1aa 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/1914314\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2541x1693+0+10\/resize\/1534x1022!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fc1%2F36%2F5f05aba8e361af62bbee91e5af0e%2F925746d9b019434d94713df33620b1aa 2x\"><source width=\"767\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/b59dcee\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2541x1693+0+10\/resize\/767x511!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fc1%2F36%2F5f05aba8e361af62bbee91e5af0e%2F925746d9b019434d94713df33620b1aa 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/f337609\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2541x1693+0+10\/resize\/1534x1022!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fc1%2F36%2F5f05aba8e361af62bbee91e5af0e%2F925746d9b019434d94713df33620b1aa 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/b59dcee\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2541x1693+0+10\/resize\/767x511!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fc1%2F36%2F5f05aba8e361af62bbee91e5af0e%2F925746d9b019434d94713df33620b1aa 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/f337609\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2541x1693+0+10\/resize\/1534x1022!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fc1%2F36%2F5f05aba8e361af62bbee91e5af0e%2F925746d9b019434d94713df33620b1aa 2x\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/b59dcee\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2541x1693+0+10\/resize\/767x511!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fc1%2F36%2F5f05aba8e361af62bbee91e5af0e%2F925746d9b019434d94713df33620b1aa\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<div class=\"Figure-content\">\n<p><bsp-read-more class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\">FILE &#8211; Shoppers wait outside a Kmart store for a 7 a.m. Thanksgiving Day sale in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 23, 2006. 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src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/7c18b90\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1800x1202+0+0\/resize\/599x400!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F70%2Fcb%2F89786855641982538f88303e8a57%2F08f53cc7293746ad94ffe7eb342e6c94\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<div class=\"Figure-content\">\n<div class=\"Figure-content-text\"><bsp-read-more class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\">\n<p>FILE &#8211; Shoppers look for groceries at a Kmart store in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., on Nov. 21, 2001. (AP Photo\/Paul Sancya, File)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Transformco bought Kmart and Sears out of another bankruptcy in 2019 for $5 billion \u2014 its critics say mostly for the stores\u2019 real estate. There were 202 Kmarts remaining. <\/p>\n<p>Over the past five years, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/business-new-york-city-new-york-new-jersey-lifestyle-9e06f958526665df9f7c9422f67516ef\">the firm has kept closing Kmarts<\/a><\/span> until all that\u2019s left in the states is Miami Store #3074. <\/p>\n<h2>Nostalgia does not translate into sales <\/h2>\n<p>On the day that de la Madriz dropped in to buy his grandson\u2019s gift, only a few customers trickled in and out of the store every hour.<\/p>\n<p>College students Joey Fernandez and Wilfredo Huayhua spent five minutes inside before leaving empty-handed. They knew about the chain\u2019s near-demise, spotted the store while in the shopping center and went in to reminisce. It seemed small, they said, compared to the Kmarts they remembered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were bummed out \u2014 I spent a lot of my childhood at Kmart,\u201d said Fernandez, 18. Still, he might be back \u2014 the store has good prices on the facial cleanser he uses.<\/p>\n<p>Teacher Oliver Sequin had been entering Marshalls when he spotted the Kmart. That too triggered nostalgia, but also reminded him he needed Band-Aids for his 5-year-old son. That was all he purchased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember when Kmarts were bigger,\u201d Sequin said. \u201cBut, to be honest, I like this one better. 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