In a Suburban Miami Shopping Center, Kmart’s Last ‘Blue Light Specials’ Flicker

In a Suburban Miami Shopping Center, Kmart’s Last ‘Blue Light Specials’ Flicker
Customers leave from the only Kmart store left in the continental United States, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Miami. AP Photo/Marta Lavandier
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MIAMI—The last Kmart on the U.S. mainland sits at the west end of a busy suburban Miami shopping center, quiet and largely ignored.

All around it are thriving chain stores attracting steady streams of customers in sectors where the former box-store chain was once a major player: Marshalls, Hobby Lobby, PetSmart and Dollar Tree.