This installation of "From the Archives" looks at the arrival of big-box discount stores in Austin during the 1970s and '80s.

Shoppers enter the Big Kmart store at 5305 E. Admiral Place on Tuesday. It's one of 326 nationwide that will be closing its doors, the bankrupt retailer says.

The first Kmart Chef opened at a store in Pontiac, Michigan, and offered the kind of casual, affordable fare found at fast food joints: Hamburgers, fries, hot dogs, fried chicken, soft drinks, and ...

A total of 113 workers will be laid off when the Big Kmart closes in Griffith after the end of the Christmas shopping season. Sears, which has shrunk from 355,000 employees to just 68,000 over the ...

DETROIT — Kmart Corp. will close 284 stores in 40 states and Puerto Rico, cutting about 22,000 positions, as part of its restructuring under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the company announced Friday. The ...

In the battle of the discount stores, Walmart reigns supreme today, but that wasn't always the case. Another contender spread across the landscape for decades, offering many of the same goods at ...

Kmart surprised consumers everywhere recently with the “Ship My Pants” ad, a viral juvenile-humor hit viewed more than 17 million times on YouTube since being released in April. Now, the all-purpose ...