Kmart is closing its last big-box store in the contiguous U.S., employees with the company told CBS MoneyWatch, capping the retreat of what was once America's dominant discount retailer.

The business quickly expanded, growing to 85 stores with $10.3 million in sales by 1912, according to the Kresge Foundation. S.S. Kresge Co. opened the first official Kmart big-box store in 1962 ...

The Altoona Kmart and the DuBois Sears stores will be closing ... “Sears, Roebuck, when I was growing up, was the big deal. And it’s very sad what happened, very, very sad,” he said to ...

Sears, once the world's largest retailer, anchored hundreds of shopping malls 10 years ago with more than 3,500 US stores under its Sears and Kmart banners. Now, as Sears enters its 126th holiday ...

Of course, “Black Friday” isn’t actually just one day anymore, and you can expect to see big sales ... a break, Kmart will open bright and early at 6:00 a.m. on Thursday. The store will ...

Sears just announced a fresh round of store closures. The company told employees on Tuesday that it will close more than 30 Sears and Kmart stores in early 2017, half a dozen employees told ...