{"id":5906,"date":"2012-06-01T00:11:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T05:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=5906"},"modified":"2019-10-07T23:17:17","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T03:17:17","slug":"kmart-4043-4400-fort-jackson-boulevard-3-june-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=5906","title":{"rendered":"Kmart #4043, 4400 Fort Jackson Boulevard: 3 June 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Kmart<\/i>, accessible from Fort Jackson Boulevard, Devine Street, Crowson Road and Wildcat Road has been there for my entire, remembered, life (it is technically a little younger than I am), and was a place I went many times with my Mother over the years (though probably not as many times as to the Two Notch store). In the beginning, the left side of the Kmart<\/i> building was occupied by a Big Star grocery<\/a> and then by an Old America Store<\/a>. Finally, in the throes of the last good idea the chain had, Kmart<\/i> converted to a Big-K<\/i> format store and expanded into the old grocery space. This status-quo lasted a good number of years, but recently there have been signs of malaise like closing and trying to rent out the auto service bays<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I want to like Kmart<\/i> as I have good childhood memories of the place, but their current strategy seems to be to not have a strategy, other than, perhaps, closing stores when Wal Mart<\/i> opens nearby. Now, I'm not saying I know what a successful stragegy for them would be, but good heavens, they have to try *something<\/i>*! Go 24 hours, get Martha Stewart back, co-brand with The Food Channel, open in-store bowling alleys -- something!<\/p>\n

And hire some staff, yes, that's expensive, but if you're in a \"bet the company\" situation (and you are, whether you think of it that way or not) you've got to make shopping easy. The last time I stopped at this store, I was in a bit of a hurry and found my item quickly, but it was in a locked display case with nobody in the department. The staff I could find in other departments were very friendly, but couldn't leave their area and nobody ever showed up who could make the sale before I had to go -- so they didn't<\/i> make that sale, and I'm not sure they can afford to not make sales.<\/p>\n

Anyway, as of Memorial Day, the place was not completely picked clean and still had some reasonable looking bargins. I noticed in particular, that if you need some alkaline batteries, now is the time to get your \"Die Hard\" AAA, AA 9V & Cs (didn't see any Ds).<\/p>\n

UPDATE 6 June 2012<\/b> -- And, it's gone!<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 11 June 2012<\/b> -- Pix from 7 June. The Devine Street roadside sign is gone, and the marquee sign is about to go:<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 14 June 2012<\/b>: Added full 7 June 2012 photoset.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 20 June 2012<\/b> -- As these pictures from 8 June show, all the signage is now gone (also added full 8 June photoset below):<\/p>\n

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Photosets:<\/b><\/p>\n

Photoset 7 June 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

Photoset 8 June 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

UPDATE 7 October 2019<\/b>: Add map icon, update tags.<\/p>\n

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