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The final day the store will be open is October 20, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/kmart-closing-sears-blue-light-last-store-6b302bbaec8c003351f62aefcf0528b4">The Associated Press</a> reported.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1grys7z003401rrhzbj8ozw@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The move leaves just one store standing in the mainland U.S. -- a reduced-size Kmart in Miami, described by <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/23/business/kmart-closing-last-store-us/index.html">CNN</a> as "a small convenience store version of itself." There are also store locations in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1grys7z003501rryp7a1ijz@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The retailer has not publicly commented on the store closing.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1grys7z003601rreqffsqc3@published'}, {'data': {'text': "The earliest roots of Kmart date back to 1899 when Sebastian Spering Kresge opened a retail five-and-dime store called Kresge's in downtown Detroit. 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