Old School K Mart Tribute (91809A)

[TheChuck624]

Just announced our local Kmart closing after 40 years of doing business here. I liked the place when I was kid and still like it as an adult. It is a shame.

[curbshoppin]

we love k-mart

[The2050Hector]

DEATH TO WALMART NOW!!!!

[Paulywint]

We had a Kmart in town where I live, but it closed at the end of 1990. :-(

[meloyellowduck]

I still love Kmart, always will; I can't stand how Wal-Mart gets a laugh out of building right next to Kmarts (and locally owned Ma & Pa shops) just to put them out of business, it's sick. Kmart never did that, even when the nation's leading retailer.

[siemenstraffic]

4 people who disliked this video shops at Wal Mart.

[madisonvillegirl1]

Kmart was a great store from the early 70 to late 80 until those like Martha Stewart

and Sears ruined it with their stuff that doesn't work. I remember shirts, sweaters,

pants, and underwhere in those bins still in the wrapper. Those were the days!

[riceboy1701e]

4 people decided to go to Wal-mart.

[kmartkevin1]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!! Hard to explain and strange as well, but I love Kmart in a sick obsession sorta way. I worked in 17 different stores-Including 1st Kmart store #4000 Garden City, 5 districts, 3 regions, both Super K, Big K, Kmart (old signage -still laid out in big k floor plan) ...and even a few die hard hold out stores with the old 'K [mart]' signs in red/teal. many old timers 25+ years told me of a time long past, if you know retail, S.S. Kresge/Kmart/Jupiter stores pioneered all

[TheSudser]

We still have a "Big K" nearby and luckily there is a lot of business, even with a super Walmart a half mile away. It's gotten to where Kmart is the more civilized place to shop. You get in, you find what you want, and you get out without feeling aggravated by mobs of people running you over.

[Cutebear411]

Looks better now wal-mart sucks the MALL doesnt

[yogertlvr]

in my latter years as a teen, we lived 2 blocks from K-mart and used to go over for dinner in their in store diner. But they took it out, and in its place a really large electronic section. Then things went from bad to worse when they took out the big and tall section and replaced it with the small and anorexic sizes. (sorry no offense) Now i go to Other stores cause our K-mart dosnt have ditty..

[JourneyRocks81]

I grew up going to Kmart.  I love Kmart.....and yeah walmart sucks. K-MART

[TimMcCoy100]

Yes so true. The 70"s were sure good times for Kmart....Kmart also had a great auto garage for repairs in the 70's and 80's . So sorry to see it leave. Now everthing is priced out- landish and is very complicated to get any thing done. Good help from clerks for the most part is a thing of the past. We have all these modern computers and it takes three times as long to get out of the check out. Oh take me back to the good old 70's ....Big hair, real stores, real music, real resturants, etc..

[slipknot789able]

when i was a kid this where i got my clothes and shoes such as rustler jeans and mcgregor shoes while other kids wore nike shoes and levi jeans i was so pissed that i wasn't able to wear the more expensive shoes and clothes

[dmana3172]

I have shopped both at Kmart and Walmart and I would definitely pick Kmart over Walmart because it's easier to walk in and find things I want. Walmart is too big and whenever I walk in that store, I end up wandering around and leave Walmart. Kmart is much better. I enjoyed the food deli at Kmart more than Walmart. I hope Kmart gain ground very soon over Walmart and Target. Good luck Kmart! You have my support! :-)

[landrykkb]

K-mart has ceased tro exist in Canada since 1998.Those were the days when Woolco(before Wal-Mart bought them out),Zellers,and K-Mart competed neck-and-neck.

[andrewps84]

Man if only Kmart had those kinds of crowds again...I miss the old school look :(

[bartman1238]

kmart is over 100 year old company at start in back of horse wagnon. they open a dime store. during the 1950 they were repbrand as kmart.

[elkinsinboxinc]

@bartman1238 Yeah. K-Mart has come a long way. I'm a huge K-Mart fan.

[freedombear79]

I miss having a K-Mart in my city. While I liked our smaller K-Mart (closed prior to the opening of our Super K-Mart) the most, I still shopped at the Super K-Mart, occasionally. The Super K-Mart, however, ended up closing about 3 or 4 years ago.

[elkinsinboxinc]

@freedombear79 I heard that one of America's largest retailers went bankrupt. You wouldn't suppose that is K-Mart would you?

[vickie111957]

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[freedombear79]

I loved going to K-Mart as a kid in the 1980s and early 1990s. I liked getting new toys, video games, and clothes. I also liked shopping for Christmas decorations.

[elkinsinbox]

@freedombear79 That says it all right there. K mart is the best place to shop. Thanks.

[andrewps84]

I miss the Kmart Auto Center

[FrankG5874]

I love shopping at K-Mart and I used to go all of the time with my folks, and my grandparents too. I still go to K-Mart today as I get my pants, and slippers there. I just joined the Rewards Your Way program.

[elkinsinboxinc]

@FrankG5874 I'm a member of that program too. I get discounts on all of my video game purchases there.

[taledarkside]

cool vid. I continue shopping at Kmart. I hate walmart.

[elkinsinbox]

@taledarkside Me too. It's easy to get lost in Walmart

[UNCJerry77]

Wow at 0:48! Kmart at the Eden Mall. When Kmart opened up a new store in nearby Madison NC,this one closed in less than a year. Thanks for sharing!

[elkinsinboxinc]

@UNCJerry77 I'm reposting this video on a new channel. DicTelevisionInc. I will use your insight in the repost. Thanks.

-elkinsinbox

[brotherbrown1984]

Woah...look at all those people in the store at 0:43. Even Walmart can't ever say that. But now Kmart has more Tumble Weeds in the store than people.

[254TXsaint]

Kmart once was the greatest store this is a great example what happens to a company when the top brass thinks they know more than the people who works in the store every day.

[Heegoop]

I miss the old school Kmart logo, which is the red and turquoise one. I reminds me so much of the 1980s and when Kmart was cool. When Kmart got that newer red and white logo in the early 90s, Kmart started to lose it's humanity.

[sugarrrsmack]

U did a good job! I remember the kmart near me-(berlin NJ) had a restaurant inside of it.

[DaAnalogDogg86]

@sugarrrsmack I remember that resturant too. It was in the back and I remember when electronics was inside a darker room. In that same plaze I remember there was a Ponderosa, a shoe store, Pizza shop, Yi's Karate, Radio Shack, Family Dollar, and a of course ACME.

[DaAnalogDogg86]

@sugarrrsmack Remember the store Jamesway?

[MrSickofstupidity]

@DaAnalogDogg86 we had a Jamesway down the road from us...we shopped there

[ClassicCommercials4U]

Most of the re-designed "new" K-Marts near me closed or turned to Sears Essentials and the only 2 left within 200 miles are old-styled stores.

[elkinsinbox]

@ClassicCommercials4U I'm from Pound Virginia. And the Kmart near me in Wise hasn't changed since 1998. It still has the Big K sign.

[ClassicCommercials4U]

@elkinsinbox One I go to in Gulfport, MS still has the old-school K-Mart red and blue sign.

[kiimwow]

when did kmart start anyways?

[elkinsinbox]

@kiimwow  1962-ish

[drambuierocks]

I miss the old kmarts, those were the days, Walmart sucks

[elkinsinbox]

I agree.