- December 20, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
GRASS VALLEY, Calif. (KABC) — The last remaining Kmart store still in operation on the West Coast will soon close its doors for good.
The store in Grass Valley, California, is set to close on Sunday.
It’s one of series of store closings that will leave the company with only a handful of locations in the continental United States still in business by year’s end.
Every item in the store was up for grabs in the days leading up to the closure, including fixtures, products, shelves and more.
“It was going downhill slowly but surely as far as stocking things,” said Joanne Haines, a Kmart customer. “But poor Kmart.”
Last month, Kmart shuttered its last-remaining store in Michigan, the state where the once-proud retail chain launched in 1899.
“I used to work here a long time ago so I thought I’d come by and say goodbye,” said Grass Valley resident Shawn Sutton. “It’s kind of a sweet and sad moment at the same time. Yeah, I miss it.”
Kmart is owned by Sears, which…
