Concerning the blue… there’s a possibility the owner of the property or the town required all retailers to have the same color for some reason when the development was approved. Decades ago, I had a client outside Cleveland where all the stores had ugly green signage, all logos, everything had to be green on the storefronts. Also, another example I can definitely call upon is a town like Hilton Head SC. When they approve plans for development, they require the builder and tenants use one specific palate of only brown colors for exterior walls and all signage to blend with the trees and wooded areas on the island.
That Kmart looks quite big, clean, and organized, but so quite customer-wise. I've been to the Kmart in Guam and it's one of the most happening places on the island. It's large and packed with customers.
The blue really made this Kmart look luxury. If Kmart had ported this type of design language and some regular refreshes into other stores, they would’ve lasted longer.
I'm guessing they did Blue to invoke the memories of the "Blue Light Special" days. I think that Amazon should buy out the Sears & Kmart names and reopen a lot of the locations for physical shopping under those names. Not only could they easily get anything made private label under Kmart or Sears name, they could sell any of the brands of major companies they sell on Amazon already. As well, they could also have shopping kiosks set up in various parts of the store, similar to how Sears used to have catalogue ordering many many years ago. But in this case it would be instant instead of giving a form to a catalogue employee to then punch into a a mainframe and get something ordered for you (maybe this was done at JC Penny, I could be wrong but I think there was a section of the store people could pick up catalogue orders for free instead of mailing to their homes, and they could submit orders or order parts for their sears appliance, etc.) anyway, if people didn't find what they wanted In-store the Kmart/sears they could order it at a Kmart/by Amazon kiosk and have it sent to their house or that local store. As well, anyone who orders anything from either the Amazon or kmart/sears website that needed to return it, could bring it to that Kmart or sears. Similar to how they do it with Kohl's and Staples to send back to Amazon. That way, not only would customers have a way to buy products in store and could try on clothes or shoes, or look at products and see if it's what they wanted (which would lower return rates) they would help the local community by having jobs and giving people a "real" shopping experience again from a few beloved stores that have faded away. I think Amazon could do the same thing with JC Penny's too. Amazon could probably help save or revive dead malls across the country if they did that. People miss the things they grew up on. this would be an ingenious way for Amazon (who drove those stores out of business basically and helped k1ll malls) to capitilize on that nostalgia and help gutted communities and malls. As I'm sure if they put in new anchor stores, food courts and other small independent shops might come back to the malls since the foot traffic would increase. Maybe even movie places would come back there too. But smaller, sized, not for big block buster movies all the time, but maybe smaller ones and just do the food & drink while you watch idea. IDK. I'm tired of everything going away and going online.
Hmmm! Kmart just posted a seasonal position which is how they advertise when a store is closing. Offering $17-18 per hour. This seems impressive for a Kmart that always tried to pay as little as possible and had wages frozen for years from getting increases. But if you said they just painted it maybe the job listing as seasonal was a typo because that is what they usually say when store is closing.
They hire seasonal for summer cause this is last big box store you hit right before your heading out to high end, low space Hamptons, and its a big money time of year with tourists, etc. The closer you get out there the more thy have to offer to get people cause its money areas out there, kids not needing to work. There's one cvs out in Hamptons that has offer higher pay too and rent out a basement from a law office next door cause its space is small to try and keep product to be filled in from the traffic out there in summer.
@@littletom1978 Does this store have a Pharmacy? That is what I miss about the one that operated by me because they gave outstanding service and really seemed to care about customers. CVS & Walgreens acts like they are doing you a favor in their Pharmacies I have used.
The Florida location only still exist to honor its rental lease. I wish someone would find out when it expires, because then this location will be the last. I have no clue what that scumbag Eddie Lampert is doing keeping it open.
Nice video of the walkthrough. I'm from Richmond, Virginia and traveling up to this Kmart for the first time in the future (if said store location be around) will be more costly than the merchandise prices. What I mean is the numerous NJ/NY toll roads ranging between $9-$20 each way. Seeing it's the Hamptons and the wealthy people (which I'm not against) is known to live in that neck of the woods, the area's Kmart strategy is banking on those people. By looking at Google maps from a few months ago, to my knowledge, I don't believe there's a Walmart within miles so Kmart is running unopposed.
That’s the main reason it sticks around, it’s mostly because there isn’t many other places to get affordable items that Kmart would sell. Now, if a Walmart or target were to appear in that district, I’m sure Kmart would suffer, but that is yet to be seen. it’s the same concept as the locations that still exist in the Virgin Islands, and Guam. It’s really the only store of its kind to provide the things that they have.
Unfortunately Kmart may be thriving because it's the only store that the Hamptons allowed to stay open. They don't want other corporates coming too, which will hurt local stores in that area. The nearest Walmart is in Riverhead, NY. Don't think it would be much of drive either, but don't get me wrong. Route 58 has the worse traffic in a decade!
As of today, 9/21/24, photos are surfacing of this stores liquidation sale! Leaving only ONE Kmart left in the US!
Please do a newer vid!
You should have gone full robot enhancement on the voiceover and had some fun with it. 😂
@charlestonpinballarcade I was thinking about using some AI model of my voice but that may freak some out 😅
@@GRM.Adventuresit would be cool in my opinion, but of course people can’t handle anything that throws them off… 😂😂😂
@charlestonpinballarcade exactly, they’d have to know it’s coming, would’ve been perfect for April fools day, but still
Concerning the blue… there’s a possibility the owner of the property or the town required all retailers to have the same color for some reason when the development was approved. Decades ago, I had a client outside Cleveland where all the stores had ugly green signage, all logos, everything had to be green on the storefronts. Also, another example I can definitely call upon is a town like Hilton Head SC. When they approve plans for development, they require the builder and tenants use one specific palate of only brown colors for exterior walls and all signage to blend with the trees and wooded areas on the island.
i wish kmart would make a huge comeback.
We’d just have to get someone competent to run the operation
That Kmart looks quite big, clean, and organized, but so quite customer-wise. I've been to the Kmart in Guam and it's one of the most happening places on the island. It's large and packed with customers.
The blue really made this Kmart look luxury. If Kmart had ported this type of design language and some regular refreshes into other stores, they would’ve lasted longer.
I'm guessing they did Blue to invoke the memories of the "Blue Light Special" days. I think that Amazon should buy out the Sears & Kmart names and reopen a lot of the locations for physical shopping under those names. Not only could they easily get anything made private label under Kmart or Sears name, they could sell any of the brands of major companies they sell on Amazon already. As well, they could also have shopping kiosks set up in various parts of the store, similar to how Sears used to have catalogue ordering many many years ago. But in this case it would be instant instead of giving a form to a catalogue employee to then punch into a a mainframe and get something ordered for you (maybe this was done at JC Penny, I could be wrong but I think there was a section of the store people could pick up catalogue orders for free instead of mailing to their homes, and they could submit orders or order parts for their sears appliance, etc.) anyway, if people didn't find what they wanted In-store the Kmart/sears they could order it at a Kmart/by Amazon kiosk and have it sent to their house or that local store. As well, anyone who orders anything from either the Amazon or kmart/sears website that needed to return it, could bring it to that Kmart or sears. Similar to how they do it with Kohl's and Staples to send back to Amazon. That way, not only would customers have a way to buy products in store and could try on clothes or shoes, or look at products and see if it's what they wanted (which would lower return rates) they would help the local community by having jobs and giving people a "real" shopping experience again from a few beloved stores that have faded away. I think Amazon could do the same thing with JC Penny's too. Amazon could probably help save or revive dead malls across the country if they did that. People miss the things they grew up on. this would be an ingenious way for Amazon (who drove those stores out of business basically and helped k1ll malls) to capitilize on that nostalgia and help gutted communities and malls. As I'm sure if they put in new anchor stores, food courts and other small independent shops might come back to the malls since the foot traffic would increase. Maybe even movie places would come back there too. But smaller, sized, not for big block buster movies all the time, but maybe smaller ones and just do the food & drink while you watch idea. IDK. I'm tired of everything going away and going online.
That is so cool. And the classic huge ceiling vents lol. Place almost looks staged or fake it’s so full with actual products. Awesome video grm
Hmmm! Kmart just posted a seasonal position which is how they advertise when a store is closing. Offering $17-18 per hour. This seems impressive for a Kmart that always tried to pay as little as possible and had wages frozen for years from getting increases. But if you said they just painted it maybe the job listing as seasonal was a typo because that is what they usually say when store is closing.
They hire seasonal for summer cause this is last big box store you hit right before your heading out to high end, low space Hamptons, and its a big money time of year with tourists, etc. The closer you get out there the more thy have to offer to get people cause its money areas out there, kids not needing to work. There's one cvs out in Hamptons that has offer higher pay too and rent out a basement from a law office next door cause its space is small to try and keep product to be filled in from the traffic out there in summer.
@@littletom1978 Does this store have a Pharmacy? That is what I miss about the one that operated by me because they gave outstanding service and really seemed to care about customers. CVS & Walgreens acts like they are doing you a favor in their Pharmacies I have used.
The Florida location only still exist to honor its rental lease. I wish someone would find out when it expires, because then this location will be the last. I have no clue what that scumbag Eddie Lampert is doing keeping it open.
The lease expires in 2027
Nice video of the walkthrough. I'm from Richmond, Virginia and traveling up to this Kmart for the first time in the future (if said store location be around) will be more costly than the merchandise prices. What I mean is the numerous NJ/NY toll roads ranging between $9-$20 each way. Seeing it's the Hamptons and the wealthy people (which I'm not against) is known to live in that neck of the woods, the area's Kmart strategy is banking on those people. By looking at Google maps from a few months ago, to my knowledge, I don't believe there's a Walmart within miles so Kmart is running unopposed.
That’s the main reason it sticks around, it’s mostly because there isn’t many other places to get affordable items that Kmart would sell. Now, if a Walmart or target were to appear in that district, I’m sure Kmart would suffer, but that is yet to be seen. it’s the same concept as the locations that still exist in the Virgin Islands, and Guam. It’s really the only store of its kind to provide the things that they have.
Unfortunately Kmart may be thriving because it's the only store that the Hamptons allowed to stay open. They don't want other corporates coming too, which will hurt local stores in that area. The nearest Walmart is in Riverhead, NY. Don't think it would be much of drive either, but don't get me wrong. Route 58 has the worse traffic in a decade!
Too bad they changed their blue Kmart logo to the normal red boring 2004 - present logo, I think the blue logo looked awesome.
I would be cool if someone could bring back Kmart from just two stores as well as start reopening Sears.
1:49 that line aged like fine wine
Tell me about it 🥲
@@GRM.Adventures I was kinda expect the one in Miami to close first because half of the building isn't even Kmart anymore
@LOAT_Official same here
@@GRM.Adventures I forgot what the main sales floor itself was turned into
@@LOAT_Official I think it was ‘At Home’
Guam has a nice one.
Don’t forget the Kmarts in US Territories
Why is the logo color a big deal?
Cause it’s one of a kind
Thats how you know its on wat out cause as soon as one area gets block out that means it dommed
Wait this is really old - the sign is red now
Then this had to be recorded in 2023 then