Kmart
Budget department store
Kmart is a chain of American discount department stores, once a dominant retailer alongside Sears and Walmart.
The name became shorthand for cheap, mass-market goods: Kmart jeans, Kmart furniture.
The chain's decline through the late 20th and early 21st centuries made it a symbol of faded retail glory.
There used to be a Kmart on every corner.
Large multi-section retail establishment
- big boxWarehouse-style retail building
- supercenterLarge combined retail store
- aislesPassages between rows
- cartVehicle for hauling
checkout · cashier · shelves · merchandise · inventory · stockroom · layaway · garden center
Announced temporary store discount
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- memoriesStored past experiences
- throwbackReturn to ancestral type
- vintageQuality from past eras
retro · yesteryear · reminisce · flashback · bygone · classic · old-fashioned · Americana
Legal status when insolvent
- Chapter 11Business debt reorganization process
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- debtMoney owed another
downsizing · competition · e-commerce · empty shelves · going out of business · clearance · auction · real estate
Announced temporary store discount
- bargainFavorable purchase price
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- saleExchange for payment
- markdownReduction in retail price
deal · savings · low prices · budget-friendly · affordable · cheap · reduction · promotional
department store
Large multi-section retail establishment
- big boxWarehouse-style retail building
- supercenterLarge combined retail store
- aislesPassages between rows
cart · checkout · cashier · shelves · merchandise · inventory · stockroom · layaway · garden center · pharmacy
blue light special
Announced temporary store discount
vintage · retro · yesteryear · reminisce · flashback · bygone · classic · old-fashioned · Americana · suburbia
bankruptcy
Legal status when insolvent
- Chapter 11Business debt reorganization process
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
debt · downsizing · competition · e-commerce · empty shelves · going out of business · clearance · auction · real estate · abandoned
blue light special
Announced temporary store discount
markdown · deal · savings · low prices · budget-friendly · affordable · cheap · reduction · promotional · thrifty
- Defunct RetailersWoolworths, Circuit City, Toys R Us, RadioShack, Tower Records
- Australasian RetailersWoolworths, Countdown, New World, Aldi, Kathmandu
- discount storesdiscounter, Dollar General, dollar store, dollar stores, Dollar Tree
- retail storesstore, shop, grocery, boutique, convenience store
- RetailersCostco, Meijer, JCPenney, Nordstrom, Macy's
- Defunct BrandsPan Am, Enron, Woolworth's, Circuit City, RadioShack
KmartNeiman Marcus
Luxury American department store
Nordstrom · Saks Fifth Avenue · upscale · luxury retail · high-end