Sears Holdings Closing 80 Stores

Sears Holdings announced yesterday they would close 80 stores as they continue there life in bankruptcy court. Liquidation sales begin in 2 weeks in the stores will close in Late-March. Some good news out of yesterday is that Eddie Lampert has actually summited a bid to buy Sears Holdings. He hasn't bought the company yet but it's some fresh air for a little bit. Here's the new list:

Kmart:
Tucson, AZ
Stockton, CA
Apple Valley, CA
Burbank, CA
Auburn, CA
Vernon, CT
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Ellenton, FL
Peru, IN
Metairie, LA (Last Kmart in Louisiana)
Baltimore, MD
Rochester, MN
Crystal City, MO (Last Kmart in Missouri)
Gulfport, MS (Last Kmart in Mississippi)
Asheville, NC
Morganton, NC
Morehead City, NC
Grand Forks, ND
Alliance, NE (Last Kmart in Nebraska)
Toms River, NJ
Roswell, NM
Queensbury, NY
Horseheads, NY
Wellsville, NY (Was on the top 50 profitable stores)
Greenwich, NY
Cleveland, OH
Fostoria, OH
Pittsburgh, PA
Erie, PA
Sumter, SC
Rapid City, SD (Last Kmart in South Dakota)
Kingsport, TN
Sevierville, TN
Spokane, WA
Oconomowoc, WI

Sears:
*Colorado Springs, CO (Both Stores)
*Pubelo, CO
Daytona Beach, FL
*Tallahassee, FL
*Tampa, FL
*Port Charlotte, FL
*Port Richey, FL
*Gainsville, GA
*Sioux City, IA (Last Sears in Iowa)
*Fairview Heights, IL
*Rockford, IL
*Wichita, KS
Metairie, LA
*Salisbury, MD
*Muskegon, MI
Novi, MI
Bloomington, MN (Last Sears in Minnesota)
*Durham, NC (Both Stores)
*Omaha, NE
*Lincoln, NE
*Las Vegas, NV (Maryland Parkway)
*Rochester, NY
Dublin, OH
*Columbus, OH
*Springfield, OH
*Medford, OR
*Lancaster, PA
*Greensburg, PA (Was in the 10 most profitable Sears in 1993)
*Altoona, PA
Goodlettsville, TN
Jackson, TN
*Richardson, TX
*Abilene, TX
*Plano, TX
*Waco, TX
*Amarillo, TX
*Killeen, TX
Port Arthur, TX
*Charlottsville, VA
*Kennewick, WA
Appleton, WI

*= Sears Auto Center Closing Late January 2019

Shopko Hometown-Mauston Wisconsin-Store Closing February 2018

Today, we get to look at a soon to be closing Shopko Hometown in Mauston, Wisconsin. This location opened on October 2nd, 2015 on a site of a former Marathon Gas Station. It was recently announced as one of the 39 stores to close in February 2019. Lets take a look at this store from March 2018.

 The Mauston Dam

 The Shopko Hometown Store

 Pharmacy Drive Thru

 Right as your enter the store

 You can easily see how everything is squished into a small space

 Payless Shoesoure Section

 Health and Beauty/ What else do I see?

 The Pharmacy closed, I should mention that the Pharmacy was added a year later in November 2016 from a view on Google Streetview. As you can tell, the Pharmacy failed and it closed. A clear sign of struggling business.

 The Checkouts and Shopko Hometown Pantry in the distance

 The Fitting Rooms

It is clear this store was an under preforming store as we saw, that's cause there's a Kmart in town which Mauston is very small so that's why this Shopko Hometown struggled. I do hope somebody takes that location and turns into something cause Mauston in beautiful small town and would deserve it.

Shopko Closing 39 Stores

Shopko has announced that 39 stores will close, mainly Shopko Hometown Stores. Liquidation Sales will start on December 7, 2018 and the store will permanently close Late-February 2019.
The green colored locations are the ones I've been to.
Here's the list of the stores closing:
Leadville, Colorado                                                                       
Buena Vista, Colorado
Bonners Ferry, Idaho
Dwight, Illinois(Shopko Hometown)
Webster City, Iowa(Shopko Hometown)
Cherokee, Iowa(Shopko Hometown)
Eldora, Iowa
Anthony, Kansas
Russell, Kansas
Phillipsburg, Kansas
Clay Center, Kansas(Shopko Hometown)
Lyons, Kansas
Larned, Kansas                                                                                                                                          Brandenburg, Kentucky
Mahnomen, Minnesota
Paynesville, Minnesota
Albany, Missouri
Plentywood, Montana
Lincoln, Nebraska(Northwest)(Shopko)
Ord, Nebraska(Shopko Hometown)
Kimball, Nebraska(Shopko Hometown)
Lovington, New Mexico
Oakes, North Dakota
Stanley, North Dakota
Lisbon, North Dakota
Mayville, North Dakota
Fairview, Oklahoma
Redfield, South Dakota
Wagner, South Dakota
Webster, South Dakota                                                           
Dell Rapids, South Dakota
Presidio, Texas
Delta, Utah
Nephi, Utah
Blanding, Utah
Beaver, Utah
Spokane, Washington(Shopko)
Mauston, Wisconsin(Shopko Hometown)
Greybull, Wyoming

Kmart and Sears stores sold to U-Haul

U-Haul has made a deal with Sears Holdings to buy 13 stores for 62 million both opened or closed. Here's the list of stores effective:                                                                                                                3115 Airport Way-Fairbanks, Alaska (Sears)
  308 Dix Avenue-Queensbury, New York (Kmart)
  2875 Santa Maria Way-Santa Maria, California (Kmart)     
  4110 East Sprague Avenue-Spokane, Washington (Kmart)   
  5909 East State Street-Rockford, Illinois (Kmart)               
  20777 Bear Valley Road-Apply Valley, California (Kmart)
  200 Irwin Avenue-Fort Walton Beach, Florida (Kmart)
  1805 East Stone Drive-Kingsport, Tennessee (Kmart)   
  3250 Clear Lake Road-Springfield, Illinois (Kmart)
  996 West View Park Drive-Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Kmart)
  1309 North High Street-Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin (Kmart)
  17850 Frazho Road-Roseville Michigan (Kmart)
  1705 South Main Street-Roswell, New Mexico (Kmart)
  
  I'm a little shock that locations that are still opened are being sold to U-Haul. Also, the Fort Atkinson Kmart location has been closed since January 2014 and yet they still own that which I thought was strange.
Thanks for reading, more is on the way here on Midwest Retail!