I won’t be surprised if my local Sears (Shoreline, WA) is on the “close” list. It’s a two-story building that often seems to have only 10-12 customers in the entire store. It’s had a “going-out-of-business” feel for years, just like the local Denny’s. (One of the two local Denny’s has already closed.)
The local big mall Sears is the same way. I go there for eye exams and I am often times one of the few people prowling the aisles. The product lines and store in general look old and slightly depressing. The online shopping phenomena will kill many of the old retail giants.
what happened to Kmart is that they got "dirty" looking....poor merchandize layout...too crowded with stuff...and their prices really were not all that great....
Fred Meyer here on the west coast is a little bit up the food chain from the Kmarts and Walmarts...clean stores, with a supermarket attached, decent prices, and most of all, they have good coupons....
I predict the next big closing will be in the grocery dept and I predict Albertsons will close many stores...our local one can't keep up with Fred Meyer...