Rival Kmart has extended Black Friday from a one-day event to a seven-week shopping stretch.
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Even though it has all those closed KMart and Sears stores, what are they worth?
That hamstrings Kmart's ability to compete on price - and offer its customers better value.
Likewise, Wal-Mart used its market dominance to attack its ailing rival Kmart with deep price cuts.
But those looking forward could see that market shifts had rendered both KMart and Sears obsolete.
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Simultaneously KMart had been financially destroyed by the faster moving and more aggressive Wal-Mart.
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The main problem for Kmart is that it has failed to keep up with the competition.
Kmart's foray into free cyberspace is aided by partners Yahoo, Softbank and the Martha Stewart franchise.
The company is the largest retailer to file for bankruptcy since Kmart in 2002.
Kmart to sell and market her products, at a huge cost to the now-bankrupt nationwide retailer.
When the two companies joined, Lampert had recently completed a cost-cutting campaign at Kmart.
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Soon after assuming control of Kmart, as it exited bankruptcy, Lampert installed Aylwin B.
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SEC's investigation into fraud stemming from Kmart's bankruptcy in 2002 (from which it has emerged).
To what extent Sears and Kmart themselves drift together as brands remains to be seen.
His last gig was a stunning one year exit from bankruptcy for Kmart in 2003.
Perhaps Sears would be better served by sending its celebrity fashion lines to its sister store, Kmart.
As a result, Kmart's same-store sales fell by 1% in December 2001 whereas Wal-Mart's rose by 8%.
The brothers sold their company to Kmart Corp. in 1992, which already owned the Waldenbooks mall bookstore chain.
For Mr Lampert, pulling off a successful merger between Sears and Kmart is unlikely to be the end-game.
Kmart, Bennigan's, Taco Bell and Albertson's Supermarket are just a few of the places that have to close early.
Kmart turned to NTM recently to raise its profile in nine markets, including Burbank, Calif. and Silver Spring, Md.
In 1992 they made the difficult decision to sell the company to Kmart.
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Even though KMart had pioneered discount retailing, it could not compete with the fast growing, supply chain innovating Wal-Mart.
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Walk into a BofA branch and you might think you're in a Kmart.
But not necessarily to Kmart, where Cox started his career, or to Walmart.
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Kmart unveiled its free Web service, BlueLight.com, only four months ago and has already signed up 1.3 million users.
In January this year, Kmart filed for chapter 11 protection from its creditors.
Those charges will be in addition to the costs associated with closing 100 to 120 Kmart and Sears stores.
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