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The original concept for the Blue Light Special was a limited-time offer to sell slower-moving merchandise. [37] The sale was first introduced in 1965 [38] and was retired in 1991. [39] Starting in the 2000s, Kmart would repeatedly bring back the Blue Light Special. This was done first in 2001, but was discontinued again in 2002.
Attention Kmart shoppers: The struggling discount chain is bringing back the 'Bluelight Special.'
Walmart opened its first store in 1962 in a market where Kmart had been the dominant player using a high-low pricing strategy. [5] Kmart's signature "blue light special" is an example of in-store advertising used to promote a temporary discount as part of the high-low pricing strategy.
Sebastian Spering Kresge (July 31, 1867 – October 18, 1966) was an American businessman. He created and owned two chains of department stores: the S. S. Kresge Company, one of the 20th century's largest discount retail organizations, and the Kresge-Newark traditional department store chain. The discounter was renamed the Kmart Corporation in ...
'Picked Apart Like a Turkey' A chaotic assortment of food and home goods greets shoppers at a now-closed Kmart in Essex, Maryland. Sears and Kmart said the stores would combine in late 2004, but ...
Sears Holdings (SHLD) plans to close eight Sears stores and 13 Kmart stores in April and May, laying off hundreds of employees in the process. Kimberly Freely, a spokeswoman for Sears Holdings ...
Blue Light Special A police vehicle with its blue strobe lights flashing (from the popular Kmart sale gimmick). Checkpoint Charlie Police checkpoint placed to look for intoxicated drivers, drivers with invalid licenses, etc. (alludes to the former border crossing between East and West Berlin). Chicken Coop/Chicken House
“Attention Kmart shoppers.” A retro sign aims to entice customers inside the last Kmart in Florida at the Kendale Lakes Plaza at 14091 SW 88th St. in Miami on Aug. 23, 2024.