Last 2 Kmart stores in Pa. to close

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It appears to be an end of an era. Kmart, the store known for its discount prices and its “blue light specials” is closing its last two stores in Pennsylvania.

The last two Kmart stores in the state, including the last one in the central Pa. region, are part of Transformco’s latest round of store closures. Transformco is the parent company of Kmart and Sears.

The Kmart store at 2600 N. Willow S. in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, will close in mid-April. A liquidation sale has already begun. The Kmart store at 18 Mark Plaza in Edwardsville, Luzerne County, near Kingston, will also close in mid-April. Its liquidation sale began on Thursday.

In recent years, Kmart has closed stores in the Harrisburg, Hershey, Mechanicsburg, Enola and Carlisle areas as well as stores in York, Lancaster and Lebanon counties.After hundreds of closings in recent years, Forbes estimates that there are just 36 full-line Sears stores and 30 Kmart stores down from 489 full-line Sears stores and 360 Kmart stores in 2019.

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