Kmart Closing Mableton Store

MABLETON, GA — Twenty-eight more Kmart stores, including one in Mableton, will be closing soon, the company has announced. The closures of the Sears-owned stores will be in addition to 180 store closings already announced this year.

The store, at 5590 Mableton Pkwy., was on a list released by the company on Thursday.

Sears Holding Corp., which owns the stores, recently reported another quarterly operating loss. Thanks in part to shoppers migrating to the Web from the malls, Sears sales at stores open for at least a year fell 11.5 percent in the second quarter ended July 29, the company announced.

Total revenue fell 22 percent to $4.37 billion, mainly due to store closures, which shaved off $770 million of revenue, the company said.

Dozens of Sears and Kmart stores have already closed this year as the company tries to overcome steep losses in sales and huge operating costs.

Associates at the impacted stores, including the one in Mableton, have been informed of the closures, which the company says will happen in mid-November. Eligible Kmart employees will receive severance pay and have the opportunity to apply for open positions at nearby Kmart or Sears stores, the company said.

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