After a tough year of losing half a billion dollars less than they did in 2014, Sears Holdings, parent company of Sears and Kmart, announced plans to close about 50 stores in the coming months. What the company no longer does is send out big announcements with lists of stores slated for closure, instead submitting local closings to local news outlets. That’s cool, but we’re a national news outlet that likes to pay attention to national trends, so we compiled a list for anyone who is interested.

The newest store closings that came out this week were:

Fort Collins, CO: 33 employees
Fall River, MA: 79 employees
Lancaster, OH: 78 employees
North Augusta, SC: 61 employees

The store in Fall River is part of a largely dead 45-year-old mall that the owners plan to gut and redevelop as a modern shopping center with ten movie theaters, stores, restaurants, and perhaps a gym. Back in November when the owners announced this plan, a Kmart spokesperson said that the company would like to stay part of the mall, but also that their lease would end in mid-2016, and they couldn’t speak to the mall owners’ plans. The store will begin liquidation next Thursday, March 10, and close sometime in May.

In Lancaster, shoppers interviewed by TV station WPRI were sad about the closing, yet also unsurprised. “I don’t know where people go to shop,” one shopper mused. They will also begin liquidation next Thursday and close in May.

The South Carolina store is also part of a mall that will be redeveloped: new tenants aren’t in place yet, but the 110,000 square foot Kmart will be replaced with maybe four or five other, smaller stores. It will also begin liquidation on March 10 and will close around May 22.

The Kmart store in Fort Collins belongs to Kroger, and the Coloradoan reports that the company has kept the property for a possible future supermarket site. Liquidation began on March 3, and the store will close in May.

These closings bring the national total to 44 Kmart stores, three Sears stores, and one Sears Auto Center that will close while its partner Sears stays open. If you hear of more stores in your area that plan to close, let us know.

However, if the store has a lot of empty shelves or is under renovation, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s closing.

em>Last updated: April 6, 2016

State	Town	Closing Date	Store type
AL	Dothan	March	Kmart
AL	Florence	March	Kmart
AL	Prattville	March	Kmart
AZ	Prescott Valley	April	Kmart
CA	Anaheim	March	Kmart
CA	Chula Vista	March	Kmart
CA	Citrus Heights	April	Kmart
CA	San Mateo	April	Sears
CO	Brighton	April	Kmart
CO	Fort Collins	May	Kmart
FL	Lutz	March	Kmart
FL	Daytona	March	Kmart
GA	Carrolton	April	Kmart
GA	Dublin	April	Kmart
GA	Milledgeville	April	Kmart
GA	Rome	March	Sears and Auto Center
HI	Honolulu	March	Kmart
IA	Ottumwa	April	Kmart
ID	Pocatello	April	Kmart
IL	Bradley	May	Kmart
IL	Canton	April	Kmart
IL	Morton	April	Kmart
IN	Bloomington	June	Sears
IN	Terre Haute	April	Kmart
KS	Topeka	April	Kmart
MA	Fall River	May	Kmart
MI	Fort Gratiot	March	Sears and Auto Center
MI	Ironwood	April	Kmart
MN	Dundas	April	Kmart
MN	Virginia	April	Kmart
NE	Omaha	March	Kmart
NJ	Lodi	April	Kmart
NM	Albuquerque	June	Sears Auto Center closing – Sears store will shrink by 50%
NY	Staten Island	February	Sears Auto Center
OH	Boardman	April	Kmart
OH	Canton	April	Kmart
OH	Lancaster	May	Kmart
OH	Sandusky	June	Sears and Sears Auto Center
OH	Steubenville	April	Kmart
OH	Warren	April	Kmart
PA	Quakertown	May	Kmart
SC	North Augusta	May	Kmart
SD	Mitchell	April	Kmart
SD	Pierre	March	Kmart
TN	Cleveland	March	Kmart
TN	Murfreesboro	April	Kmart
UT	Logan	April	Kmart
UT	Richfield	April	Kmart
VA	Cedar Bluff	April	Kmart
VA	Covington	March	Kmart
VA	Virginia Beach	April	Kmart
VT	South Burlington	January	Kmart
WI	Superior	April	Kmart

 

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