Now Only Memories

Recently, I have written a few times about how important it can be for business owners to not be mired in only doing things one way and remain open to new ideas and changing with the times. These writings are probably why it stuck out to me that the last full-size Kmart in the mainland United States closed a few days ago.

Now, this isn’t some giant surprise as the brand has been on the decline for decades. More than anything, this final closing made me peruse the memory files for the last time I was even at a Kmart. (And it’s definitely more than five years ago.) For us middle-aged people, though, we can still recall a time when those stores were a large piece of the landscape.

Where I grew up, we had a Kmart … and Walmart didn’t come in until I was in high school and Target was only a presence after I moved away. So yes, things change.

And do any of you remember Sears? Yep, we had one of those, too.

There are just always more examples of how you can’t rest on your laurels.

Warmly,

Josh Bousquet
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