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

WESTLAKE, OH —Transformco, the parent company of Sears and Kmart, announced Thursday 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 Ohio:

• 1234 N Main St., Bowling Green
• 4100 Belden Village Mall, Canton
• 10200 Colerain Ave., Cincinnati
• 4595 Eastgate Blvd., Cincinnati
• 2200 Eastern Ave., Gallipolis
• 771 S 30th St., Heath
• 6645 Airport Hwy., Holland
• 8284 Troy Pike, Huber Heights
• 2000 E Dorothy Ln., Kettering
• 150 Hocking Mall, Logan
• 6656 N Ridge Road, Madison
• 15561 W High St., Middlefield
• 5000 Great Northern Mall, North Olmsted
• 26662 Brookpark Rd Extension, North Olmsted
• 5000 Great Northern Blvd., North Olmsted
• 26662 Brookpark Rd Extension, North Olmsted
• 60 E Main Street, Norwalk
• 2885 Gender Road, Reynoldsburg
• 2885 Gender Rd., Reynoldsburg
• 745 Fox Road, Van Wert
• 30219 Detroit Rd., Westlake
• 35101 Euclid Ave Suite 18, Willoughby

Here are the Kmart locations in Ohio:

• 241 Wooster Rd North, Barberton
• 3301 Center Rd., Brunswick
• 620 Plaza Dr., Fostoria
• 2400 Stringtown Road, Grove City
• 10560 Harrison Ave., Harrison
• 502 Pike Street, Marietta
• 1447 N Main St., North Canton
• 555 South Ave., Tallmadge

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