Kmart Corporation

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discount store chain retail company

Kmart Corporation is a U.S.-based discount retail chain that became part of Sears Holdings after merging with Sears, Roebuck & Co.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Kmart 4
Kmart Holding Corporation 2
Kmart Australia (historical stake) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf discount store chain ⓘ
retail company ⓘ
acquired Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
acquisitionCompleted 2005 ⓘ
bankruptcyChapter Chapter 11 ⓘ
brandColor red ⓘ
brandNameIntroduced 1962 ⓘ
Kmart Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kmart
competitor Target Corporation ⓘ
Walmart Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Walmart
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
emergedFromBankruptcy 2003 ⓘ
filedForBankruptcy 2002 ⓘ
formerHeadquartersLocation Troy, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedAs S.S. Kresge Company ⓘ
foundedBy Sebastian Spering Kresge ⓘ
hasSlogan “The Saving Place” ⓘ
“There’s smart, and there’s Kmart smart” ⓘ
hasSubsidiary Kmart Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kmart Australia (historical stake)
headquartersLocation Troy, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1899 ⓘ
industry discount retail ⓘ
retail ⓘ
legalForm corporation ⓘ
logoText Kmart Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kmart
mergedWith Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
notableBrand Blue Light Special ⓘ
notableMarketingFeature Blue Light Special in-store promotions ⓘ
operatesFormat big-box store ⓘ
discount department store ⓘ
ownedBrand Jaclyn Smith ⓘ
Joe Boxer ⓘ
Martha Stewart ⓘ
surface form: Martha Stewart Everyday

Route 66 ⓘ
parentOrganization Sears Holdings Corporation ⓘ
partOf Sears Holdings Corporation ⓘ
peakStoreCountApprox over 2,000 stores ⓘ
predecessor S.S. Kresge Company ⓘ
reorganizedAs subsidiary of Sears Holdings ⓘ
serviceArea U.S. territories ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
soldProductCategory apparel ⓘ
electronics ⓘ
groceries ⓘ
home goods ⓘ
toys ⓘ
stockExchangeListing New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
storeType general merchandise ⓘ
tickerSymbol KM ⓘ
website http://www.kmart.com ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sears, Roebuck & Co. → acquiredBy → Kmart Corporation ⓘ
Kmart Corporation → brandNameIntroduced → Kmart Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kmart
Sears Holdings Corporation → foundedBy → Kmart Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kmart Holding Corporation
Kmart Corporation → hasSubsidiary → Kmart Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kmart Australia (historical stake)
Kmart Corporation → logoText → Kmart Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kmart
Sears Holdings Corporation → mergerOf → Kmart Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kmart Holding Corporation
Edward Lampert → notableInvestment → Kmart Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kmart
Sears Holdings Corporation → operatedChain → Kmart Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kmart Super Center
Sears Holdings Corporation → parentCompanyOf → Kmart Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kmart
Sears Holdings Corporation → predecessor → Kmart Corporation ⓘ