What’s with all the random off brand apparel, home fashions/soft home, small appliances, etc, etc. merchandise is flowing, but it is some of most random assortments I’ve seen. These no-name brands must be desperate to provide product to Sears/Kmart... — read more
Welp, the Astor Place Kmart has a new tenant lined up
https://patch.com/new-york/east-village/wegmans-announces-it-will-replace-shuttered-kmart-astor-place They should do very very well
Will It Ever Go Down To Zero?
Sears has been dying for years. But it hasn't just... died Here we are in 2021, and there are still open stores. Is this damned company going to hang around with one or two stores on life support for decades? Has God forsaken us?
Will the Delta Variant of COVID-19 be the final nail in the confin for Sears & Kmart
With cases increasing cross the country. Will this be the final nail in the coffin for this iconic company that is in charge of these two brands?
Why Doesn’t Sears Have a Store at American Dream Meadowlands?
Please let me know!
In August We might more closures
It’s almost end of the month & a New month is next Week!
Troy Data Center Sold?
Hearing that one of the big 3 automakers just bought the Troy Data Center, agreeing to lease a small portion back to Transformco through to end of 2021 with no additional occupancy extensions. That gives Transformco only 5 months to get everything... — read more
Leena Departure?
Anyone able to confirm some corporate email that Leena is gone?
I will not miss...
I will not miss bad Managers. I will not miss not getting a raise in the last 8 years. I will not miss NO 401(k), matching plan. I will not miss asking for your email account I will not miss a lead calling for my register number every hour. .. — read more
Corporate HQ
I'm curious if the corporate at HE is partial or fully opened? Who have returned to work or if the work from home is still going on? Before a lockdown it was already a ghost town there. Wonder if any soul left today. I feel sad to see a beautiful... — read more
Quite a few posts deleted from this page in the last 12 hours
There were a few posts above the "Any Latest News" post. Sears home services, others. Now the oldest posts above "Any Latest News" is 8 hours old. The deleted posts did not viol;ate any rules as far as I knoiw. Someone got unhappy about factual... — read more
This month is 3 years since the Greece NY closed and they acted like it was the end of the world if we didn't get out on time.
I busted my azz coming from auto into the not so full line store just to get my severance pay to meet the deadline and the store is still vacant. My only positive is knowing what was what. I'm sure that things may have changed since... except the... — read more
Sears Ft. Lauderdale Starting Liquidation Today
Liquidation Sales are starting at 11 AM Daylight savings time and will conclude by 6 PM Daylight savings time on Sunday, September 26th, 2021
Kmart website fixed
Finally! It appears that the Kmart website has been fixed, as they have removed their closed stores from their locator page. You'll have to click on each state or territory to see what's listed for each one: https://www.kmart.com/stores.html — read more
Why so many job openings in NY?
As stated, why so many job openings in NY? Obviously, with the Kmart just recently closing, there would be a lot of displaced workers, so I'm genuinely curious as to why there are several openings in White Plains and Bronx Kmarts (including... — read more
The Closing List So Far for this Week
Kmart Astor Place in the East Village, Manhattan of Manhattan New York City, New York (Permanently Closed Sunday, July 11th, 2021) Sears Searstown Plaza in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Cash Only?
Anyone know if the credit/debit system was fixed or are they still cash only a month later? I see 88sears, transformco websites, etc are working now. Any info?
Sears Ft. Lauderdale, FL closing September 26
Liquidation sale starts Friday. The building is being sold, so Sears must go.
17 Kmarts are remaining
Finally! I spent the last 2 Days searching links and researching this particular case. Finally (since I never declare a store closing or remove it from my super-duper master list/map unless I am 200% sure), I was able to get someone on phone, at... — read more
Kmart Closing in Astor Place today
Link to the job posting: https://jobs.sears.com/en-US/job/overnight-associate-temp-position-up-to-40-hrs-wk/J3T4Q262HDYD0LH2XGD The Pharmacy at the store will be closing this Saturday, as for the rest of the store it already closed or will be closing... — read more
Links to potential new closing kmart in NYC?
This is from an NYC Kmart. Is this a new store... — read more
Odd Job listing
This was mentioned in another thread, but in case anyone missed it, there are some odd job listings here. Not seeing any mention of closing, but just wanted to share them anyway, in case there might be something to it. Again, I'm not promising... — read more
Sears and Kmart Purgatory.
We are destined to live in a Sears and Kmart purgatory of never-ending slow liquidation. Lampert will keep active anything he can associated with Sears or Kmart to make a few extra bucks, using the “good name” of Sears and Kmart as long as he can... — read more
Any word on the list?
I salivating for some juicy closings.
You are fired!!!
I remember someone getting fired for stealing others people food from the refrigerator. Any other stories?
More Store Closings Coming
Stay tuned, big announcement coming tomorrow.
How’s it going down? I got’s to know now.
What are y’all benefits like? I’m curious to know if any sales people are making decent money. I imagine the stores are staffed with people just hanging around and picking their butts(not literally). And no one needs to correct my grammar. It’s not... — read more
Sears Home Services techs isn’t getting Paid
From what’s being told, there’s allot of techs that’s either being shorted, or days missing for their checks. Management is blaming it on a down system yet to me (from what I’ve heard) someone is skimming off the paychecks to clear company’s debt... — read more
Catalog of stores not handing out layoff notices?
Does anyone maintain a compendium of the Sears/K-mart stores not currently laying off staff? Or an accounting of stores about to layoff staff?
The Non-Liquidating/Liquidating Sears & Kmart Stores as of Saturday, June 19th, 2021
Non-liquidating: Kmart = 18 Sears = 26 Total = 44 Kmart - Non-Liquidating stores: Freestanding store in Guam, Micronesia McKnight Crossing Shopping Center in Grass Valley, California Key Plaza Shopping Center in Key West... — read more
News, personal experiences, rumors and speculations about layoffs at
Speculation about closing lists is speculation about layoffs. Get over it. The purists on here ba----g fists on high chairs demanding facts and verification... Read the very first thing posted on thelayoff.com: News, personal experiences, rumors... — read more
Some levity for Independence Day
A Japanese company and a North American company decided to have a canoe race on the St. Lawrence River. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile. The North... — read more
At This Point, is there ANYTHING that Can Save Kmart?
Or Sears? Or Both? I view Kmart as the better of the two so if I was holding both over a cliff like on the Macaulay Culkin movie "The Good Son", it would be Kmart I would save. Getting off topic there, but is there ANYTHING that can be done to... — read more
Sears Home Services Going Strong
https://transformco.com/press-releases/pr/2151 What will the haters say now?
19 Kmarts are remaining - 7/1/21
Just lost another one... down to 19 remaining, from an all-time high of 2,323! OFFICIAL MASTER LIST AS PROVIDED BY CORPORATE (Note, this list contains all official Kmarts, as deemed by Corporate): Grass Valley California 9746 111 O Key West... — read more
Sears Shoe Store in Oglethorpe, GA still liquidating
Just saw online the Sears Shoe Store in Oglethorpe, GA is still liquidating. It's amazing to see the standalone shoe stores have a much longer liquidating process, rather than the big box stores.