From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
TRUSSVILLE –Sears Holdings announced on Thursday that the company will close 68 Kmart and 10 Sears stores this summer.
The Kmart in Trussville on Chalkville Road is on the list along with three other Alabama stores, including Homewood, Decatur, and Mobile. The Sears in Oxford will also close.
In February, the company said that it would accelerate the closing of unprofitable stores. Today’s announcement follows a comprehensive evaluation of the company’s store portfolio that took into account historical and recent store performance, and the timing of lease expirations. All of the Sears stores and nearly all of the Kmart stores will close in late July; two Kmart stores will close in mid-September.
“The decision to close stores is a difficult but necessary step as we take aggressive actions to strengthen our company, fund our transformation and restore Sears Holdings to profitability,” saidEdward S. Lampert, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sears Holdings. “We’re focusing on our best members, our best categories and our best stores as we work to accelerate our transformation.
57 Comments
Brittany Byers
Blake Owens
Tommy Dodson
They need to stick around a while and get Targets bussiness
Dale Taylor
I have been wondering how they were still open for the past 10 years.
Angie Huffman
they were always too high in the prices.
Michael Wingate
I agree with Dan. 10 years too late.
Deborah Coleman
I wonder if my camera will b on sale
Tresha Renee Snider
Autumn Michelle we need to start our Christmas shopping now…
Georgie Rowan Allen
Not surprised
Allyson Nicole Bailes
Jeannine Hall Bailes
Holly Smith Winslett
Wth? I love this store. How come evthing in Trussville is closing, Little Ceasers…Subway now Kmart? Smh!
Autumn Michelle
I was just talking to someone about Kmart the other day. Definitely need to go by there.
Melanie Skinner Gaines
One of the few places I can still find dresses that keep my 11 year old looking like an 11 year old!
Donna Whaley Hooven
Joyce Harrison Whaley
Peggy Head Seahorn
I hate it is closing.
Michael A Thrash
Can’t wait for the going out of business sales
Abby Duchock
Cheryl Duchock 🙁
Drake Riley
Which subway?
Cheryl Duchock
Yeah good memories there ❤️:(
Katrina Page
Stacey Smoke
Jessica McCool
Teresa McCool Sharon Scarvey Gunter
Holly Smith Winslett
At the shell station
Brad Hays
Raven Hays
Bob Boffa
Cathy Boffa-Davis
Bryan Bischoff
Getting closer and closer into turning into center point.
Judy AndBob Ping
Goodbye KMart…
La-Tunya Flowers
Katie Kendrick
Thank god
Katie Kendrick
Thank god
Daniel Courington
Yep. Losing KMART is a sure sign of the downfall. Better move out right now. A failing company shutting down two of their last stores in the area has to be a sure sign of the end. Other sure signs are the construction you see everywhere with nice new shopping centers and major planned renovations downtown. My neighborhood is growing at a pace of only one new home a week. Just one. That’s only 52 a year in my subdivision. Where are all the people in Trussville and Homewood gonna go?
Bryan Bischoff
You must not have grown up in trussville. Nice new shopping centers attracting riff raffle from the other side of town. Well we’ve had car jackings, robberies, thug flash mobs at the bowling alley, stabbing there, dollar stores, dollar general, now some new 5 and under store in the new shopping center. And you probably don’t remember they were trying to put a thrift store where the fresh value market is. Oh it’s coming. People who grew up here back when it was a 2 lane highway know what I’m talking about.
Emily Shawn LaSusa
Lucy Lunsford
Melanie Saunders Hightower
It has been remodeled no food court. More merchandise .tile bathroom. Walmart needs competition!
Debi Lawley
I do like this store. If I had one complaint it’s that they were always short in clerks to checkout They will be missed.
Stacey Smoke
This hurts my heart!
Stacey Smoke
Well I still have Gardendale
Heather Peacock
I’m surprised it held on this long
April Speanburg
No, it can’t close! I really hate shopping at Walmart…
Jane Scoggins
Sad to see it go.
Patricia Anne Watson
Give it 10 yrs and Trussville will be Centerpoint. Sad…
Marie Reynolds
Joe Joe Reynolds
Sharon Lass
Never seemed too busy but I do like them
Hope the building doesn’t stay empty
Brian Wells
Hate it for the workers,but that place had no chance.
Ronald Hamilton
Looks like hobby lobby won’t have to build. They will just move in Kmart.
Monica Layne VanGossen
Gardendale closing too according to the news this morning
Rebecca R. King
Hate to hear that! Enjoyed shopping there several times recently – nice & quiet & so uncrowded.
Jenna Bryant
Rhonda Winnett Campbell
Henry Baldwin
Looks like a good place for a Dave & Busters
Rhonda Winnett Campbell
I have heard it for 10 years so now it’s true
Nickiea J McArthur
I can’t belive this!!!! Why??? This was the only place I could go and get clothing for my children that was appropriate and reasonable enough for their age group. Including Including my on. This isn’t right! The competitors being Wal-mart, who even shops their and Target is too expensive. This was a family store to me 🙁
Jimmy Stidham
Did anyone think this would not happen when Walmart was give big tax breaks by opening across the street.
Daniel Courington
A Five Below is coming. That place has just killed Hoover and 280. I know the Panera, Ulta, and Fresh Market will make us lose many too. the dollar general in Vestavia and the three in Madison have people leaving in droves (surely you see that your arguments really holds no water- crime increases with development at times but crime rates in Trussville really have not shown significant increase. You either progress as a city or you regress.. if nothing was building at all- that’s what all the negative people would rally around.)
Bryan Bischoff
Your not even worth arguing with.Your young and are growing up in today’s young society which is the downfall of America. Keep dreaming and make everyone equal and make sure you vote democrat like you did last time.
Karen Jones
Can’t stand going in Wally World!! Just hate that K-mart is closing!
Karen Jones
Can’t stand going in Wally World!! Just hate that K-mart is closing!
Terry Yerby
It was just a matter of time. Acadamy sports is supposed to be moving there. I did maintenance for Sears for 6 years, they were talking about closing trussville years ago.
Chelsea J. Maher
Matt Harris
Starr Howard
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