Kmart (vyslovováno jako "K-Mart", čili „kejmárt“) je řetězec of department stores v USA, Puerto Ricu, U.S. Virgin Islands a na Guamu. Řetězec se v roce 2005 spojil se Sears, čímž vzniklo Sears Holdings Corporation. Kmart také eixtuje v Australií a na Novém Zélandě, although it now shares no current relation with the American stores except in name after US equity in the Australian business was purchased in the late 1970s. It is the third biggest discount store chain in the world, behind Wal-Mart and Target.
Sebastian S. Kresge, who had previously founded the S. S. Kresge dime store chain, opened the first Kmart store in 1962 in Garden City, Michigan and named Kmart after himself; this store is still in operation to this day. A total of eighteen Kmart stores opened that year. Kmart Foods, a now defunct chain of Kmart supermarkets, opened in that same decade.
Ředitelství Kmartu se nachází v obci Troy, Michigan in a sprawling complex which, since Kmart's relocation to Illinois, has been slated for demolition.
Kmart začal být známý pro své "Blue Light Specials." Ty nastávaly znenadání v momentu překvapení, kdy zaměstnanec obchodu spustil mobilní policejní maják a tím nabídl slevu v určitém oddělení obchodu. Fráze "attention Kmart shoppers" vstoupila do American pop psyche.
During the 1970s, Kmart put a number of competing retailers out of business. In 1977, S. S. Kresge Corporation changed its name to Kmart Corporation. In 1987, the Kmart Corporation sold its remaining Kresge and Jupiter stores in the United States to McCrory Stores, although Canadian Kresge stores continued to operate until 1994.
Nakupování
- J. C. Penney
- Kmart
- Macy's
