When I was in SoCal in the 80s the running joke was Mexico is changing its National Anthem to “Welcome Kmart Shoppers.”
Another was “Why Does Michael Jackson shop at KMart? He heard little boys pants were half off.”
There was a KMart in San Ysidro that was filled daily with Mexicans who legally crossed the border. They loved KMart. Even then things were starting to leak out about Michael Jackson.
Back in middle school, “blue light special” was a slang term for a slutty girl.
Didn’t KMart go woke? I remember my mom boycotting Kmart long ago because of some perversity they espoused.
I actually remember being in a KMart as a kid and those being announced with the blue lights flashing - everyone was excited. It was something that was unique to people about shopping there and they did away with it.
My husband and I sometimes spent Saturday night shopping blue light specials when we first dated. It was a lot of fun.
The boycott against them for their woke abortion stance in the 80s/90s did them in. They never recovered