Kendall Kmart soon to be last store in mainland United States

KENDALL, Fla. – With the last full-size Kmart set to close its doors next month, the Kmart in Kendall will be the last store in the mainland United States.

According to CNN, the last standing full-sized mainland store in Bridgehampton, New York will close on Oct. 20.

This would make the Kendall store, now a smaller scale version of the previous store in the same plaza located at 14091 SW 88 St. at the Kendale Lakes Plaza the only one shoppers can visit in the mainland United States.

Kmart has stores in Guam and the US Virgin Islands.

The Kendale Lakes Plaza store downsized in March 2023, revealing a smaller store in the garden area next to the previous retail space.

Décor giant, At Home, based out of Plano, eventually took over the lease.

Kmart’s decline has been slow but steady, brought about by years of falling sales, changes in shopping habits and the looming shadow of Walmart, which coincidentally began its life within months of Kmart’s founding in 1962.

Struggling to compete with Walmart’s low prices and Target’s trendier offerings, Kmart filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early 2002 — becoming the largest U.S. retailer to take that step.