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[Erailea]

((wasn't sure if this was suited better for this forum or the TF GD, so if I did plunk it in the wrong place, please move it)).


Apparently Sears and Kmart did really badly this holiday season and will be closing 100+ stores, which means we'll likely see Transformers on sale.

Of course the entire company isn't going under, just a bunch of stores so the kmart near you mightn't be affected. Never hurts to keep an eye open though because you might be interested to pick up a few figures you were otherwise passing up

Here's the article I saw about it: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sears-close-100-120-kmart-sears-stores-113133071.html

[Screamfleet]

Sales on TF's as well as other things.

[triKlops]

while i am not a fan of Kmart and enjoy the idea that i might get some stuff from them cheaper than their usual high prices, it is a shame that more people in this bad economy will be losing jobs

[Erailea]

while i am not a fan of Kmart and enjoy the idea that i might get some stuff from them cheaper than their usual high prices, it is a shame that more people in this bad economy will be losing jobs

I thought the same thing when I first read it. Not much one can do about it though.

I'm half wondering if the K-mart near me will close, which will likely cause even more issues. It's about 20-25 minutes from my house and skirts right on the edge of a really bad area filled with gangs and all the deaths and violence that come with them. The store itself never seems to be well maintained either, like a tornado hit and no one bothered to try cleaning up. I don't go there often because of the area, but it always looks like a disaster when I do. At least it employed people in the really depressed area though... so hopefully it won't, but a part of me wonders since a Walmart is 5 minutes down the road and Kmart just can't compete with that retail titan :/ (the kmart that used to be 3 minutes from me fled years ago when Walmart opened up down the road)

[bvzxa]

I worked for K-Mart until January of this year. I never liked working there and they treat their employees wrong. I never got my raise but was promoted twice. You got lifers there who got more pull than the managers. I did like getting dibs on the toys but doesn't help when I need money. One of the stores in an influential area closed but the one near me by NC State is still open. Last time I went there they had noting.

[GetRightRobot]

According to the Finance section of Yahoo.com, The Sears Holding Corporation will be closing between 100 to 120 stores due largely to a poor holiday shopping season. The article states "The closings are the latest and most visible in a long series of moves to try to fix a retailer that has struggled with falling sales and shabby stores."

In an internal memo Tuesday to employees, CEO and President Lou D'Ambrosio said that the retailer had not "generated the results we were seeking during the holiday."

As parts of the national economy continue to struggle, jobs are still being lost. As this is unfortunate of many people, it might lend a hand to some Transformers collectors looking to find the silver lining in the shape of discounted toys in a closing K-Mart or Sears store. To read the entire article click here, and share your finds in the Toy Sightings forums here.

[Rated X]

You just cant mess with Wal-Mart. K-Mart has always been like a ghost town even in Miami. I give Target a few more years as well...

[King Slick]

I would not be surprised if my local Kra....err K-Mart will end up on the chopping block.

[amtm]

It's hard to be surprised by this. The one or two remaining K-Marts within driving distance are poorly maintained and stocked. Meanwhile, the prices I've noticed are higher than Target and Wal-Mart. If that's any reflection of the company as a whole, it's no wonder.

As for Target, I used to have no interest in them whatsoever. But the Wal-Marts in this area have gone from pleasant to unbearable in the past decade. Even after they remodeled one to be a "super" Wal-mart, with no less than 32 registers, there will sometimes be a grand total of...drum roll...one that is actually open. And employees will walk by customers waiting for help without acknowledging them or giving it a second thought. And did I mention the "self-checkouts" are always out of order?

Target, on the other hand, seems to think service matters. Yeah, they have that completely ridiculous policy of calling customers "guests", but there is always someone at the ready to help you check out. Lines always move fast, at the register or at the return counter. I wonder how they keep so many people staffed, but then again, I guess it evens out since their employees actually do work, unlike the loafers I see at Wal-Mart.

[Mirage22]

I'm a cashier at my local Kmart, and this holiday season seemed to be okay for us. It was packed every day but who knows what the actual profit is. Folks in my line tell me every day that this is the best Kmart in the area to go to, but in the end, like the article says, the company is looking for the most profitable stores, not the most efficient ones. It is just unfair to us workers. We try so hard to create a great shopping to experience to our customers to make up for the lack of inviting style of decoration the store has had since the 80's, and the prices that are no where close to being competitive with Target or Wal-Mart. It's just that our stock sucks. All of Kmart stock sucks. To TransFans, we're a joke. Wave 2 DOTM toys still warm the pegs and will continue to do so until the summer. It's just sad to see a place I love to go to be in danger:(