It's historic because of the old original signage, That is why Eddie is keeping it open.
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Well, you're wrong, the store is closing! Hahahahaha! None of these are special to Lampert, they're just another building of another store, no history, no care about anything, just closing it, because its time is over. It's just a business decision
That's a strange way to spell Guam
Or, because it's only 40,000 sq ft meaning low overhead, in a state with no sales tax, and in a city with only about 5,000, but a tourist destination for RVing, and the big city of Missoula is still 50 miles away. THAT's why it's around, has nothing to do with the sign, the tiny size of it in a tiny town with high tourism and no sales tax is why.
Bridgehampton NY and Key West FL are also places where Kmart has no nearby big-box competition.
Probably just keeping a few old stores open to dump all the trash left from the dwindled empire, and what's left sitting in warehouses. Hamilton would be ideal. Without much retail up in that area, there's probably an interest in purchasing almost ANYTHING that someone would bother to ship up there.
@1dbl+1dlo7izG Amoco keeping a Standard station open in each state to keep the namesake makes no sense in this case. Kmart isn't changing its name name, and why then didn't Eddie keep one open in every state if what you're saying is the case?
Probably the most valuable in the US since that's the only discount department store in the region. Everywhere else, no one will miss them.70
@1gil+1dlo7izG There are not 2 different brands. Also they are not going to keep a store open just for a fu----g sign. If it was that critical to keep a certain color sign in use, they could change one of the existing store's signs to that color and use it there. They wouldn't keep a store open just for a sign LMAO. I Know you were being ironic, but I'm just clarifying for everyone else.
Amoco does the same thing..... in all states that they have a gas station, that have at least ONE station still branded as a Standard station, their namesake, so they don't lose the trademark.
Couldn't he must move the old signage to a more relevant store? Oh, I guess there really aren't any!
I think it is open due to trademark law. It is the only Kmart with the original red and turquoise word mark. It is likely Transformco needs to be able to show the word mark is still in use for legal reasons (i.e. to protect its various trade marks), which is why it will likely be last to close. It’s also located in a remote location for this reason: so as not to confuse consumers with the two different brands.
Nah, it's just that he probably forgot that it exists. It's in such a small town, in a small state, that he probably couldn't even find it on the map.
Wouldn’t be surprised if it was the last one in the continental United States standing.
I mean as absurd as that sounds, that wouldn’t entirely surprise me at this point. Nothing Eddie does ever makes any sense, so why not this?
Ya right.
I think it will become a museum for retail that people will travel to see.