The Last Kmart Is Closing

In the 1970s and 80s, Kmarts swept across the United States like an army of the undead. Now, they're almost gone.

What eventually became the Kmart Corporation can be traced back to a retail store created by Sebastian Spering Kresge in 1899. The name Kmart first went up on signs in 1962 and proliferated. But it could not compete with similar firms, notably Walmart, in the 1990s and fell into decline.

Yahoo News reports that the last full-size Kmart outlet in the mainland United States is shutting down. That store on Long Island will close. There does, though, appear to be a Kmart in the US Virgin Islands and another in Guam.

-via Bruce Campbell (yes, that Bruce Campbell) | Photo: Google Maps