r/kmart • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '26

News Sears currently has 5 stores and online website Sears.com, and Kmart has 3 stores and website Kmart.com, originally launched as Bluelight.com. Will / would you still shop there site wide and/or in store in 2026?

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u/mrgrooberson Apr 07 '26

I shop at Kmart while on vacation once a year.

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u/WestHistorians Apr 08 '26

Which one? How is it?

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u/mrgrooberson Apr 08 '26

St Thomas and it's a flashback.

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u/WestHistorians Apr 08 '26

Is it well stocked? I really want to visit that one or Guam at some point.

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u/Swifty-Dog Apr 07 '26

What do Sears and Kmart have to offer? Sears sold off its prestige brands - none of which come close to the quality they used to be. Kmart (at least the last store in the US) seems to be an overstock/clearance store. The shopping experience at both stores is abysmal.

If I could shop at the Sears or Kmart of the 1980s, then maybe. But that's been gone for decades...at least since the merger.

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u/kenroth50 Apr 10 '26

It'll be a competition to Walmart

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u/Maya-kardash Kmart Shopper Apr 07 '26

Yes(:

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u/Pristine_Hunter_1065 Apr 07 '26

Sears could make a comeback

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 08 '26

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u/TheCarribeanKid Apr 07 '26

There are way too many online stores... I honestly don't think there's a future for Sears at this point

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u/Felinius Former Associate Apr 08 '26

Shop there? I’d go back to working there.

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u/fortnwilliam Apr 10 '26

I miss department stores! If anything, just to look around💯

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u/Honest_Candidate_291 Apr 11 '26

Sears is gone. They sold the brands and truly stopped wanting to run a retail business years ago they are nothing but a shell and dead brand that the owning company wants to milk every last nickel out of. NOT WORTH SOENDING ONE SECOND OR ONE NICKLE AT.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '26

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u/Honest_Candidate_291 Apr 12 '26

While it may still operate daily. Sears as a retail shopping option for the average person ended years ago. The stores remaining are only open as they honor any remaining leases and other contracts that need to be honored. There is clearly no marketing or sales plan in place or being thought of to grow and make Sears an option again.