Sears, Kmart: More Bad News For 2 Major Retailers In NC

NORTH CAROLINA — Transformco, the parent company of Sears and Kmart, announced this past week it plans shut another 96 stores by February.

The latest round of closures is expected to shutter 51 Sears stores and 45 Kmart location across the nation. In the last 15 years, Sears and Kmart have closed more than 3,500 stores.

Neither retailer has yet specified the locations that will be closed, but for now, nothing is off the table.

Here are the Sears locations in North Carolina:

• Hometown Store, 1377 N. Sandhills Blvd., Aberdeen
• Sears, 350 Holly Hill Mall, Burlington
• Sears Auto Center, 102 Burlington Square Mall, Burlington
• Sears Appliance Outlet, 9571 South Blvd., Charlotte
• Sears Appliance Outlet, 545 Concord Pkwy, Concord
• Sears, 1480 Concord Pkwy, Concord
• Sears Auto Center, 1480 Highway 29N, Concord
• Hometown Store, 1002 W. Cumberland Street, Dunn
• Hometown Store, 211 S. Broad St., Edenton
• Hometown Store, 1503 W. Ehringhaus St., Elizabeth City
• Sears Appliance Outlet, 1240 Ireland Drive, Fayetteville
• Sears, 3200 W. Friendly Ave., Greensboro
• Sears Auto Centers, 701 Pembroke Rd, Greensboro
• Sears, 3600 South Memorial Drive, Greenville
• Sears Auto Center, 240 Carolina East Mall, Greenville
• Hometown Store, 1535 Dabney Drive, Henderson
• Sears, 1940 US Hwy 70, Hickory
• Sears, 344 Jacksonville Mall, Jacksonville
• Hometown Store, 2001 Widewaters Pkwy, Knightdale
• Hometown Store, 4329 Fayetteville Rd., Lumberton
• Hometown Store, 1262 Andrews Rd., Murphy
• Hometown Stores, 3138 Martin Luther King, New Bern
• Sears, 7330 Old Wake Forest Rd., Raleigh
• Sears Appliance Outlet, 4300 Fayetteville Rd., Raleigh
• Hometown Store, 2534 Lee Ave., Sanford
• Hometown Store, 11947 Hwy 226, Spruce Pine

Here are the Kmart locations in North Carolina:

• 2455 Lewisville-Clemmons Rd., Clemmons
• 1901 N. Croatan Hwy., Kill Devil Hills
• 8701 Six Forks Rd., Raleigh
• 1209 Russ Ave., Waynesville

It’s not all bad news for the national retailers, though, Transformco also said Thursday that it had secured a $250 million lifeline that should help the company better focus on its “competitive strengths.”

Sears and Kmart are part of a growing list of brick-and-mortar establishments that have seen a nosedive in revenue and popularity with the emergence of e-commerce companies such as Amazon and Walmart.

The going out-out-of business sales are set to begin on Dec. 2, according to Transformco.