This is probably one of the nicest Kmarts I have seen. Fully stocked, neat and seemingly clean. They even have modern registers with moving belts. Every Kmart I've ever been to had a small, old counter that barely fit a half dozen items at a time.
I’m from Cape Cod and have visited this location so many times. Heck, my first date ended up at this Kmart. We saw The Crow opening night at the movie theater that used to be adjacent to the KMart- behind the Chinese restaurant. After the movie while we waited for his mom to pick us up, we wandered the aisles and sat in a booth at the closed and vacant Little Caesar’s inside the Kmart. We got to chatting and ultimately getting kicked out for making out in Kmart. Good times.
This was last Kmart open in New England after the last store in New Hampshire (West Lebanon) closed. Now, this store will be closing in April 2021, which will leave New England will no more Kmarts.
@@bonniemilroy1749 Updated the comment. Also, along with this Kmart, Sears is closing the North Attleboro store at the Emerald Square Mall, my last local Sears.
When I first saw that Kmart, I thought it was open. I found that Kmart and thought it was open as it was among the last 25 stores to close. But I walked up to the Kmart and saw a sign that said CLOSED and I said CLOSED and read the sign on the door. I first thought the store was non closing, but there are three Kmarts remaining as of today! All 2,450 Kmarts in the nation are closed, even in Fitchburg. #SAVETHEKMARTS
Okay, finally got to your video. What I think? It's an old building, yes, but it's kept up for the most part- new checkout lanes at the end (looked like the kind with conveyor belts), well stocked, clean, and I think the biggest reason so many shoppers have given up on Kmart is that Kmart lost their mass market appeal. Their largest demographic (30-something women) have abandoned them, because Kmart no longer stocks what made them appeal to those women (Martha Stewart, electronics- even if only for their male counterpart they'd still get it, and the like). When Kmart lost their niche, and stopped making their stores inviting (K Cafe/Little Caesars were removed, stained ceiling tiles not replaced, burned out lights not replaced, faded carpet not replaced, etc), they lost a major reason to go to them. They don't have as much merchandise they once did. They stock mostly their own brands, they did increase toys in an attempt to pick up the market that Toys R Us left behind, but it's really too little, too late, they're on a continued downward slide, and it's not going to get better- it's going to continue losing shoppers, closing stores, losing shoppers, closing stores, until finally the last one closes in the US. Which one remains to be seen, but it's not going to last, they've snowballed out of control, there's no saving Kmart now, so enjoy it while you can, its time will be coming to an end very, very soon!
i went to this kmart on my boston trip on my way to rhode island but i did not film it because my camera was being annoying reminds me of the Kearny Newjersey Kmart.
And as of now it is now closing, will be gone in April 2021 or around that time. It was only a matter of time before it would go on the chopping block. Might be going soon to film it. 😥
Hey Manny, I dont know if you're interested in driving up to Northeast Ohio, but the now abandoned seven hills Kmart is getting set up to be demolished. They have the demolition fences set up around Kmart, the former arbys, and the former carwash, and as of Sunday, the gates are open for you to drive through one last time. The entire place is supposed to be gone by the beginning of April to make way for Meyers. Hope you can make it #LoveWhereYouLive
It's a shame but it's just a matter of time before it closes. Kmart is a great store and I shopped at ours in Hagerstown Md until it closed a few weeks ago but it can't survive poor management and the Walmart onslaught. There are too few Kmarts and Sears stores left to be viable unless someone poured millions of dollars into them. Ours was doing well and that leads me to believe that there is a systematic shutdown going on and not just closing unprofitable locations.
@@Jman926 It seems like people only want to shop at one department store. I went to Sears, Wards, Macys, Penny's, Ames and all the rest. When I was a kid we had four or five department stores downtown and a Woolworth's, Mccrory's, Newberry's and Grant's five and dime in all in one block and they all did well. My family and I went to all of them because each had some things we liked that the others didn't.
Kmart's only major competitor in the area was Bradlees (miss that place), Target just arriving less than a year ago. Most likely why it's one of the last Kmarts left (THE last in Massachusetts).
This one opened in 1971 I believe. I remember the restaurant in the back of the store. It was called the GRILL. I think it was removed in the 80s or sometime way back in my childhood. Anyone else remember the Kmart GRILL, or was it just a Hyannis thing?
Grill was open as of 1993, I know, I worked there. I visited again in 2007 and don't remember seeing it. Looks like the store is still well kept. Although, the lack of customers is concerning. This K-Mart used to also have an auto mechanic shop. I don't think it's still there. Thanks for the video.
@@paddyboy71 Grill was gone as of 1999, replaced by a "K Cafe", gone by 2008. Went there last week. Such a sad sight. Half the merchandise, spread out far. It's a goner.... I grew up in Yarmouth. Are you from the area?
@@Jman926 Hi, no not from the area. Did live in Hyannis in 93' and worked at the K. Some good memories from working there. Met lots of great people. Fun times. Sad to hear the K may be closing.
@@stefaniecoronella1813 hi. That I don't know about.l that. I'm suspecting it was there after 93' for a bit? I know in 93' there was a Grill or Cafe there as that's where I would spend my breaks when I worked at the K.
Wow. Reminds me of how Des Plaines once was. But where are the customers? Seems like, if the customers aren't there, it could end up on the next closing list. 😒😼⁉ I walked to the DP Kmart yesterday and bought a fireproof safe box for $10. I just need a spare key made for it.
@@stormcam4464 Target replaced the old Sears at the mall over a year ago, right across the street. I thought Kmart would have been ancient history by now because of that, but it manages to lumber on...
i tried to film this kmart when i was in the boston Area least i was right that this was going to be one of the last ones Even though it's struggling although i went here when i went to visit my grandma in Boston this is one of the best kmarts i even went to Mall Aholic it's still opened as of June 2020 i bet Kmart will be done By Christmas if not before October :( and the workers were nice at this location.
Mall aholic i also came here 2 years before my Grandmas husband Wayne died who lives in boston however i only come here rarely he died during this virus :( it was about time though.
@@blueinternet4336 another 4 Months later after you said it this kmart is still opened i bet by the time Summer is done almost by july or august probably it will be announced to close but if kmart will make it to next year there will probably be only like 10 Less stores left however i doubt that it will happen because of eddie Lampurt the Clown Dick Lol
Hyannis is in the middle of cape cod- It’s a summer tourist destination town. Over half the summer population disappears in September. So in January, Hyannis is a ghost town. This is pretty normal, tbh.
This is probably one of the nicest Kmarts I have seen. Fully stocked, neat and seemingly clean. They even have modern registers with moving belts. Every Kmart I've ever been to had a small, old counter that barely fit a half dozen items at a time.
Easy to keep it stock when u don't sell nothing.
I’m from Cape Cod and have visited this location so many times. Heck, my first date ended up at this Kmart. We saw The Crow opening night at the movie theater that used to be adjacent to the KMart- behind the Chinese restaurant. After the movie while we waited for his mom to pick us up, we wandered the aisles and sat in a booth at the closed and vacant Little Caesar’s inside the Kmart. We got to chatting and ultimately getting kicked out for making out in Kmart. Good times.
This was last Kmart open in New England after the last store in New Hampshire (West Lebanon) closed. Now, this store will be closing in April 2021, which will leave New England will no more Kmarts.
@@bonniemilroy1749 Updated the comment. Also, along with this Kmart, Sears is closing the North Attleboro store at the Emerald Square Mall, my last local Sears.
Hi Manny thank you for coming to the Hyannis KMART cape cod massachusettes Kmart will always be my number 1 store
Nooooo. I just heard it's closing nooooo. I love that store worked for that company and don't want them to close.
You might want to update that
When I first saw that Kmart, I thought it was open. I found that Kmart and thought it was open as it was among the last 25 stores to close. But I walked up to the Kmart and saw a sign that said CLOSED and I said CLOSED and read the sign on the door. I first thought the store was non closing, but there are three Kmarts remaining as of today! All 2,450 Kmarts in the nation are closed, even in Fitchburg.
#SAVETHEKMARTS
Okay, finally got to your video. What I think? It's an old building, yes, but it's kept up for the most part- new checkout lanes at the end (looked like the kind with conveyor belts), well stocked, clean, and I think the biggest reason so many shoppers have given up on Kmart is that Kmart lost their mass market appeal. Their largest demographic (30-something women) have abandoned them, because Kmart no longer stocks what made them appeal to those women (Martha Stewart, electronics- even if only for their male counterpart they'd still get it, and the like).
When Kmart lost their niche, and stopped making their stores inviting (K Cafe/Little Caesars were removed, stained ceiling tiles not replaced, burned out lights not replaced, faded carpet not replaced, etc), they lost a major reason to go to them. They don't have as much merchandise they once did. They stock mostly their own brands, they did increase toys in an attempt to pick up the market that Toys R Us left behind, but it's really too little, too late, they're on a continued downward slide, and it's not going to get better- it's going to continue losing shoppers, closing stores, losing shoppers, closing stores, until finally the last one closes in the US. Which one remains to be seen, but it's not going to last, they've snowballed out of control, there's no saving Kmart now, so enjoy it while you can, its time will be coming to an end very, very soon!
yah theres no way to save kmart at this point :(
Don't know what time of night that is but that's the way it looks anytime during the day.
i went to this kmart on my boston trip on my way to rhode island but i did not film it because my camera was being annoying reminds me of the Kearny Newjersey Kmart.
And as of now it is now closing, will be gone in April 2021 or around that time. It was only a matter of time before it would go on the chopping block. Might be going soon to film it. 😥
Hey Manny, I dont know if you're interested in driving up to Northeast Ohio, but the now abandoned seven hills Kmart is getting set up to be demolished. They have the demolition fences set up around Kmart, the former arbys, and the former carwash, and as of Sunday, the gates are open for you to drive through one last time. The entire place is supposed to be gone by the beginning of April to make way for Meyers. Hope you can make it #LoveWhereYouLive
I have a very special video coming. Stay TUNED...
Big Big problem when a store still has Christmas Decor on the sales floor at the end of January,,,,,
It's a shame but it's just a matter of time before it closes. Kmart is a great store and I shopped at ours in Hagerstown Md until it closed a few weeks ago but it can't survive poor management and the Walmart onslaught. There are too few Kmarts and Sears stores left to be viable unless someone poured millions of dollars into them. Ours was doing well and that leads me to believe that there is a systematic shutdown going on and not just closing unprofitable locations.
The new Target that opened directly across the street will probably seal this location's fate...
@@Jman926 It seems like people only want to shop at one department store. I went to Sears, Wards, Macys, Penny's, Ames and all the rest. When I was a kid we had four or five department stores downtown and a Woolworth's, Mccrory's, Newberry's and Grant's five and dime in all in one block and they all did well. My family and I went to all of them because each had some things we liked that the others didn't.
Kmart's only major competitor in the area was Bradlees (miss that place), Target just arriving less than a year ago. Most likely why it's one of the last Kmarts left (THE last in Massachusetts).
@mat denis The landlords may not want to take a chance renting to Kmart given their bleak future but rent to a more financially stable tenant.
This one opened in 1971 I believe. I remember the restaurant in the back of the store. It was called the GRILL. I think it was removed in the 80s or sometime way back in my childhood. Anyone else remember the Kmart GRILL, or was it just a Hyannis thing?
Grill was open as of 1993, I know, I worked there. I visited again in 2007 and don't remember seeing it. Looks like the store is still well kept. Although, the lack of customers is concerning. This K-Mart used to also have an auto mechanic shop. I don't think it's still there. Thanks for the video.
@@paddyboy71 Grill was gone as of 1999, replaced by a "K Cafe", gone by 2008. Went there last week. Such a sad sight. Half the merchandise, spread out far. It's a goner....
I grew up in Yarmouth. Are you from the area?
@@Jman926 Hi, no not from the area. Did live in Hyannis in 93' and worked at the K. Some good memories from working there. Met lots of great people. Fun times. Sad to hear the K may be closing.
@@paddyboy71 there was a little Cesars in there for a hot minute.
@@stefaniecoronella1813 hi. That I don't know about.l that. I'm suspecting it was there after 93' for a bit? I know in 93' there was a Grill or Cafe there as that's where I would spend my breaks when I worked at the K.
i used to shop at this store back in the 2000's not no more
Forgive me but What do you mean, “ non-closing KMart”?
it never closes
So no Easter stuff?
These blow out sales, they are Kmart's last opportunity to capture revenue before they turn over the stock to the liquidators.....
The liquidator's! (Which Eddie fartfurt owns!)
Wow. Reminds me of how Des Plaines once was. But where are the customers? Seems like, if the customers aren't there, it could end up on the next closing list. 😒😼⁉
I walked to the DP Kmart yesterday and bought a fireproof safe box for $10. I just need a spare key made for it.
You really like Kmart huh. Sadly the only reason they survived at all is cause the wont let a Walmart go anywhere near there.
@@stormcam4464 Target replaced the old Sears at the mall over a year ago, right across the street. I thought Kmart would have been ancient history by now because of that, but it manages to lumber on...
Yes it's true they are difrence company's. Walmart is going to soon be the only one of all standing, way to clear a room.
Wow, hopefully you were there at an off time because this store will not survive without customers.
It will be a list just give it time
i tried to film this kmart when i was in the boston Area least i was right that this was going to be one of the last ones Even though it's struggling although i went here when i went to visit my grandma in Boston this is one of the best kmarts i even went to Mall Aholic it's still opened as of June 2020 i bet Kmart will be done By Christmas if not before October :( and the workers were nice at this location.
Mall aholic i also came here 2 years before my Grandmas husband Wayne died who lives in boston however i only come here rarely he died during this virus :( it was about time though.
@@blueinternet4336 another 4 Months later after you said it this kmart is still opened i bet by the time Summer is done almost by july or august probably it will be announced to close but if kmart will make it to next year there will probably be only like 10 Less stores left however i doubt that it will happen because of eddie Lampurt the Clown Dick Lol
Hyannis is in the middle of cape cod- It’s a summer tourist destination town. Over half the summer population disappears in September. So in January, Hyannis is a ghost town. This is pretty normal, tbh.
This is a sign the company is in trouble their is no Easter merchandise.
I mean kmart is essential business because they sell food, cleaning supplys and canned goods....not sure how this surprises anyone.
This is now closed, and it's pronounced "Hi Annis" not "Hi Anus!"