Search found 8 matches

by reschultzed
17 Aug 2020 15:19
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Comprehensive list of Kmart locations
Replies: 26
Views: 6977

Re: Comprehensive list of Kmart locations

Great question. When Kresge began opening Kmart stores in 1962, they were issued store numbers beginning with 4000, while the company's other new venture, Jupiter Discount Stores, was given store numbers beginning with 4500. (I guess they thought that someday, they might have 3,999 Kresge five-and-d...
by reschultzed
07 May 2020 16:36
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Collecting detailed info on individual stores with Bluepages
Replies: 2
Views: 1782

Collecting detailed info on individual stores with Bluepages

Hi there, please let me know if I'm posting this in the wrong place. I'm the administrator of Bluepages, a collaborative project with the goal of allowing people to build up historical information about all kinds of places. ( https://www.bluepageswiki.org/wiki/Main_Page ) As you already know, retail...
by reschultzed
10 Mar 2020 01:52
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Comprehensive list of Kmart locations
Replies: 26
Views: 6977

Re: Comprehensive list of Kmart locations

Thanks, pseudo3d! Through the online archives of the Baton Rouge Advocate, I was able to find that there was indeed a Kmart store there, which opened in April 1981 and closed in December 1990, at the same time as another previously unknown-to-me store at 2040 Church Street, Zachary, Louisiana. Those...
by reschultzed
03 Feb 2020 20:34
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Comprehensive list of Kmart locations
Replies: 26
Views: 6977

Re: Comprehensive list of Kmart locations

I do have a list of Kmart stores in Canada, Australia, and Czechoslovakia, but it's not nearly the same quality. You can see it here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... d=10721284
by reschultzed
03 Feb 2020 14:11
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Comprehensive list of Kmart locations
Replies: 26
Views: 6977

Re: Comprehensive list of Kmart locations

Looks like there was definitely a Kmart Foods at that location early on, which closed around 1976. In 1986, Leewards Craft Bazaar opened in that space, so by then it was separate.

Image
by reschultzed
02 Feb 2020 17:22
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Comprehensive list of Kmart locations
Replies: 26
Views: 6977

Re: Comprehensive list of Kmart locations

Thank you for your suggestions, TW-Upstate NY! However, I checked the opening date of the Dickson City store and October 18 appears to be correct. Here's a newspaper clipping from that day: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4349624 ... estribune/
by reschultzed
01 Feb 2020 14:35
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Comprehensive list of Kmart locations
Replies: 26
Views: 6977

Re: Comprehensive list of Kmart locations

Steve Landry: It looks like that particular piece of information came directly from another spreadsheet which was compiled by people on Flickr a few years ago. I can't find a link to that spreadsheet right now, but it didn't contain any more information. I can't find anything more in any of my usual...
by reschultzed
31 Jan 2020 19:17
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Comprehensive list of Kmart locations
Replies: 26
Views: 6977

Comprehensive list of Kmart locations

Hi there, I've been working on this spreadsheet of Kmart locations for over a year now. Combining existing store lists with information found in old newspapers, retail directories both on- and offline, and local, state and federal government databases, I've been able to pull together this list of 3,...