Kmart cuts hint of future strategy - Plans to emerge from bankruptcy this spring

DSN Retailing Today, Jan 27, 2003 by Debbie Howell

RELATED ARTICLE: ATTENTION KMART WATCHERS!

HOW THE CLOSINGS ALTER THE CHAIN'S SIZE AND SCOPE

BEFORE

* 1,829 stores

* (1,712 discount stores; 117 supercenters)

* 205,400 employees

* 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands

* Estimated sales = $31.2 billion

* Nation's No. 2 discounter (in sales)

AFTER

* 1,505 stores

* (1,448 discount stores; 57 supercenters)

* 168,400 employees

* 49 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands

* Estimated sales = $25 billion

* Nation's No. 3 discounter (in sales)

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